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Avalon Zoppo

Avalon Zoppo

Avalon Zoppo is an appellate courts reporter for The National Law Journal. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AvalonZoppo.

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July 12, 2022 | National Law Journal

Fox Rothschild, Baker & Hostetler Partners Picked for Federal Court Vacancies

Biden also named U.S. Attorney Cindy Chung to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She would be the first Asian American to sit on the court if confirmed.

By Avalon Zoppo

4 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Law.com

Arnold & Porter Beats Police Officer's Qualified Immunity Claim

The court relied on precedents set by six other federal appeals courts in reaching its decision, saying the growing consensus placed the question "beyond debate."

By Avalon Zoppo

3 minute read

July 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

Progressive Groups Pressure Democrats to Move Faster on Judicial Vacancies

One way to get nominees confirmed more quickly: the Senate Judiciary Committee could hear more judicial picks per hearing and schedule more hearings than is the current standard.

By Avalon Zoppo

6 minute read

July 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

House Can Subpoena Trump's Tax Records, but With Limits, DC Circuit Rules

The decision marks the third time the court has handled an appeal on the Mazars subpoena, which has already been before the U.S. Supreme Court once.

By Avalon Zoppo

3 minute read

July 08, 2022 | Law.com

Bench Report: Progressive Groups Press Democrats to Move Faster on Judicial Vacancies

One way to get nominees confirmed more quickly: the Senate Judiciary Committee could hear more judicial picks per hearing and schedule more hearings than normal.

By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner

7 minute read

July 06, 2022 | National Law Journal

After Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, Texas Turns to 'Major Questions' Doctrine In DACA Challenge

Texas is among the first to use the new precedent used by the justices last week to curb the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory power.

By Avalon Zoppo

5 minute read

July 05, 2022 | National Law Journal

Federal Appeals Court OKs Biden Admin's ICE Enforcement Policy

"Reasonable jurists may sometimes reach different outcomes on the merits of tough questions. Yet one decision against the government by one judge potentially freezes the debate for all lower court judges," Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote.

By Avalon Zoppo

4 minute read

July 05, 2022 | National Law Journal

'A Conflict Nightmare': Judge Raises Concerns Over Colleagues Holding Berkshire Stock

The Eighth Circuit judge said his colleagues who are invested in Berkshire Hathaway can be unaware that a company in a case before them is owned by the Omaha-based conglomerate.

By Avalon Zoppo

3 minute read

June 30, 2022 | Law.com

Bench Report: The Pros of Judges Doing Public Outreach + Does Judicial Diversity Bring Clerkship Diversity?

"Even though I'm a retired state judge, we're all lumped together with the U.S. Supreme Court. When they're held in low esteem, so are we and we need to remedy that," one state judge said this past week.

By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner

7 minute read

June 29, 2022 | National Law Journal

Biden Makes Another Pick for 3rd Circuit Vacancy

Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves is currently a justice on the Delaware Supreme Court.

By Avalon Zoppo

2 minute read