Todd Ruger

January 13, 2014 | National Law Journal

Republican senators left the Supreme Court arguments today confident that they would prevail in the constitutional showdown over the president's power to make recess appointments.

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

January 10, 2014 | National Law Journal

The Senate is expected to confirm U.S. District Judge Robert Wilkins to a key Washington federal appeals court Monday afternoon.

By Todd Ruger

2 minute read

January 08, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Two federal judges came to such widely different conclusions about the government's telephone surveillance program in December that the U.S. Supreme Court likely won't ignore the issue.

By Andrew Ramonas, Todd Ruger and Tony Mauro

6 minute read

January 06, 2014 | National Law Journal

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

January 06, 2014 | National Law Journal

Two federal judges came to such widely different conclusions about the government's telephone surveillance program in December that the U.S. Supreme Court likely won't ignore the issue.

By Andrew Ramonas, Todd Ruger and Tony Mauro

6 minute read

January 06, 2014 | National Law Journal

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will start the new year with momentum on major tax reform proposals — including a provision that could pose a financial hardship for large law firms and hit partners with outsized tax bills.

By Todd Ruger

4 minute read

January 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Although overshadowed by the political battle over the confirmation process, the federal courts have more judicial vacancies now than at the beginning of the Obama administration, despite Obama pushing his pace on nominations.

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

December 30, 2013 | The Recorder

By Todd Ruger

2 minute read

December 30, 2013 | National Law Journal

GOP lawmakers thwarted progress on key issues, but Senate Democrats used high explosives to break a logjam on nominees.

By Todd Ruger

5 minute read

December 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A tax reform proposal now being considered by Congress could mean financial hardship for the nation's largest law firms and outsized tax bills for those firms' partners.

By Todd Ruger

4 minute read