Tony Mauro

June 14, 2018 | The Recorder

From his essay, posted to the Concurring Opinions blog, it appears retired judge Alex Kozinski and Stephen Reinhardt kept up their friendship of more than three decades until Reinhardt died.

By Tony Mauro

1 minute read

June 13, 2018 | National Law Journal

"This is an unbelievably important case,” says Wilmer Hale's Seth Waxman, who wrote the petition on Brendan Dassey's behalf. The petition had been on the justices' Thursday conference list but was later rescheduled.

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

June 13, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

Wilmer Hale's Seth Waxman talks about his role in the "Making a Murderer" petition at the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: prominent authors sign onto an anthology focused on U.S. Supreme Court cases. And if you missed the chief justice's commencement address, check it out. "Beware the robots," Roberts told the graduating high school class.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

4 minute read

June 12, 2018 | National Law Journal

Celia Choy and Dahlia Mignouna, both Yale Law School graduates, will continue in their practice in the firm's 12-lawyer Washington, D.C., office until they head to the court in the summer of 2019 to clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer. More than half of the lawyers in Munger's office here are women, and a third are racial or ethnic minorities.

By Tony Mauro

1 minute read

June 11, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Two U.S. Supreme Court orders on Monday—one involving Justice Anthony Kennedy and the other Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.—show why recusals matter.

By Tony Mauro

1 minute read

June 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

Two U.S. Supreme Court orders on Monday—one involving Justice Anthony Kennedy and the other Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.—show why recusals matter.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

"The dissents have a policy disagreement, not just with Ohio, but with Congress. But this case presents a question of statutory interpretation, not a question of policy," Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote for the 5-4 majority. In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote: "Communities that are disproportionately affected by unnecessarily harsh registration laws should not tolerate efforts to marginalize their influence in the political process."

By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro

2 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 07, 2018 | National Law Journal

The court recently announced that Atlanta solo Amy Weil was “invited to brief and argue” as amicus curiae in favor of an appeals court decision that neither side supports anymore.

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

June 06, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

What's the scope of the "narrow" ruling in Masterpiece? Plus: Ross Davies offers some lessons in lawyering drawn from the great storyteller Thurgood Marshall. Thanks for reading SCB!

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

2 minute read