Mike Scarcella

June 18, 2018 | National Law Journal

Major U.S. companies including Microsoft Corp., Airbnb Inc., eBay Inc., and Viacom Inc. are backing the worker. Meanwhile, conservative states lined up against liberal-leaning states, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission threw its support to the employee, Mark Horton, whose dispute is playing out in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

By Erin Mulvaney

6 minute read

June 18, 2018 | The Recorder

U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco also urged the justices to grant review in the Apple antitrust case, which will be argued this fall. “The importance of the question presented will only grow as commerce continues to move online,” he wrote. The Apple dispute was one of five case the justices added to their argument docket for the 2018-2019 term.

By Mike Scarcella

1 minute read

June 14, 2018 | International Edition

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday was a boost to class action plaintiffs in dispute over vitamin C. Foreign law deserves "respectful consideration," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, but it doesn't decide this class action.

By Mike Scarcella

1 minute read

June 08, 2018 | National Law Journal

Three career U.S. Justice Department lawyers withdrew their names on a brief the government filed in Texas abandoning the defense of the Affordable Care Act. So who are the DOJ lawyers pressing the government's claims? Meet the legal team.

By Mike Scarcella | Tony Mauro

3 minute read

June 04, 2018 | The Recorder

“Of the inappropriate behavior that does occur, incivility, disrespect, or crude behavior are more common than sexual harassment,” said the report of a nine-member working group created in the aftermath of revelations about Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and his inappropriate conduct with law clerks.

By Mike Scarcella

2 minute read

June 04, 2018 | National Law Journal

Fitzgerald formally joins the court case as Skadden partner Michael Scudder, who had been leading the firm's representation of UNC, leaves for a federal appeals post.

By Mike Scarcella |

2 minute read

May 22, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Jenner & Block lawyers are calling "radical and profoundly troubling" a Texas federal judge's contempt order against three plaintiffs firms—Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Outten & Golden, and Green Savits—for allegedly violating a nationwide injunction against the Obama-era U.S. Labor Department's overtime rule.

By Mike Scarcella |

4 minute read

May 17, 2018 | Law.com

The real estate industry is closely watching the CFPB's Mick Mulvaney's next steps involving mortgage lender PHH Corp. A Hogan Lovells partner opened up about FCPA declinations. And scroll down for who got the work in some big new cases.

By Mike Scarcella

3 minute read

May 14, 2018 | National Law Journal

Michael Scudder, whose practice focused on tax-related matters, accounting and white-collar disputes, was the Trump administration's nominee to replace Richard Posner, who retired. Scudder earned $3.06 million in partnership income in 2017, according to a financial disclosure released as part of the confirmation process.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

May 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

The senior lawyers for the plaintiffs were Neil Steiner, a Dechert white-collar partner in New York; Dale Ho, director of the ACLU Voting Project; and Stephen Bonney, former legal director of the Kansas ACLU. Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, has appealed a judge's contempt ruling.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read