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April 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Amid social media snickers, a law school tweaks its new name.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

April 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

Ever since Sonia Sotomayor joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009, she and Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. have never been the only two dissenters in a case. Until Wednesday. Roberts and Sotomayor formed a rare alliance in rejecting a law that provides billions of dollars in compensation for American victims of terrorism.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

April 20, 2016 | National Law Journal

The executors of the papers of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr. are blocking public access to the justice's file on high court nominee Merrick Garland, who clerked for Brennan in 1977 and 1978. The file, along with other documents relating to law clerks, case histories and correspondence, are part of the closed portion of Brennan's collection that will not be opened to the public until July 2017, the 20th anniversary of Brennan's death.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

April 19, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

In a historic gesture, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. used American Sign Language from the bench Tuesday to welcome 12 deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers as new members of the U.S. Supreme Court bar.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

April 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended a decade-long battle over Google, Inc.'s massive book-scanning project, declining to take up an appeal by authors who claimed the company violated copyright law "on an epic scale."

By Tony Mauro

13 minute read

April 18, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

Helgi Walker, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, argued on the losing side of a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down Monday, but she did not have to break the news to a forlorn client.

By Tony Mauro

13 minute read

April 18, 2016 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended a decadelong battle over Google Inc.'s massive book-scanning project, declining to take up an appeal by authors who claimed the company violated copyright law "on an epic scale."

By Tony Mauro

12 minute read

April 15, 2016 | Law.com

The American Bar Association's formal evaluation of Judge Merrick Garland's qualifications for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court is underway and could be completed soon, even though the Senate Judiciary Committee has no plans to hold a hearing on his nomination.

By Tony Mauro

14 minute read

April 13, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The final argument cycle of the current U.S. Supreme Court term will begin and end with a bang, with a roster of veteran advocates traipsing to the lectern in between.

By Tony Mauro

24 minute read

April 11, 2016 | National Law Journal

Thirteen deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers are set to be sworn in to the U.S. Supreme Court bar on April 19, in a first-ever mass event that symbolizes the strides lawyers with disabilities have made. The high court will provide interpreters and real-time captioning services to allow the lawyers to follow, visually and on their smartphones, what is happening during the swearing-in ritual and in the oral arguments that will follow.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read