Jimmy Hoover

November 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

In a number of hot-button cases, the Trump administration is expected to disavow the current U.S. solicitor general’s arguments to the Supreme Court.

By Jimmy Hoover

7 minute read

November 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

The conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the program is funded by a "misbegotten tax" on Americans' phone and internet use. The Federal Communications Commission, and the U.S. telecom industry itself, wants the justices to reverse that decision.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

November 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

The unexplained dismissal followed a hearing during which the justices struggled to determine when a company must disclose that a future risk to its business has occurred in the past.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

November 20, 2024 | National Law Journal

While Big Law shunned Trump, a cadre of elite conservative lawyers threw their lots in with the Republican candidate and are being rewarded with prestigious jobs in his incoming administration.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

As he fights disbarment and criminal charges, John Eastman has continued to apply his legal efforts in a forum where he remains technically a member in good standing: the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Jimmy Hoover and Cheryl Miller

8 minute read

November 14, 2024 | National Law Journal

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will name D. John Sauer, who argued his immunity appeal to the Supreme Court, to be U.S. solicitor general. Todd Blanche, Trump's defense lawyer in the New York hush money case, will be named deputy attorney general.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 14, 2024 | Supreme Court Brief

Ted Olson, who argued Bush v. Gore, Citizens United and other landmark Supreme Court cases, is remembered as a legal giant after his death Wednesday.

By Jimmy Hoover

6 minute read

November 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

“This is pure error correction that you’re asking us to do,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor told NVIDIA’s lawyer, Neal Katyal.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read

November 13, 2024 | International Edition

Despite being known as a conservative lawyer, Olson notably teamed up with his opposing counsel in the Bush case, David Boies, to challenge a California amendment against same-sex marriage.

By Jimmy Hoover

4 minute read

November 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

Despite being known as a conservative lawyer, Olson notably teamed up with his opposing counsel in the Bush case, David Boies, to challenge a California amendment against same-sex marriage.

By Jimmy Hoover

5 minute read