By Tony Mauro | November 29, 2017
Several justices seemed troubled by the government's view that cell-site location records, like other business records, should be obtainable in criminal investigations without a warrant.
By Tony Mauro | November 29, 2017
With the addition of five former U.S. Supreme Court clerks from last term's "class,” Jones Day has now hired 36 ex-SCOTUS clerks in the last five years. Think that's over-saturation? Beth Heifetz, who chairs the firm's appellate practice, says they'd be happy to hire more.
By Jenna Greene | November 29, 2017
Bittersweet. That's how Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal describes breaking Thurgood Marshall's record, set in 1967, as the minority lawyer with the most oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Marcia Coyle | November 28, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to interpret the Dodd-Frank Act to exclude whistleblower protections for employees who report alleged securities violations only to company management and not to the government.
By Tony Mauro | November 28, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to agree on one aspect of a 1998 statute aimed at reforming securities litigation: It's all gibberish. An exasperated Justice Samuel Alito Jr. used the word "gibberish" three times during arguments in Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund. The California case asks the high court to interpret the language of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act regarding state jurisdiction over securities class actions.
By Scott Graham | November 27, 2017
There was no clear majority Monday signaling the death of inter partes review—the administrative procedure for reviewing patent validity created by the 2011 America Invents Act.
By Marcia Coyle | November 27, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday had no appetite for disputes firearms and Confederate symbols. The justices left intact lower court decisions upholding Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons and Florida's prohibition on open carry of weapons and firearms. The court also declined to wade into a dispute over the appearance of a Confederate emblem on the Mississippi state flag.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott Graham | November 22, 2017
On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider two cases that could upend or significantly reshape inter partes review.
By Marcia Coyle | November 22, 2017
Federal appeals judges are not all buddies—"that's not the point," Judge Harry Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit says. Collegiality is the norm. Edwards speaks with The NLJ about a recent dive into appeals court stats, and a survey he conducted among federal circuit judges.
By Tony Mauro | November 21, 2017
Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Michael Dreeben will detour from special counsel Robert Mueller's legal team next week to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in high-profile privacy case.
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