Mike Scarcella

September 04, 2018 | National Law Journal

"As Justice Kennedy showed us, a judge must be independent, not swayed by public pressure. Our independent Judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic," Kavanaugh said in his opening remarks.

By ALM Staff

11 minute read

August 30, 2018 | National Law Journal

Big Law appellate stars, a Yale Law School professor and a federal public defender are among those set to speak in support of Brett Kavanaugh next week. The Democrats have lined up a Parkland shooting survivor, a lawyer for an immigrant teen in an abortion case and John Dean, the former Nixon White House counsel turned whistleblower.

By Marcia Coyle | Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

August 30, 2018 | Legaltech News

"Failure to cure these identified flaws will undermine California's authority to launch and sustain vigorous oversight and effective enforcement of the CCPA's critical privacy protections," Xavier Becerra told lawmakers in a sharply worded letter.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

August 26, 2018 | National Law Journal

“Without a champion like McCain, comprehensive campaign finance reform never would have passed," said Trevor Potter, formerly general counsel to McCain on his presidential runs. Here's a roundup of some of what lawyers on both sides of the political spectrum are saying.

By ALM Staff

4 minute read

August 23, 2018 | National Law Journal

Jeff Sessions, who has weathered debasement from Trump over many months, was responding to new criticism from the president that his attorney general "never took control of the Justice Department."

By ALM Staff

3 minute read

August 21, 2018 | National Law Journal

Two Big Law litigation partners and an out lesbian U.S. magistrate judge are among the judicial nominees who will appear Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Senate has confirmed 26 Trump nominees picked for federal appeals courts.

By Mike Scarcella

8 minute read

August 17, 2018 | National Law Journal

"EPA may not employ delay tactics to effectively repeal a final rule while sidestepping the statutorily mandated process for revising or repealing that rule on the merits," D.C. Circuit Judges Judith Rogers and Robert Wilkins wrote Friday.

By Mike Scarcella

5 minute read

August 17, 2018 | New York Law Journal

"EPA may not employ delay tactics to effectively repeal a final rule while sidestepping the statutorily mandated process for revising or repealing that rule on the merits," D.C. Circuit Judges Judith Rogers and Robert Wilkins wrote Friday.

By Mike Scarcella

6 minute read

August 15, 2018 | National Law Journal

Administrative law judges and federal appeals judges are now grappling with the scope of the Supreme Court's ruling in 'Lucia,' which confronted the lawfulness of the appointment of federal in-house judges.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

August 14, 2018 | Litigation Daily

The Manafort judge's interventionist style prompted discussions in legal circles and on cable talk shows about whether he had gone too far, with some observers arguing the judge's hands-on approach and regular rebukes against prosecutors would have been fodder for a mistrial if the defense had been on the receiving end.

By Mike Scarcella

6 minute read