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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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October 10, 2018 | National Law Journal

Marcia Coyle: Kavanaugh's Partisanship Doesn't Just Vanish Now

"The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional. That process is over," Kavanaugh said at the White House on Monday. "My focus now is to be the best justice I can be. I take this office with gratitude and no bitterness."

By ALM Staff

3 minute read

October 09, 2018 | National Law Journal

Business Groups Urge NLRB to Restrict Employee Email Use on Company Systems

"The increasing pace of technological development and workplace innovation argues against the reactionary creation of new substantive rights," business advocates contend in new briefing at the National Labor Relations Board.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

October 03, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court Has Three Chances This Term to Bolster Arbitration

The three cases follow on the heels of last term's blockbuster Epic Systems v. Lewis, which said employment agreements can lawfully restrict class actions.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

September 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lauding #MeToo, Spurns 'Boys Will Be Boys'

"#MeToo was also an example of women coming together in numbers. Women nowadays are not silent about bad behavior," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Wednesday in remarks at Georgetown University Law Center.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

September 26, 2018 | National Law Journal

Read the Evidence: Kavanaugh's 1982 Calendar, Ford's 4 Declarations

Lawyers for Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford have submitted evidentiary documents they intend to use at Thursday's hearing—pages from Kavanaugh's 1982 summer calendar, and four declarations supporting Ford's claims that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party.

By Mike Scarcella

2 minute read

September 26, 2018 | The Recorder

Read the Evidence: California Lawyer Backs Up Ford's Claims Against Kavanaugh

Lawyers for Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford have submitted evidentiary documents they intend to use at Thursday's hearing—pages from Kavanaugh's 1982 summer calendar, and four declarations supporting Ford's claims that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party—including one from a Scotts Valley lawyer.

By Mike Scarcella

2 minute read

September 25, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

83 NJ Attorneys Back Christine Blasey Ford as Moms' Letter Tops 2,000 Signatures

Mothers in the legal profession from Big Law and other firms, government agencies and higher ed joined en masse to support the Kavanaugh accuser.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

September 24, 2018 | Daily Business Review

50 Florida Lawyers Among 2,000 Women in Law Supporting Christine Blasey Ford

Mothers in the legal profession from Big Law and smaller firms, government agencies and higher ed join en masse to support one of the Kavanaugh accusers.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

September 24, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Dozens of Women Lawyers From Pa. Among 2,000 Who Signed Letter Supporting Christine Blasey Ford

Nearly 2,000 lawyers who are mothers—including partners and associates from Big Law firms across the country, and 66 signers from Pennsylvania—joined together in a letter supporting Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as she prepares to testify Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while both were in high school.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

September 24, 2018 | Daily Report Online

31 Female Lawyers From Georgia Join Nearly 2,000 Supporting for Christine Blasey Ford

Mothers in the legal profession from Big Law and other firms, government agencies and higher ed joined en masse to support the Kavanaugh accuser.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read