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March 09, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Isaac Lidsky, who in 2008 became the first blind U.S. Supreme Court law clerk, writes in a new memoir that working for a Big Law firm after his clerkship felt like trading in a “legal joyride” for a job as a corporate chauffeur.

By Tony Mauro

21 minute read

March 08, 2017 | National Law Journal

The majority of recusals, more than 500, were triggered by the involvement of a "former client or colleague," according to a 51-page appendix to his Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire that lists all 1,095 cases in which he stepped aside.

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

March 07, 2017 | National Law Journal

Noel Francisco, a former Scalia clerk, has been the principal deputy SG since late January, and on Tuesday night the Trump White House named him as its nominee for the Senate-confirmed position

By Tony Mauro

17 minute read

March 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In addition to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's extensive papers, a trove of digital documents will go to Harvard Law School, his alma mater. The materials will begin to be made available for review in 2020.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

March 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A federal appeals panel on Friday upheld the law barring anyone from making “a harangue or oration” at the U.S. Supreme Court—the latest in a series of rulings protecting the high court from protesters inside the building or on its grounds.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

March 02, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Almost half of the 39 clerks from last term are now working outside Washington, D.C. Possible explanations include greater interest by New York firms, the draw of returning to home, saturation of the D.C. market, and even the 2016 presidential election.

By Tony Mauro

22 minute read

March 01, 2017 | National Law Journal

With a dig at NY Senator Chuck Schumer, the Gibson Dunn partner torpedoed suggestions that he was in the running to be the next U.S. solicitor general.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

February 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Miguel Estrada, who has argued 22 cases before the high court, is the latest in a series of lawyers rumored to have a lock on the SG post.

By Tony Mauro

16 minute read

February 28, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is on the record as skeptical of the Chevron doctrine and will almost certainly be asked about his views next month at his confirmation hearing. Meanwhile, arguments in a recent immigration case provided a glimpse of where the current Supreme Court justices stand.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

February 28, 2017 | International Edition

Post-crisis M&A trend data highlights battle for dominance at top end of market

By Tony Williams

5 minute read