Mike Scarcella

December 09, 2019 | Supreme Court Brief

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. We've got a spotlight on this morning's patent arguments, and scroll down for new briefing from Massachusetts defending the state's assault-weapons ban. Plus: Trump's DOJ lost its bid to quickly resume federal executions, and Alito takes a dig at the lawyers defending death row inmates.

By Marcia Coyle | Mike Scarcella

10 minute read

December 06, 2019 | National Law Journal

DOJ's Hashim Mooppan, a former Jones Day partner, will argue within a span of days in the D.C. and Fourth circuits. He faces Elizabeth Wydra, the president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, and Loren AliKhan, the District of Columbia solicitor.

By Mike Scarcella | Nate Robson

6 minute read

December 06, 2019 | National Law Journal

"There is overwhelming evidence that President Trump betrayed his oath of office," the professors said in an open letter sponsored by the government watchdog Protect Democracy.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

December 05, 2019 | Law.com

Welcome to Labor of Law. A big new appeals court ruling confronts age-bias claims and law firm mandatory retirement. NALP is adding law firm arbitration data. Orrick, for Oracle America, heads to DOL court today in San Francisco. Plus: scroll down for Who Got the Work, and all the stories that caught our eye.

By Michael Scarcella

11 minute read

December 04, 2019 | National Law Journal

The government told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit it would not further question or contest novel issues tied to Dentons' third-party litigation finance arrangement.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

December 03, 2019 | National Law Journal

"Amici submit this brief, some at immeasurable personal and professional cost, for the countless others who may not have the tools to navigate the legal system," a team from Paul Weiss said in a friend-of-the-court filing on behalf of 368 female lawyers and law students.

By Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

November 27, 2019 | National Law Journal

The complaint, filed by a team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, raised a constitutional challenge to the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The office in 2017 sued Oracle over alleged discriminatory hiring and compensation practices.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

November 25, 2019 | Supreme Court Brief

Amici continued to play an important institutional role at the Supreme Court, and certain types of briefs got noticed more than others, a team from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer writes in their annual review of the amicus curiae docket.

By Anthony J. Franze and R. Reeves Anderson

10 minute read

November 23, 2019 | National Law Journal

The Gibson Dunn team includes veteran Supreme Court advocate Ted Olson and Theodore Boutrous Jr., whose First Amendment media advocacy has pit him against the Trump administration. Morrison & Foerster's Kevin Mullen is counsel of record for Amazon.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

November 22, 2019 | National Law Journal

Major Lindsey sued rival MLegal in Washington's federal trial court, alleging a former partner's move had violated provisions of a noncompete.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read