Mike Scarcella

September 21, 2018 | National Law Journal

Ed Whelan went on a Twitter storm Thursday to attack the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during the 1980s. Whelan, a former Scalia clerk and Harvard law grad, apologized Friday for "an appalling and inexcusable mistake of judgment."

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

September 19, 2018 | National Law Journal

The planned Monday hearing exploring the sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh "is as much a judgment of how this committee handles this as it is of the two witnesses," Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent at NLJ, says.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

September 18, 2018 | National Law Journal

"As the Judiciary Committee has recognized and done before, an FBI investigation of the incident should be the first step in addressing her allegations," Ford's attorneys wrote.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

September 13, 2018 | National Law Journal

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "This kind of judicial activism did not happen a single time in our first 175 years as a nation, but it has become common in recent years. It has happened to the Trump administration 25 times in less than two years."

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

September 13, 2018 | Litigation Daily

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "This kind of judicial activism did not happen a single time in our first 175 years as a nation, but it has become common in recent years. It has happened to the Trump administration 25 times in less than two years."

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

September 12, 2018 | National Law Journal

Well, not the returns themselves. Because Trump hasn't released them. But there is a public-records case, set for argument Thursday in the D.C. Circuit, that seeks to force the IRS to disclose the records.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

September 12, 2018 | Litigation Daily

Well, not the returns themselves. Because Trump hasn't released them. But there is a public-records case, set for argument Thursday in the D.C. Circuit, that seeks to force the IRS to disclose the records.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

September 06, 2018 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc, is weighing the scope of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Courts are divided over whether protections reach beyond employees to job applicants.

By Erin Mulvaney

4 minute read

September 06, 2018 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Justice Department told the Fifth Circuit that the department disagrees with a part of the guidance from the EEOC that confronts employer consideration of the criminal histories of job applicants. The clash is the latest between the agencies.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

September 05, 2018 | The Recorder

The SEC, highlighting a criminal case brought by federal prosecutors in the Central District of California, warned investors that marijuana businesses "may be criminally prosecuted and this may impact the value of your investment.”

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read