Mike Scarcella
Mike Scarcella is a senior editor in Washington on ALM Media's regulatory desk. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MikeScarcella. Mike works on a slate of newsletters: Supreme Court Brief | Higher Law | Compliance Hot Spots | Labor of Law.
July 07, 2020 | National Law Journal
All the Law Firms in Trump's Orbit That Received PPP Rescue LoansThousands of U.S. law firms, including several directly affiliated with President Donald Trump, received at least $150,000, or millions of dollars in some cases, from the federal government's coronavirus loan program.
By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber
7 minute read
July 06, 2020 | National Law Journal
US Appeals Court Scraps Order Forcing CEOs of GM, Fiat Chrysler to Meet for Settlement Chat"The district judge did not consider or try the lesser alternative of permitting the parties and their counsel to select their own corporate representatives," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said.
By Mike Scarcella
5 minute read
July 02, 2020 | Law.com
Labor of Law: NDAs Questioned | 401(k) & Private Equity | Fox News Correspondent Fired | Claims Revived Against Real Estate Company | Notable Moves & MoreWelcome to Labor of Law, and welcome to July. The U.S. Supreme Court this today refused to disturb the Ninth Circuit's pay-equality ruling in Yovino v. Rizo. Plus: scroll down for views on NDAs, DOL's new 401(k) policy, and much more, including Who Got the Work and our roundup of all the major covid-19 headlines. Thanks for reading!
By Mike Scarcella
11 minute read
June 26, 2020 | National Law Journal
Whistleblower's Deal With Litigation Funder Doesn't Doom False Claims CaseThe federal False Claims Act is silent on whether a whistleblower can enter into a litigation funding agreement. "We decline to interfere in Congress's legislative prerogatives by engrafting any further limitations onto the statute; that task is appropriately left for Congress," an Eleventh Circuit panel said in a closely watched case.
By Mike Scarcella
5 minute read
June 25, 2020 | Law.com
Labor of Law: Foreign Work Visas Suspended | Covid-19 Contact Tracing | California Escalate Gig Enforcement | Who Got the Work: MLB Is Back (at the US Supreme Court)Welcome to Labor of Law. On the clock: How Trump's latest suspension of foreign worker visas could affect the tech industry. Covid-19 contact tracing versus protecting personal privacy. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, and major headlines about the changing workplace in the covid-19 era. Thanks for reading!
By Mike Scarcella
11 minute read
June 21, 2020 | Law.com
'Something Stinks': What Lawyers Are Saying About Barr's Move to Oust BermanThe ousting of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, and the resulting extraordinary but brief standoff that ensued, raised broad new questions and concerns among lawyers about U.S. Attorney General William Barr's leadership of the Justice Department.
By Nate Robson | Mike Scarcella
8 minute read
June 20, 2020 | National Law Journal
'The Damage Is Done': Judge Slams John Bolton, but Refuses to Block Book"With hundreds of thousands of copies around the globe—many in newsrooms—the damage is done. There is no restoring the status quo," U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said in Saturday's order.
By Mike Scarcella | Nate Robson
3 minute read
June 18, 2020 | Law.com
Labor of Law: Landmark LGBT Rights Ruling—and What's Next | Covid-19: What's Worrying In-House Lawyers | Sterling Jewelers Gender-Bias Case at SCOTUS | Who Got the WorkWelcome to Labor of Law. We've rounded up commentary about the US Supreme Court's landmark LGBT rights ruling; Plus: What's worrying in-house lawyers. Docket watch: Sterling Jewelers take gender-bias class action to SCOTUS. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, and much more!
By Mike Scarcella
11 minute read
June 11, 2020 | Law.com
Labor of Law: Judge Won't Sanction Plaintiffs in Bias Case | Docket Watch: SCOTUS Passes Up Petition in Arbitration Fight | Legal Unemployment Decreases | Who Got the WorkWelcome to Labor of Law. On the clock: DC judge won't sanction the plaintiffs lawyers suing Jones Day | Docket watch: SCOTUS turns down new arbitration petition | Who Got the Work. And scroll down for headlines about the changing workplace in the virus era. Thanks for reading!
By Mike Scarcella
11 minute read
June 05, 2020 | National Law Journal
'Our Moral Imperative': Washington State Justices Issue Open Letter Confronting Racial Injustice"Recent events have brought to the forefront of our collective consciousness a painful fact that is, for too many of our citizens, common knowledge: the injustices faced by black Americans are not relics of the past," the justices of the Washington Supreme Court said.
By Mike Scarcella
4 minute read
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