Marcia Coyle

April 04, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The 37-year-old Legal Services is a perennial target for budget cuts by lawmakers

By Marcia Coyle

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November 01, 2007 | The Recorder

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments to determine if the Federal Arbitration Act allows parties to an arbitration agreement to expand judicial review of an arbitration decision beyond the explicit terms of the statute.

By Marcia Coyle

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February 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

More than half a century later, Ann Fagan Ginger has no intention of forgetting the pain and toll of the McCarthy era. The fact that so many people have forgotten that period and so many youths have no knowledge of it, she said, spurred her to sign onto an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case raising the specter of a similar era — one driven by fear of terrorism.

By Marcia Coyle

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August 29, 2005 | Law.com

Tucked inside the recently signed $287 billion federal transportation funding act is a "tort reform" provision eliminating vicarious liability laws applying to auto rental and leasing companies in 16 states and the District of Columbia. The provision is the culmination of a 10-year lobbying effort by various transportation groups. Plaintiffs attorney Mark S. Moller said under the new rule, "Rental car companies are going to be let off the hook for giving their cars to bad drivers who cause accidents."

By Marcia Coyle

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February 23, 2010 | Law.com

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Monday to the Obama administration's arguments that attorney fee awards under a key fee shifting statute belong to the clients, not the attorneys who earn them, and the awards can be offset to pay debts owed to the government. The case, Astrue v. Ratliff, which concerns the Equal Access to Justice Act, is one of nearly a dozen cases this term in which the justices face questions concerning the practice of law and attorney behavior.

By Marcia Coyle

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April 16, 2009 | The Recorder

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz appointed six to senior staff positions.

By Marcia Coyle

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May 29, 2009 | National Law Journal

A major climate change lawsuit brought by eight states against five utilities has been pending decision for nearly three years before a 2nd Circuit panel on which Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is the presiding judge. The delay, some have posited, is the result of the controversial nature of the case, and that was only heightened by initial speculation about Sotomayor as a potential Supreme Court nominee and how any decision might affect her chances.

By Marcia Coyle

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December 01, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Just after the Supreme Court's controversial campaign finance blockbuster Citizens United v. FEC, critics and supporters of the decision predicted the high court would weigh in next on state laws providing public funding to candidates.

By Marcia Coyle

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September 28, 2009 | National Law Journal

How lawyers do their jobs -- from the type of advice they give clients to the calculation of fees -- moves to the fore in the new U.S. Supreme Court term in six cases that could dramatically alter the day-to-day practice of law. The justices in recent terms typically have taken two or three cases, or even none, involving lawyering. The upswing may reflect a larger movement toward greater scrutiny of the legal profession, particularly in the wake of corporate and government scandals involving lawyers.

By Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

August 15, 2001 | Law.com

Few modern-day U.S. solicitors general have matched the energy, wit and mastery of his subject that Seth Waxman brought to oral arguments. Waxman, even in his most uphill arguments, savored every moment. Set to join Washington, D.C.'s Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering this fall, Waxman discusses his preparation when arguing in the nation's highest court, and what he thinks the legacy of the Rehnquist Court will be.

By Marcia Coyle

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