Marcia Coyle

August 19, 2004 | Law.com

Everyone says former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers doesn't have a chance of winning his trial for allegedly directing the largest accounting fraud in U.S. corporate history. But his lawyer, Reid Weingarten, thinks differently. A series of successes -- including the acquittal of former Tyco GC Mark Belnick -- has propelled the Steptoe & Johnson partner onto the rich and rarefied list of the top white-collar criminal defense lawyers in the country.

By Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

September 22, 2000 | Law.com

Following solid victories at the U.S. Supreme Court last term, business hopes to build another winning record in the new term. But it's aiming for victory in a broader array of cases, involving intellectual property, class actions, banking, arbitration and environmental regulation. Nearly half the cases up for review have potential ramifications for the day-in, day-out operation of businesses.

By Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

November 29, 2010 | Law.com

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

4 minute read

June 14, 2010 | National Law Journal

Attorney fee awards under a major federal fee-shifting statute are paid to the client, not to the attorney, and can be offset to pay a client's debt to the federal government, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

By Marcia Coyle

4 minute read

August 18, 2008 | Law.com

A transgender job bias suit against the Library of Congress moves to trial Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., with potentially major implications for federal anti-discrimination policy. Retired, decorated Army Col. Diane Schroer contends that the library violated the federal law's ban on sex discrimination in employment practices by rescinding a job offer that she had accepted after her disclosure to her future supervisor that she was in the process of transitioning from a male to a female.

By Marcia Coyle

4 minute read

October 03, 2011 | Law.com

With a severe budget crisis as the backdrop, California urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to bar private individuals from challenging state decisions to reduce Medicaid reimbursement rates for doctors and other health care providers.

By Marcia Coyle

6 minute read

January 09, 2007 | Law.com

Labor unions, money and elections intersect in the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The state of Washington and a group of nonunion teachers are asking the justices to reverse a state Supreme Court ruling that struck down a state law requiring unions to obtain nonmembers' affirmative assent before using their agency shop fees for political purposes. The state high court found the law unconstitutional because it violated the First Amendment speech and association rights of unions and supporting nonmembers.

By Marcia Coyle

5 minute read

June 09, 2005 | New York Law Journal

In the government's aggressive and largely successful pursuit of corporate fraud in recent years, the conviction of Arthur Andersen was its first major, high-profile victory. A retrial after last week's stinging reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely, said a number of legal experts, and that will be a difficult pill for government prosecutors to swallow.

By Marcia CoyleThe National Law Journal

9 minute read

April 01, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Marcia Coyle

3 minute read

February 13, 2008 | National Law Journal

In a U.S. Supreme Court case with major ramifications for the nation's volatile energy market, consumer groups and state utility regulators are waging a battle with energy suppliers and federal regulators stemming from the long-term "forward" contracts from the Western energy crisis several years ago. At stake for the Snohomish County, Wash., utility district is about $153 million, said its high court counsel, Christopher J. Wright. But that pales next to the $1.4 billion at stake in California's contracts.

By Marcia Coyle

7 minute read