Tony Mauro

November 11, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

During arguments in a case touted by some as the most important patent case in decades, Supreme Court justices from across the spectrum voiced skepticism Monday about whether intangible business methods and other innovations untethered to machines deserved patent protection.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 02, 2009 | National Law Journal

The David Souter bobblehead, the latest in the series of Supreme Court bobblehead dolls created by the unconventional law review The Green Bag, will soon be in the hands of a lucky few. As with the previous bobbleheads, every facet of the doll has meaning, drawn from the justice's jurisprudence or personal history. The most prominent features of the bobble-Souter? The justice has a gold chain around his neck and is seated on a lifeguard stand. And another thing: This bobblehead has audio.

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

March 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

Six years after the moniker was first coined, a "foreign-cubed" suit has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case challenges the use of American courts by foreign plaintiffs.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

September 28, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the bench Oct. 4 and almost immediately will set about cleaning up the chaos it created in the federal sentencing system in June before it left for its summer recess.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

May 19, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

It doesn't take much to derail, or at least significantly distract, a U.S. Supreme Court nomination.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

October 26, 2004 | Law.com

The surprise announcement of Rehnquist's illness and surgery came just before noon on Monday, and raised in a concrete way an issue that has been an abstraction during the presidential campaign: the possibility of a departure from the Supreme Court in the near future. As is customary with the justices, health information was sparse and hard to come by on Monday. But Rehnquist expects to be on the bench when the U.S. Supreme Court convenes again Monday

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

May 01, 2006 | Law.com

If a basic scientific phenomenon can be patented, can business strategies and less tangible creations be far behind?

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 24, 2010 | Law.com

Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer have nearly perfected the stylized debate they have from time to time in front of audiences around the country. With a mix of bluster and bravado, the two present their conflicting views of statutory and constitutional interpretation and the role of judges, to the amusement of those listening. In a discussion Tuesday night sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society, Scalia and Breyer reprised their debate at the Supreme Court itself.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

In four decisions, the high court limited the scope of federal statutes used by prosecutors and plaintiffs.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 07, 2005 | National Law Journal

When parties air their differences before the Supreme Court, they are usually on opposite sides of the case. But in a dispute pending before the justices, two major Illinois legal figures are tussling over which one has the right to bring the case to the Court. "It's a very strange situation," says assistant appellate defender Darrel Orman who is watching, bemused, as his adversaries slug it out. "It qualifies as a turf battle, I'd say."

By Tony Mauro

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