July 17, 2019 | Supreme Court Brief
'We Want Our Associates in Court' | Thomas's Media Dig | Not So Lazy Summer After All | SCOTUS Vets Rip Census RulingA Hogan Lovells team talks with us about how the firm provides opportunities for first-time SCOTUS advocates, and this summer is shaping up to be fairly busy at the high court.
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle
9 minute read
July 10, 2019 | Supreme Court Brief
SCOTUS Advocate Diversity | A Campaign for Term Limits | DACA's Date | Kennedy In FocusOf the 185 appearances made by lawyers at oral argument this past term, only 32 were by females, or roughly 17 percent.
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle
8 minute read
July 03, 2019 | Supreme Court Brief
Northwestern Clinic's Big Wins This Term | Did You Read All of Gorsuch's 119 Footnotes? | LGBT Amicus Briefing Is UnderwayJustice Gorsuch dropped more than 100 footnotes in a recent ruling—new record? Plus: A Northwestern law clinic is on a roll. Thanks for reading Supreme Court Brief!
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle
8 minute read
July 02, 2019 | National Law Journal
Record Number of Companies Back LGBT Workplace Rights in SCOTUS BriefQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Todd Anten In New York is counsel of record in the pro bono brief.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
June 27, 2019 | National Law Journal
Roberts, Ruling Against Trump, Faces New Round of Conservatives' Criticism"Our review is deferential, but we are 'not required to exhibit a naiveté from which ordinary citizens are free,'" Roberts wrote in the census ruling.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
June 26, 2019 | National Law Journal
'Fractured and Divided,' Justices' Agency-Power Ruling Sows Uncertainty"A fractured and divided court produces fractured and divided decisions. The Kisor case proves it," one court observer says.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
June 26, 2019 | National Law Journal
'Auer' Survives at SCOTUS, But Gorsuch Calls It 'Stay of Execution'No justice dissented in the decision, but four justices wrote separately to establish that they did not agree with the entire majority opinion. Justice Neil Gorsuch, concurring in the judgment, said he looked forward to the day Auer is overturned.
By Tony Mauro
6 minute read
June 26, 2019 | Supreme Court Brief
SCOTUS Vets Review Biz Docket | Kavanaugh the Originalist? | Shoutouts to Sonia Katyal | How Goodwin Procter Landed New Cert GrantBig Law SCOTUS vets have some thoughts on the term -- and what's next. Plus: Sonia Katyal gets some Supreme Court praise, and is Justice Kavanaugh an originalist?
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle
9 minute read
June 25, 2019 | National Law Journal
How Goodwin Procter Landed SCOTUS Argument for Pro Se PrisonerOn Monday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Texas case Banister v. Davis, and now Brian Burgess is getting ready to argue his first Supreme Court case in the fall.
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read
June 24, 2019 | National Law Journal
Justices Strengthen Shield Blocking Disclosure of Company FinancialsThe justices, in a 6-3 vote, took a pro-business stance on the interpretation of the word “confidential."
By Tony Mauro
4 minute read