Tony Mauro

March 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared hostile on Monday toward so-called "foreign-cubed" securities fraud class actions in which the plaintiffs and stock issuers are foreign and the alleged fraud took place on foreign soil.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 25, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

Neither the World Court nor President George Bush can mess with Texas when it comes to enforcement of local criminal laws, the U.S. Supreme Court says.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

May 10, 1999 | Law.com

More than a year after his book, Closed Chambers, landed like a stinkbomb in the Supreme Court community, author Edward Lazarus is enjoying life. But Lazarus can't let down his guard yet: The fallout over his book continues. Yale Law School Dean Anthony Kronman's endorsement, which graced the back of the dust jacket of the hardcover edition, will not appear on the paperback version. Kronman apologized for the endorsement, calling it a "real lapse."

By Tony Mauro

14 minute read

July 03, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

For years, if not decades, leading U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawyer Robin Conrad has told anyone who will listen that a conservative U.S. Supreme Court is not always a pro-business Supreme Court.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

March 27, 2006 | Law.com

With its relatively minimal docket, the Supreme Court wouldn't necessarily come to mind as a growth market. But it's becoming one. It's now standard operating procedure for clients in high-stakes corporate cases before the Court to snag a member of the high court bar, the elite and exclusive cadre of practitioners who have effectively cornered the market and, in a sense, serve as unofficial gatekeepers to the Court. But now, more firms are trying to buy their way into the club.

By Emma Schwartz and Tony Mauro

10 minute read

July 18, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

It's become an annual ritual of the Roberts Court era: As soon as the U.S. Supreme Court recesses for the summer, the debate resumes over just how pro-business it really is.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

January 28, 2010 | National Law Journal

Despite the accomplishments of Sandra Day O'Connor and Elena Kagan and the other speakers, the "Women Advocates of the Supreme Court Bar" discussion panel held Thursday afternoon in Washington left the sense that full equality of treatment for women lawyers has not yet been achieved.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 30, 2007 | The Recorder

Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote for the majority in Ledbetter, said a narrower reading of the deadline to file EEOC claims was compelled by court precedents and by Congress itself, which wanted employment discrimination cases to be handled quickly.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

January 14, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided yesterday over whether the Americans with Disabilities Act should expose states to private lawsuits over lack of access to state services.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

March 29, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

There he was in January, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy elbow-to-elbow with first lady Laura Bush, encouraging Washington, D.C., high school students to spread the word about fundamental American values in the wake of Sept. 11. Then on March 5, Kennedy was in the news again, speaking with passion before a Senate budget committee about the frustration and disappointment felt by federal judges over the failure of Congress to raise their pay.

By TONY MAURO

7 minute read