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Mike Scarcella

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.

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November 25, 2018 | National Law Journal

Papadopoulos, Convicted Ex-Trump Adviser, Loses Bid to Delay Prison Term

"Papadopoulos has not identified any extenuating circumstances—nor is the court aware of any—that would overcome the presumption against granting such an eleventh-hour stay," U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss wrote Sunday.

By ALM Staff

3 minute read

November 20, 2018 | National Law Journal

Oracle Uses Supreme Court Ruling to Attack Regulator's Discrimination Claims

"Secretary Acosta's ratification orders merely rubber stamp some other official's determination that these ALJs should be appointed," Oracle's attorneys at Orrick contend. The case is a test of the scope of the Supreme Court's decision in Lucia v. SEC.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

November 20, 2018 | Litigation Daily

Acting AG Whitaker's Financial Disclosures Show CNN, Consulting Income

Matthew Whitaker, the acting U.S. attorney general, filed financial reports at Main Justice showing income of more than $1 million in recent years from the right-leaning Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust. Whitaker was also a paid commentator on CNN, where he regularly bashed the special counsel's Russia investigation.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

November 20, 2018 | The Recorder

California Judge Blocks New Trump Rule Restricting Asylum

Judge Jon Tigar found the rule would have categorically prevented some immigrants from making asylum claims in some instances.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

November 19, 2018 | Daily Report Online

In Alabama Case, Gorsuch and Sotomayor Champion a Scalia Cause

"I still have two relatively new colleagues, one very new colleague, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. And we've agreed in quite a few cases, we've disagreed in a bunch," Sotomayor said in a recent interview.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

November 08, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey's Sherrill Among 37 Women Lawyers Headed to Washington

New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill is among the newly elected women lawyers, who attended 28 different law schools, including Ivy League Harvard and Yale as well as Cumberland, Santa Clara, George Washington, Cleveland-Marshall, University of Chicago, University of Virginia, Touro and others.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read

October 24, 2018 | National Law Journal

Justice Dept. Takes Stance Against Transgender Rights—and the EEOC—in Supreme Court

No EEOC lawyers signed the Justice Department's brief Wednesday that said federal civil rights laws don't protect against gender-identity discrimination in the workplace.

By Erin Mulvaney

6 minute read

October 22, 2018 | National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Lawyers With Big Law Ties Seek $300K in Legal Fees From EPA

The Washington appellate boutique Donahue, Goldberg & Weaver, home to former U.S. Supreme Court clerks, wants the D.C. Circuit to force the EPA to pay up.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

October 16, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

Supreme Court Amicus Curiae Review: 'Friends of the Court' Roared Back in 2017–18 Term

Anthony J. Franze and R. Reeves Anderson, members of Arnold & Porter's Appellate and Supreme Court practice, review the 2017-18 amicus curiae docket.

By Anthony J. Franze and R. Reeves Anderson

10 minute read

October 16, 2018 | National Law Journal

Susan Harthill Leaves US Labor Solicitor's Office for Morgan Lewis

As the Labor Department's deputy solicitor for national operations, Harthill managed the provision of legal services across department's programs.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read