Tony Mauro

June 22, 2007 | Law.com

The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for corporate defendants to seek and win dismissal of lawsuits filed by investors alleging stock fraud or market manipulation. By an 8-1 majority, the Court raised the threshold that plaintiffs must cross in initial pleadings to show that defendants had the intention to deceive or defraud. The ruling on a crucial threshold question in securities litigation was the second win this week for defendants seeking to limit class action litigation brought by investors.

By Tony Mauro

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September 25, 2009 | Law.com

Sonia Sotomayor said she waited for 12 hours to get the Memorial Day phone call from President Obama confirming his plan to appoint her to the Supreme Court. When her cell phone finally rang and the White House operator said the president was on the line, "I had my left hand over my chest to calm my beating heart, literally," she said. Sotomayor's remarkably personal comments came in excerpts from an interview she gave to C-SPAN as part of its "Supreme Court Week" documentary series, which begins airing Oct. 4.

By Tony Mauro

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April 15, 2002 | National Law Journal

For the first time in years, the Supreme Court will hear a case with the potential to cause havoc in capital punishment law.

By Tony Mauro

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June 15, 2011 | Daily Business Review

U.S. Supreme Court advocates have become more diverse over time with changing demographics and more women pursuing upper-echelon appellate practices.

By Tony Mauro

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June 23, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that defendants found mentally competent to stand trial are not necessarily also competent to represent themselves at the trial.

By Tony Mauro

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May 25, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

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October 03, 2006 | Law.com

Chief Justice John Roberts urged everyone, including fellow conservatives, to stop attacking unpopular judicial decisions at a D.C. meeting geared toward preserving a "fair and independent" judiciary.

By Tony Mauro

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June 09, 2006 | National Law Journal

At a recent reception in his honor, Solicitor General Paul Clement received warm words from Justice Antonin Scalia, as well as one wardrobe-related complaint. As SG, Clement wears a black vest to the Court with the customary swallow-tail morning coat -- but Scalia insisted the vest should be a pearl gray. Saying that he thought Clement had broken with tradition, Scalia added, only half-joking, "As you know, all change is presumptively wrong."

By Tony Mauro

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March 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

A broad spectrum of scholars and advocacy groups agreed that McDonald v. City of Chicago presented the best -- and possibly the last -- chance to revive the argument that the 14th Amendment's "privileges or immunities" clause was the soundest way to apply individual rights like the Second Amendment right to bear arms to states and localities. And after the entire movement seemed to crash and burn in the space of a dramatic few minutes at the Supreme Court, there has been remarkably little regret or recrimination.

By Tony Mauro

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April 10, 2007 | Law.com

Crunch time is coming early this term at the Supreme Court. It's not just that the Court is substantially behind in issuing opinions -- only 22 so far this term, compared to 35 at this point last term. Several of its knottiest issues -- "partial-birth abortion" and the use of race in public school class assignments, to name two -- have yet to emerge. The busy April argument calendar is likely to make for frayed nerves and fractured rulings through the end of the term in June.

By Tony Mauro

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