Tony Mauro

August 27, 2008 | The Recorder

Christopher Buckley's send-up of the nominating process features an unlikely justice — a TV judge.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

May 11, 2006 | Law.com

A potentially controversial file at the Reagan Presidential Library that went missing shortly before confirmation hearings for Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has still not been found, according to an investigation. The file, which relates to Roberts' work on affirmative action issues while in the Reagan administration, was viewed by White House and Justice Department lawyers. The investigation stated that "procedures were not consistently followed" when the lawyers were left alone with the documents.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 26, 2007 | Law.com

By a 5-4 vote Monday, the Supreme Court seriously weakened a key feature of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law -- a ban on pre-election ads that mention candidates by name and are paid for directly by corporations and unions -- and possibly ushered in a new era of high court disapproval of measures aimed at reining in campaign excesses. The decision may represent the biggest doctrinal shift of the newly constituted Roberts Court -- and was yet another loss for the Court's liberal/moderate wing.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

June 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

In a closely watched patent case, the Supreme Court on Monday gave drug companies broad leeway to use other companies' patented compounds in their own research, even at the earliest stages of drug development. Overturning a Federal Circuit decision, the Court's unanimous ruling in Merck KGaA v. Integra Life Sciences means companies can begin developing competing drugs and generics earlier in the life of a competitor's patent, enabling them to jump into the market as soon as a rival patent expires.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

June 19, 2007 | National Law Journal

In a big win for the securities industry, the Supreme Court on Monday gave investment banks broad implied immunity from antitrust suits, stating that the SEC is better qualified than judges and juries to determine the legality of conduct in IPOs. The Court's deference to the SEC could mark a new high-water mark for the regulatory state that might be applied in other contexts, including telecommunications and environmental law, where it could be argued that regulators have more expertise than courts.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 28, 2008 | National Law Journal

One week before oral argument in the case of Carcieri v. Kempthorne, agreement over whether former Solicitor General Theodore Olson or attorney Joseph Larisa will argue for the appellants before the Supreme Court still seemed far away -- so far that the Supreme Court itself may decide. At its private conference Friday, only one business day before the scheduled argument, the justices will consider an emergency motion filed by Larisa asking them to reconsider the possibility of divided argument.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

June 19, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

The Supreme Court on Monday divided sharply on the scope of the Clean Water Act while also agreeing to widen its review of the federal partial-birth abortion ban next fall.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

April 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court had good and bad news for lawyers Wednesday in a pair of decisions, one on attorney fee awards, and the other on lawyers' liability for errors in debt-collection cases. In the fees case, which has been highly anticipated by civil rights and public interest groups that depend on fee-shifting statutes when they win, the Court said judges may award fee enhancements above the "lodestar" amount to lawyers for superior performance -- but only in rare and well-documented circumstances.

By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

June 01, 2005 | New York Law Journal

By Tony MauroLegal Times

6 minute read

February 18, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The word "recuse" fills the wintry air of Washington, D.C., these days, directed at Supreme Court justices with the same indignant tone as the similar-sounding Frenchism, "J'accuse!"

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read