Zoe Tillman

June 10, 2016 | National Law Journal

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia and action by the Consumer Financial Protection Board were on the minds of lawyers discussing arbitration and jury trials.

By Zoe Tillman

9 minute read

June 10, 2016 | National Law Journal

The defunct law firm held onto its win in suit stemming from a 1993 patent application Dickstein lawyers handled for Encyclopaedia Britannica.

By Zoe Tillman

8 minute read

June 07, 2016 | National Law Journal

After watching defendants churn through the criminal justice system during more than three decades, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton is trying something different to keep former offenders out of prison.

By Zoe Tillman

5 minute read

June 06, 2016 | National Law Journal

Facing a $500 million patent infringement lawsuit, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. turned to Cooley. The firm has represented the tech company for nearly two decades.

By Zoe Tillman

2 minute read

June 06, 2016 | National Law Journal

In the parlance of Jenner & Block client Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z, the firm helped save the ­rapper some big cheese last year.

By Zoe Tillman

6 minute read

June 06, 2016 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Justice Department last week "emphatically" struck back at a Texas federal trial judge who imposed sanctions for alleged attorney misconduct in a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's immigration policies.

By Zoe Tillman

6 minute read

June 03, 2016 | National Law Journal

Donald Trump's remark that a California federal judge has a "conflict of interest" because of his Hispanic heritage runs counter to a string of cases rejecting similar arguments to disqualify judges, and the comments present Trump's lawyers with a potential ethical quandary.

By Zoe Tillman

6 minute read

June 02, 2016 | National Law Journal

A year and a half after the D.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments in prominent climate scientist Michael Mann's defamation suit against his critics, the court has yet to issue a ruling. The lawyers, growing impatient, have asked the trial and appeals judges in the case to take action.

By Zoe Tillman

15 minute read

June 01, 2016 | Law.com

Federal prosecutors want wider latitude to bring criminal charges against individuals who disrupt arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. attorney's office in Washington filed papers in the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday arguing that a trial judge was wrong to block them from charging defendants with making a 'harangue' or 'oration' at the high court.

By Zoe Tillman

7 minute read

May 26, 2016 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas was unambiguous in his criticism of U.S. Justice Department lawyers' conduct in litigation over the Obama administration's immigration plan. But the practical consequences of his scathing order last week are still being sorted out.

By Zoe Tillman

7 minute read