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Publication Date: 2010-10-04
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Few lawyers — including the nine lawyers who wear robes to work — know the Supreme Court's docket as well as Roy Englert Jr. Englert sat down with Tony Mauro to answer questions about the upcoming high court term.

Lawyers Spar at Packed Hearing Over Proposed $8.5 Billion BofA Settlement
Publication Date: 2011-08-06
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Kathy Patrick of Gibbs & Bruns was forced to defend the controversial deal she negotiated against claims that it doesn't adequately protect all investors. She also took a jab at David Grais, who has emerged as challenger numero uno of this second largest settlement in U.S. history.

September 29, 2009 | National Law Journal

Corporate Disputes Dominate the Docket as a New Justice Joins the Court

The Supreme Court's business-heavy docket this term seems almost tailor-made to engage and challenge its newest member, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. A one-time intellectual property litigator and a veteran judge from the 2nd Circuit, Sotomayor is unlikely to hesitate to jump into the mix on corporate issues. In fact, during a special Sept. 9 reargument of a campaign finance case, Sotomayor made a comment that has some wondering if she has a re-examination of the foundations of corporate law on her to-do list.
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Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Roy Englert Jr.
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
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Few lawyers — including the nine lawyers who wear robes to work — know the Supreme Court's docket as well as Roy Englert Jr. Englert sat down with Tony Mauro to answer questions about the upcoming high court term.

February 07, 2000 | Law.com

Rehnquist Weatherproofs Court Calendar

How different is the Supreme Court from other institutions of government? Let's count the ways. First, there's the snow: When all other parts of the federal government shut down Jan. 25 because of snow, the Court stayed open. The Court's open-door stance is a tribute to a former military meteorologist named William Rehnquist, who seems to take pride in weather contrariness.
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March 20, 2000 | Law.com

Federalism is Recurring Theme in Supreme Court Cases

For sheer dramatic impact, the oral arguments March 29 in Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe will be hard to beat. It has football, religion, a touch of legal heroism -- even a dose of presidential politics, with Texas Attorney General John Cornyn representing Gov. George W. Bush. But several other cases in this cycle, while less dramatic, carry their own intrigue. And they carry a recurring theme -- federalism.
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March 04, 2000 | Law.com

Fort Reno

Attorney General Janet Reno is an ideal target for congressional calumny in Washington. She doesn't fight back. Since controversies surrounding her office usually involve pending investigations, Reno almost always considers her side of the story confidential, and will not even permit it to leak out through aides. And though she's unpopular in the Beltway, the AG is popular everywhere else because she is the un-Clinton -- a plainspoken public servant who couldn't care less what the punditocracy thinks.
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Grais Keeps Up Pressure on $8.5 Billion Bank of America Deal with New Suit and New Motion to Intervene
Publication Date: 2011-08-03
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With just days to go before the first big hearing in the Manhattan state court proceedings to approve the groundbreaking deal, David Grais of Grais & Ellsworth is once again stirring the pot on behalf of disgruntled MBS investors.

May 17, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Andersen`s Lawyer Paints Duncan as Pressured to Plead

Defense attorney Russell Rusty Hardin Jr. is doing his best to portray former Arthur Andersen auditor David Duncan, the government`s key witness in Andersen`s obstruction of justice trial, as an innocent family man who was pressured to plead guilty to a crime and testify for the government.
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No Supreme Court Relief for Tobacco Companies in Engle Litigation
Publication Date: 2012-03-26
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President Obama's health care reform law was the big story for most people at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. But for the tobacco industry, there was other major news at the high court as well. And it was all bad.

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