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Mike Scarcella is a senior editor in Washington on ALM Media's regulatory desk. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MikeScarcella. Mike works on a slate of newsletters: Supreme Court Brief | Higher Law | Compliance Hot Spots | Labor of Law.
July 2, 2018 | National Law Journal
Warren Postman, a former Jones Day associate and Justice David Souter law clerk, had held litigation roles at the U.S. Chamber since 2014. His partnership at Keller Lenkner puts him on the plaintiffs side advocating for class actions, not fighting them.
By Mike Scarcella | Ryan Lovelace
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June 27, 2018 | National Law Journal
"For the good he has done during the 43 years he has served as a member of the federal judiciary, he has earned a rousing Bravo," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says. Read the statements from the justices about the retirement of Anthony Kennedy.
By Mike Scarcella
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June 22, 2018 | National Law Journal
"The separation-of-powers concern would be particularly severe if the special prosecutor were able to challenge the validity of the pardon itself," Justice Department lawyers said in their court filing in the Ninth Circuit. The government is backing Arpaio's bid to vacate his criminal contempt conviction.
By Mike Scarcella
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June 21, 2018 | Legaltech News
What's the agency planning on that front? Self-reflection at the Federal Trade Commission, and other highlights from the agency's new leader.
By Mike Scarcella
1 minute read
June 18, 2018 | The Recorder
U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco also urged the justices to grant review in the Apple antitrust case, which will be argued this fall. “The importance of the question presented will only grow as commerce continues to move online,” he wrote. The Apple dispute was one of five case the justices added to their argument docket for the 2018-2019 term.
By Mike Scarcella
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June 14, 2018 | International
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday was a boost to class action plaintiffs in dispute over vitamin C. Foreign law deserves "respectful consideration," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, but it doesn't decide this class action.
By Mike Scarcella
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June 8, 2018 | National Law Journal
Three career U.S. Justice Department lawyers withdrew their names on a brief the government filed in Texas abandoning the defense of the Affordable Care Act. So who are the DOJ lawyers pressing the government's claims? Meet the legal team.
By Mike Scarcella | Tony Mauro
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June 4, 2018 | The Recorder
“Of the inappropriate behavior that does occur, incivility, disrespect, or crude behavior are more common than sexual harassment,” said the report of a nine-member working group created in the aftermath of revelations about Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and his inappropriate conduct with law clerks.
By Mike Scarcella
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June 4, 2018 | National Law Journal
Fitzgerald formally joins the court case as Skadden partner Michael Scudder, who had been leading the firm's representation of UNC, leaves for a federal appeals post.
By Mike Scarcella
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May 22, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
Jenner & Block lawyers are calling "radical and profoundly troubling" a Texas federal judge's contempt order against three plaintiffs firms—Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Outten & Golden, and Green Savits—for allegedly violating a nationwide injunction against the Obama-era U.S. Labor Department's overtime rule.
By Mike Scarcella
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