Marcia Coyle

November 01, 2007 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will look under the skin of the arbitration animal to see 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 CoyleThe National Law Journal

9 minute read

October 31, 2005 | National Law Journal

The failed Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers was, in the words of one legal scholar, the perfect storm: the convergence of a bad nomination, a weakened president and an infuriated political base. A president's withdrawal of a Supreme Court nomination is an "extraordinary act," notes one professor. And now scholars and others are wondering how the judicial confirmation process itself will weather this particular storm.

By Marcia Coyle

6 minute read

November 30, 2009 | Law.com

For a number of lawyers across the country, a 2005 federal law requiring them to advertise as a debt relief agency -- regardless of whether they offer sporadic or regular bankruptcy advice to clients -- irritates like a pair of ill-fitting shoes. Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, a 10-lawyer Minnesota firm, has waged a four-year battle against the law's provisions, which they argue pose ethical conflicts and strike at the heart of First Amendment values. That odyssey culminates at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

By Marcia Coyle

8 minute read

May 30, 2011 | Law.com

All-Pro quarterbacks Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning will play defense in St. Louis on June 3 as they face National Football League owners in a legal challenge that could decide the fate of the 2011 season.

By Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

June 01, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Marcia Coyle

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November 09, 1999 | Law.com

By Marcia Coyle

5 minute read

June 22, 2010 | Law.com

Continuing a strong pro-arbitration bent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it more difficult for consumers and employees to challenge the fairness of arbitration agreements in court. The justices divided, 5-4, in holding that an arbitrator, not a district court, will decide whether an arbitration agreement as a whole is unconscionable if the agreement explicitly delegates that issue to the arbitrator and the consumer or employee has failed to challenge the specific delegation clause.

By Marcia Coyle

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June 03, 2004 | National Law Journal

The defeat of Marcus Thornton's Fourth Amendment car-search challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court last week revealed that even among justices who have restricted the amendment's reach, some are increasingly unhappy with parts of the vehicle-search doctrine. Concurring in the judgment, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the Court's effort to apply its search-incident-to-arrest doctrine to the case "stretches it beyond its breaking point."

By Marcia Coyle

10 minute read

March 24, 2010 | National Law Journal

With the legitimacy of more than 500 labor-management decisions at stake, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided over whether the vacancy-hobbled National Labor Relations Board can operate with only two of its five board members. "We have to decide whether it is OK for two members to set the most major policies or whether they can't conduct even the simplest adjudications," said Justice Stephen Breyer during arguments in New Process Steel L.P. v. National Labor Relations Board.

By Marcia Coyle

5 minute read

February 15, 2006 | The Recorder

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing challenges in the thorny area of redistricting and voting-rights law, cases stemming from Texas' intensely partisan redistricting battle of 2003.

By Marcia Coyle

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