Mike Scarcella

January 10, 2019 | Litigation Daily

Retaliation claims anchored in a Facebook post gave the appeals court a fresh chance to address the scope of Title VII employment rights.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

January 10, 2019 | National Law Journal

Federal trial and appellate judges are grappling with requests from U.S. agencies to postpone cases, and new lawsuits are mounting that challenge the Trump administration's moves forcing federal employees to work without pay.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

January 10, 2019 | Litigation Daily

Federal trial and appellate judges are grappling with requests from U.S. agencies to postpone cases, and new lawsuits are mounting that challenge the Trump administration's moves forcing federal employees to work without pay.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

January 07, 2019 | National Law Journal

"In an effort to achieve this goal, courts have been asked to delay or defer non-mission critical expenses, such as new hires, non-case related travel, and certain contracts," the federal judiciary said Monday.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read

January 07, 2019 | Litigation Daily

"In an effort to achieve this goal, courts have been asked to delay or defer non-mission critical expenses, such as new hires, non-case related travel, and certain contracts," the federal judiciary said Monday.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read

December 28, 2018 | National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit Judge A. Raymond Randolph, writing in dissent, said his colleagues were too quick to rule on Obama-era worker-friendly "joint employer" standards that are getting a fresh look from the Trump administration's new leadership at the National Labor Relations Board.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

December 28, 2018 | National Law Journal

A collection of our 2018 public-records reporting on the financial disclosures from Big Law partners who left, among other firms, Paul Weiss; King & Spalding; Williams & Connolly; Kirkland & Ellis, Covington & Burling, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; and Wilmer.

By C. Ryan Barber | Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

December 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for SDNY, reported earning about $3.5 million in salary and bonus last year at Greenberg Traurig. Marc Berger, director of the SEC's New York office, earned a partnership share of $2.4 million last year from Ropes & Gray.

By Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

December 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington on Thursday was weighing the New York attorney general's opposition to the government's request that deadlines be extended in a suit against the U.S. Labor Department.

By Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

December 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

Many cases are being put on hold, but not in every instance. A Maryland federal judge called the shutdown a “funding dispute” between the legislative and executive branches and said the Justice Department is required to find the “means by which to continue their participation in this litigation on a timely basis regardless of their client's internal issues.”

By C. Ryan Barber | Mike Scarcella

6 minute read