Tony Mauro

June 29, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

In a major separation-of-powers ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said that members of an accounting oversight board created as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were too insulated from presidential authority to be part of an accountable executive branch.

By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle

3 minute read

October 18, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

A little-noticed provision in the corporate tax law just passed by Congress may turn out to be a boon for civil rights plaintiffs, public interest groups, whistleblowers, and even trial lawyers.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

March 13, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court has avoided spelling out the meaning of the Second Amendment's right to bear arms for nearly 70 years. But after a ruling Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, it might be difficult for the high court to sidestep the issue any longer.

By Tony Mauro ALM Supreme Court Correspondent

4 minute read

December 07, 2007 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared deeply divided Wednesday over just how much due process Guantanamo Bay detainees deserve in challenging their imprisonment - and how much they already have.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

November 21, 2005 | Law.com

No committee reviews judges' recusal decisions -- either in lower courts or at the Supreme Court -- and critics say this do-it-yourself approach explains why recusal issues keep recurring. They have dogged Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito Jr. as well as Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., who has already faced some awkward recusal choices in his brief seven-week tenure on the Court. Conflict-of-interest questions may even impede the business community's desire for a more sympathetic Supreme Court.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

May 29, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

The luster of Supreme Court clerk jobs seems brighter than ever, and not just because a former high court clerk has succeeded another as chief justice. But, even as law firms offer former clerks hiring bonuses of $200,000, pushing clerkships ever upward into the stratosphere of rewards to which young lawyers can aspire, one stark reality persists: Recipients are overwhelmingly white and male. It appears that only three of the 37 clerks currently serving at the Court are minorities.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

May 17, 2005 | The Recorder

The U.S. Supreme Court gave a cork-popping victory to the wine industry Monday, striking down state laws that barred consumers from receiving direct shipment of wines from out-of-state wineries. The 5-4 decision caps a 20-year campaign by the wine industry to overturn the protective laws passed by states that barred out-of-state winery imports to consumers.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

November 09, 2005 | The Recorder

Lawyers for a class of 613,000 felons claim that the 1968 law, which permanently disenfranchises convicted felons, disproportionately affects African-Americans. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider taking up the case Thursday.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

August 15, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

One of the earliest and most telling decisions John Roberts Jr. will confront if confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court has nothing to do with hot-button issues like abortion. The question is whether he will join the cert pool -- the arrangement whereby justices pool their law clerks to divide up and read incoming certiorari petitions.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

September 20, 2006 | Law.com

Conflict-of-interest complaints have led to the Judicial Conference's new rules and an ethics committee headed by Justice Stephen Breyer.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read