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May 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

As loudly as advocates lament the plight of an eight-member U.S. Supreme Court, there is one interested group that has barely made a peep—the eight justices themselves. With the exception of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when they have addressed the subject, they suggest it has had fairly minor impact on their work. "Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multimember court," Ginsburg said Thursday.

By Tony Mauro

13 minute read

May 25, 2016 | National Law Journal

After months of uncertainty about its future, the Oyez Project, a free repository of more than 10,000 hours of U.S. Supreme Court oral-argument audio and other court resources, has found a new home. The project's founder, Jerry Goldman, who is retiring soon, told The National Law Journal on Tuesday that a newly minted arrangement with Cornell University's Legal Information Institute and Justia, the online publisher of legal information, will keep Oyez alive.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

May 23, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Monday sent a strong message to state courts and prosecutors that racial bias in jury selection is unacceptable.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

May 23, 2016 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave plaintiffs in workplace discrimination cases more time to file complaints against their employers. By a 7-1 vote, the court said the 45-day deadline for initiating a constructive-discharge claim can begin running from the day the employee resigns—not the day of the last discriminatory workplace incident. Business advocates criticized the decision, which could enable lawsuits filed years after alleged discriminatory acts occur.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

May 23, 2016 | National Law Journal

How is it that Carter Ledyard & Milburn, a midsize New York law firm, can attract clients ranging from a Native American casino operator in Northern California to the Blue Man Group?

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

May 23, 2016 | National Law Journal

The California firm boasts that it has been "at the forefront of the infrastructure practice area for decades."

By Tony Mauro

2 minute read

May 19, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

By ruling in favor of awarding legal fees to a company that the government accused of widespread sexual harassment, the U.S. Supreme Court may have been sending a broader message that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission needs to clean up its act.

By Tony Mauro

15 minute read

May 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is winning praise for re-energizing the movement toward mandatory pro bono for lawyers with her recent remarks on the subject, but some advocates in Big Law think the requirement poses significant challenges and won't work for everyone.

By Tony Mauro

16 minute read

May 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

In a ruling that could mean more attorney fee awards for employers in workplace discrimination cases, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said defendants don't have to win on the merits to be counted as the “prevailing party.”

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

May 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., the first African-American leader of the U.S. Justice Department, is joining the national board of directors of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "Those who make it unnecessarily difficult for some of their fellow citizens to cast a ballot are on the wrong side of history and will be considered harshly by it," Holder recently told a graduating law school class in Wisconsin.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read