By Cheryl Miller | April 20, 2021
The unusual scene of two sitting lawmakers arguing against the governor—and defying large Democratic majorities in the Legislature—stems from Republicans' irritation with, and political inability to stop, Gov. Gavin Newsom's dozens of pandemic-related orders.
By Scott Graham | March 16, 2021
Wallach's departure opens the first vacancy for the Biden administration on the nation's patent appellate court. The judge plans to continue hearing Federal Circuit cases while also sitting by designation on district courts.
By Ross Todd | March 9, 2021
"Firms have to allow clients to get to know the associates and the young lawyers, not just when it comes time to do the arguments, but to be part of trial team calls, to be part of the pitch that brings in the case," says Susman Godfrey's Beatrice Franklin.
By Cheryl Miller | February 18, 2021
A Northern California attorney who accused three Sacramento appellate justices of allowing cases to languish for years has asked the state Supreme Court to transfer dozens of matters from the Third District to other appellate districts.
By Mike Scarcella | December 22, 2020
Elizabeth Wilkins, a Yale Law School graduate and native of the District of Columbia, clerked for Justice Elena Kagan during the 2014-2015 term.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Marcia Coyle | December 21, 2020
"Rather than bemoaning the loss of the chance to present argument in that historic courtroom in person, relish the opportunity to be among the first lawyers ever to have their argument live streamed to the whole world," debut advocate Jason Harrow says.
By Angela Morris | December 21, 2020
Courts in California, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere have split when asked if Amazon.com counts as a seller under products liability law. Now the question has also landed on the Texas Supreme Court's doorstep.
By Ross Todd | December 18, 2020
Anne Johnson and her team persuaded a Texas appellate court to take the extraordinary step of tossing a jury verdict after the court found that the borrower plaintiff couldn't establish the basic elements of his fraud claim.
By Marcia Coyle | December 8, 2020
In his merits brief to the court, Kirkland & Ellis partner Paul Clement, representing Facebook, cited the Scalia-Garner book three times, including for the punctuation canon and the "postpositive modifier." Garner's response on the merits cited the book six times.
By Michael A. Mora | October 29, 2020
In a class action settlement involving Godiva Chocolatier, the appellate court held that a "party does not have standing to sue when it pleads only the bare violation of a statute."
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