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December 14, 2015 | Law.com

The high-stakes patent battle between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, with Samsung claiming that it did not infringe Apple's design patents and should not be punished with a $399 million penalty.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 14, 2015 | National Law Journal

As the nation confronts racial tensions in the streets and on college campuses, the U.S. Supreme Court last week gave few hints of how it will decide two challenges with major implications for that struggle. But with an apparently divided high court, the outcomes may turn on Justice Anthony Kennedy.

By Marcia Coyle and Tony Mauro

6 minute read

December 14, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Until last week, prison inmates and undocumented immigrants were the main focus of the debate before the U.S. Supreme Court over how legislative districts should be drawn. But during oral arguments in , another segment of the nonvoting population emerged as a key part of the calculus: children.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 14, 2015 | National Law Journal

The high-stakes patent battle between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, with Samsung claiming that it did not infringe Apple's design patents and should not be punished with a $399 million penalty.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 10, 2015 | National Law Journal

As demonstrators shouted at the U.S. Supreme Court during a public session in April, Justice Antonin Scalia said on an open microphone, "Give them stiff, stiff sentences," according to a tape and transcript of the incident that has surfaced in the prosecution of the protesters. Justice Clarence Thomas also chimed in. Referring to one of the demonstrators, he said, "That's the same guy from last time." As other protesters rose to shout at the court and were taken out of the courtroom by police, Thomas added, "Pretty soon we might have an empty room."

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

December 10, 2015 | National Law Journal

As demonstrators shouted at the U.S. Supreme Court during a public session in April, Justice Antonin Scalia said on an open microphone, "Give them stiff, stiff sentences," according to a tape and transcript of the incident that has surfaced in the prosecution of the protesters. Justice Clarence Thomas also chimed in. Referring to one of the demonstrators, he said, "That's the same guy from last time." As other protesters rose to shout at the court and were taken out of the courtroom by police, Thomas added, "Pretty soon we might have an empty room."

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 09, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

If you've ever gone to Wikipedia for online information about the U.S. Supreme Court and liked, hated or wanted to improve what you saw, there's a meetup at the National Archives on Dec. 11 you should attend.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

December 09, 2015 | Supreme Court Brief

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. was clearly impatient during oral arguments Wednesday in the latest case challenging affirmative action in higher education.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

December 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday did not appear ready to completely discard the traditional way of drawing legislative districts nationwide, as it heard arguments in a Texas case that could recast thousands of electoral maps.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

December 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday did not appear ready to completely discard the traditional way of drawing legislative districts nationwide, as it heard arguments in a Texas case that could recast thousands of electoral maps.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read