Avalon Zoppo

July 20, 2021 | National Law Journal

"We are hard-pressed to conceive of matters more integrally part of the legislative process than the rules governing how members can cast their votes on legislation," Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote.

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3 minute read

July 19, 2021 | National Law Journal

"The intricacy of the SSA's framework for representation of claimants and attorney's fees cannot justify refusing to alleviate the payment barriers, which affect both attorneys who change firms and attorneys who move to government employment— transitions that regularly occur," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decision read.

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5 minute read

July 16, 2021 | National Law Journal

"I don't remember it being so pointed in the past... (But) I do think the criticisms that I hear (now) are not not terribly different from what Republicans were saying in the '90s with Clinton, or 2009 with Obama," one law professor said.

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6 minute read

July 14, 2021 | National Law Journal

"You've been an activist for quite some time," one Republican said of Myrna Pérez.

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6 minute read

July 13, 2021 | National Law Journal

"No, the Second Amendment is exceptional not because it is uniquely oppressed or imperiled, but rather because it is singularly capable of causing harm," Fourth Circuit Judge James Wynn wrote in a dissent.

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3 minute read

July 12, 2021 | National Law Journal

The House Judiciary Committee is exploring ways to diversify federal courts through the judicial selection process.

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4 minute read