Tony Mauro

March 02, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Acting in a case at the intersection of patent and antitrust law, the Supreme Court yesterday issued a ruling that makes it harder for upstart companies and generic manufacturers to challenge patent holders' power in the marketplace.

By Tony Mauro

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November 03, 2010 | National Law Journal

Forty years ago Ruth Bader Ginsburg, then a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, systematically tried to knock down laws that treated men and women differently. Ginsburg was largely successful, but some such laws remain on the books. On Nov. 10, with Ginsburg now on the Supreme Court, the justices will hear a challenge to one of those remaining statutes.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 26, 2004 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

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January 12, 2006 | Law.com

After two days of defending his record, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jr. will be reinforced today by seven people who know his tenure from the inside: his fellow 3rd Circuit judges. And although judges have testified before on behalf of Supreme Court nominees, the 3rd Circuit judges are coming under fire for injecting themselves into the political process. Eldie Acheson, a former top Clinton Justice Department official, says: "As judges and as a court, this is not their business."

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

February 25, 2010 | The Recorder

Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, said a "break in custody" allows police to question a suspect a second time even if the suspect had previously invoked Miranda rights.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

January 05, 2004 | The Recorder

When U.S. Supreme Court justices announce their rulings from the bench, they summarize them briefly, using words that never become part of the written record. But on Dec. 10, when Chief Justice William Rehnquist summarized the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, some who heard it asked that he release the text. The release was barely noticed, but it was a sign that the Court is beginning to get more comfortable with greater transparency and openness.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

May 14, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

March 06, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Washington, D.C., attorney Thomas Goldstein, who rocked the rarified world of Supreme Court advocacy by his aggressive pursuit of cases, will join the powerhouse law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner May 1.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

September 26, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday it will referee a sharply partisan dispute over an Indiana law that requires prospective voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polling place.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 04, 2011 | National Law Journal

When work gets intense, John Elwood takes down one of the vintage Gibson guitars he has hanging on his office wall and starts strumming. The guitars might get a workout in the next few weeks as Elwood prepares for oral argument at the Supreme Court on April 27, the final argument day of the current term.

By Tony Mauro

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