Tony Mauro

March 22, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

In a pair of business cases decided last week, the U.S. Supreme Court by lopsided majorities ruled in favor of an employee in a wage-and-hours dispute, and in favor of plaintiffs in a securities class action. Corporations lost both cases.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

May 02, 2011 | Law.com

A confrontation between the construction company doing the work and the government agency that oversees the project is largely over claims that the Court's insistence on quiet and decorum during the project caused millions of dollars in extra labor costs and delay.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

May 13, 2010 | Law.com

Just days after President Barack Obama announced he would nominate Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, speculation began swirling about who would replace her as solicitor general. By tradition, the principal deputy often succeeds a departing SG. But this time around, there appears to be a lot of jockeying for the post. With the rarification and specialization of the Supreme Court bar in the last decade or so, the job of solicitor general has gained luster -- and economic value.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 06, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court appeared closely divided yesterday over whether the U.S. attorney general can override the wishes of Oregon voters and ban the use of drugs to hasten the death of terminally ill patients, with retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as perhaps the key swing vote.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

March 29, 2005 | National Law Journal

The Supreme Court seemed torn Monday over how -- and even whether -- to decide a key death penalty case that questions an international court's ability to order domestic courts to hear new death row appeals. Because of fast-breaking developments, several justices appeared ready to delay a decision or even to dismiss the case while conflicting forces at the state, federal and international level sort out what happens next. "What is the practical thing to do?" Justice Stephen Breyer asked plaintively.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

October 18, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court last Tuesday added fresh hot-button issues to its docket, from Ten Commandments displays and prisoners' religious freedom to property rights, drawing unusual attention to itself just three weeks before Election Day.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

August 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would have been forgiven if she had decided to step back from the limelight and relax during the court's summer recess. The 77-year-old justice is barely a year past her second bout with cancer, and on June 27 lost her husband of 56 years, Martin Ginsburg, who was also battling cancer.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 18, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a confession to make recently: She does not read all the amicus curiae briefs filed in connection with cases before the court.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 19, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Judicial Conference on Tuesday adopted revisions to the federal judiciary's code of conduct aimed at broadening and clarifying how judges should handle conflicts of interest and the "appearance of impropriety." The conference also agreed to ask Congress to create 63 new judgeships — 12 appeals court judges and 51 at the district court level.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 05, 2007 | National Law Journal

A battle of footnotes in this week's Supreme Court global warming decision makes it clearer than ever how crucial Justice Anthony Kennedy's vote is to the outcome of big cases. An obscure decision written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was key to the fight between the majority and dissenting justices over the crucial issue of state standing. None of the dozens of briefs in the case make mention of the nearly century-old ruling -- but Kennedy did, during oral arguments last November.

By Tony Mauro

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