Marcia Coyle

Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle

  • November 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Executive muscle

    WASHINGTON — Before he was tapped to co-chair the Obama transition team, John Podesta, during a Senate hearing last September on "restoring the rule of law," criticized a

    By Marcia Coyle / Staff Reporter

    1 minute read

  • February 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Deferred, nonprosecution deals fall by 60%

    WASHINGTON — The number of deferred and nonprosecution agreements between the U.S. Department of Justice and corporations declined by 60% 8 — from a historic high of 40

    By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

    1 minute read

  • December 12, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Congress tackles vaccine liability

    Washington-Fear of lawsuits, hostility toward trial lawyers, short-sightedness and pandering to special interests are behind a Republican-led effort to enact quickly unprecedented vaccin

    By Marcia CoyleStaff reporter

    1 minute read

  • December 3, 2012 | National Law Journal

    No cert yet in marriage case, but busy week

    The U.S. Supreme Court on November 30 failed to tip its hand on what it will do with 10 petitions concerning same-sex marriage. In anticipation of some action, gay rights and other org

    By Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro

    1 minute read

  • July 14, 2003 | National Law Journal

    New standards in death cases

    staff reporter Washington-A new era of tougher scrutiny of defense lawyers' work in death penalty trials is expected as the result of an end-of-term U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

    By Marcia Coyle

    1 minute read

  • December 18, 2006 | National Law Journal

    An unassuming, quiet lawyer makes history

    WASHINGTON-A less confident person would have thought hopeless Salim Hamdan's challenge to President Bush's order establishing military commissions to try enemy combatants. His lawyer, N

    By Marcia Coyle/Staff reporter

    1 minute read

  • June 14, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Showdown looms for arbitration

    Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court appear headed for collision over mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment contracts. Two actions over the last month moved the branches closer to

    By Marcia Coyle

    1 minute read

  • March 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

    'Fix' needed in U.S. attorney scandal

    WASHINGTON � The integrity of the process for appointing and removing U.S. attorneys has been severely damaged by the recent firings of eight prosecutors, say a number of scholars, gover

    By Marcia Coyle/Staff reporter

    1 minute read

  • March 14, 2012 | National Law Journal

    On deck to argue against mandate: Carvin

    Examine any major conservative-backed legal cause in the last three decades and you're likely to find Jones Day's Michael Carvin at work in some capacity. He argued in the Florida Supr

    By Marcia Coyle

    1 minute read

  • May 7, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Cocaine penalty guidelines altered

    WASHINGTON � Five years after unsuccessfully pressing Congress to address the controversial 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine, the U.S. Sentencing Commission recentl

    By Marcia Coyle / Staff reporter

    1 minute read

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