Tony Mauro

April 11, 2018 | National Law Journal

Adam Mortara and John Hughes, partners at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, are joining William Consovoy and Patrick Strawbridge, partners at Consovoy McCarthy Park, in challenging Harvard's admissions processes.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 11, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

Veteran Supreme Court advocate Paul Smith shares his reason for writing a very personal blog post on the pending Masterpiece Cakeshop challenge. Former U.S. solicitor general Gregory Garre discusses his recent death penalty win. And we give you a sneak peek at the forthcoming documentary, RBG, opening in theaters in May.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

April 10, 2018 | National Law Journal

"He is not paying attention to the newspapers, he's paying attention to briefs, and cases, and laws. He's not one for the D.C. cocktail circuit, as it were. Just not his scene, never has been," says Jamil Jaffer, a former Gorsuch clerk.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

April 09, 2018 | National Law Journal

By long tradition, the U.S. Supreme Court discounts the votes and opinions of justices upon death.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 09, 2018 | The Recorder

The Ninth Circuit on Monday published a posthumous opinion from Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt. But by long tradition, the U.S. Supreme Court discounts the votes and opinions of justices upon death.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 06, 2018 | National Law Journal

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier says the Arkansas ruling on lawyer fees was “exceptionally frustrating, because there was no question that we were the prevailing party.”

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

April 04, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

What to do about SCOTUS interruptions? Political scientists who have studied the problem offered some possible solutions. Plus: We look at the cross-border shooting case the justices sent back to the Fifth Circuit.

By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle

11 minute read

April 03, 2018 | National Law Journal

Microsoft's lawyers tell the Supreme Court that email search-warrant case is moot after passage of the new law "CLOUD Act."

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 03, 2018 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court's action may have little to do with special master A. Gregory Grimsal himself. The court replaced Grimsal with Senior Judge Michael Melloy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

April 02, 2018 | National Law Journal

Sotomayor's dissents on Monday fit her longtime practice of speaking out in cases in which defendants, in her view, are given short shrift.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read