Mike Scarcella

July 08, 2019 | National Law Journal

Justice Department lawyers have lost earlier bids to shut down the lawsuit, filed by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and other Democratic senators.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

July 05, 2019 | National Law Journal

A Maryland federal judge wanted to know the Trump administration's plans Friday. Government lawyers say they are still weighing their options to circumnavigate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked the addition of a citizenship question.

By Mike Scarcella

7 minute read

July 03, 2019 | National Law Journal

The former Baker McKenzie white-collar partner earlier served on Trump's transition team, vetting potential cabinet picks. "I do not know the President and have never met him in any capacity," McFadden said last year in a case where he was asked to recuse.

By Mike Scarcella

7 minute read

July 02, 2019 | Texas Lawyer

The appeals panel said US District Judge Amos Mazzant had no authority to hold the firms Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll; Outten & Golden; and New Jersey's Green Savits in contempt in a labor case.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read

July 02, 2019 | National Law Journal

"Defendants have mounted an extraordinary attack on the authority of Congress to obtain information needed to conduct oversight of Treasury," U.S. House lawyers said in the complaint.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read

July 01, 2019 | The Recorder

"This case has already been pending since January 17, 2017. It is time to move forward to a resolution," Labor Department Judge Richard Clark said in an order addressing agency lawyers and an Orrick team.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

July 01, 2019 | National Law Journal

"Mr. Trump and his companies have continually engaged in stonewalling intended to obstruct and undermine these inquiries," Douglas Letter, the U.S. House general counsel, told the D.C. Circuit on Monday.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

July 01, 2019 | National Law Journal

A U.S. Federal Claims judge's ruling awarded legal fees to Dentons, lead counsel in a patent suit against the U.S. government, despite arguments from the Justice Department that a litigation-funding agreement precluded any award.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

June 28, 2019 | National Law Journal

"Justice Kennedy had always held the door open in prior partisan gerrymandering cases" to allowing the court to craft—what would remain elusive—a standard, Marcia Coyle says on the PBS "NewsHour."

By Mike Scarcella

2 minute read

June 27, 2019 | National Law Journal

"The issue continues to percolate in other circuits, offering the opportunity to address it should a split later develop," Ogletree Deakins lawyers told the justices.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read