Tony Mauro

May 13, 2008 | The Recorder

Four Supreme Court justices have recused themselves from a suit accusing U.S. and foreign companies of aiding and abetting apartheid, thus affirming a lower court ruling.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

November 05, 2009 | The Recorder

Former Solicitor General Paul Clement is representing two ex-Iowa inmates in a case that will determine whether prosecutors deserve total immunity when accused of misconduct.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 27, 2006 | Law.com

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to answer a crucial question that arises in virtually every patent application: When is an invention so obvious that it does not deserve a patent? The case could produce "the most important patent ruling in a decade," according to one patent specialist. The Court also granted review in another case that will attract widespread business interest -- a challenge by 12 states to the Environmental Protection Agency's refusal to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions in new cars.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

May 16, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Supreme Court ruling yesterday in favor of eBay Inc. in a closely watched patent dispute made it harder for those claiming infringement to win permanent injunctions against major patent holders and manufacturers.

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April 29, 2008 | The Recorder

Six Supreme Court justices cast votes in support but divided on rationale.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 07, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

The death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist late on Saturday ends his historic 33-year career on the Supreme Court and presents President George W. Bush with a rare challenge to fill a new vacancy just as John Roberts Jr., his nominee to Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the court, was about to face Senate hearings.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

September 05, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

February 26, 2009 | The Recorder

In two unanimous rulings, the court solidified trends in First Amendment and antitrust law.

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5 minute read

April 28, 2005 | Law.com

Pesticide manufacturers lost Wednesday in their Supreme Court bid to avoid facing products liability lawsuits in state courts nationwide. By a 7-2 vote, the Court said most state tort actions are not prohibited by federal law, contrary to the arguments of the industry. The case against Dow AgroSciences was brought by a group of 29 peanut farmers who sued in Texas courts, claiming that the pesticide Strongarm damaged their crops.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

September 07, 2004 | Law.com

The latest Supreme Court term offered reminders that effective oral advocacy flummoxes even the best of lawyers. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently recalled her first oral argument to the Court, made while she was an ACLU lawyer in the '70s -- the anxiety, the butterflies and the "feeling of extraordinary power." And as the recently released papers of the late Justice Harry Blackmun show, oral advocacy can succeed even if its beholders don't much like it. Turns out he graded the advocates.

By Tony Mauro

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