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By Marcia Coyle | June 4, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower court ruling that allowed a pregnant immigrant teen to have an abortion, but the justices refused to reprimand her lawyers for allegedly misleading the government.
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By Mike Scarcella | June 4, 2018
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.
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By Tony Mauro | June 4, 2018
A former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Ho has argued four cases before the high court. Ho joins Gibson Dunn's Dallas office, where her husband, James Ho, recently was a partner before his confirmation to the Fifth Circuit.
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By Andrew Denney | June 1, 2018
Breyer's address was the first time since 2014 that a U.S. Supreme Court justice has delivered remarks at a law school commencement.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 1, 2018
The HHS inspector general's office said in a statement this week: "HHS OIG is not undertaking any work related to ORR Director Scott Lloyd and allegations of misconduct at this time." Meanwhile, cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit confront HHS policies concerning abortion access for immigrant minors who are in U.S. custody.
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By Bryan Mosca and Mark Quist | June 1, 2018
The 'Murphy' court's decision has potential far-reaching implications for not only sports betting and the gaming industry, but principles of federalism and the balance of power between the states and the federal government.
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By Robert Storace | May 31, 2018
State prosecutors are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case of Michael Skakel. The Kennedy nephew was convicted of murder in 2002, but had his conviction vacated in May.
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By Tony Mauro | May 31, 2018
Jones Day's Michael Carvin, representing Donald Trump, will argue next week in the Sixth Circuit. Central to the case is the landmark 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brandenburg v. Ohio, which established that the First Amendment protects speech advocating of the use of force, except when it is aimed at “inciting or producing imminent lawless action.”
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By Samuel Estreicher and Holly H. Weiss | May 31, 2018
On May 21, the Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, 584 U.S. ___ (2018). The court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld arbitration agreements that waive employees' rights to bring class arbitration against their employers.
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By Erin Mulvaney | May 31, 2018
The high court petition said the Second Circuit's decision—which aligned with a Seventh Circuit ruling last year—departed from more than 50 years of precedent to conclude that sexual orientation is a subset of “sex” discrimination protected under Title VII. The Second Circuit case pitted Trump's U.S. Justice Department against the EEOC, which argued for greater LGBT workplace protections.
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