By Marcia Coyle | November 13, 2017
There is no question that financial trader and inventor Fane Lozman has been a thorn in the side of the city council of Riviera Beach, Florida, for more than a decade. And now—for the second time in five years—his legal battles with the city have captured the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Tony Mauro | November 13, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a conservative challenge to a controversial California law that requires pregnancy “crisis centers” to post information about state-provided abortion and contraception options.
By Marcia Coyle | November 9, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department's request that the Supreme Court consider sanctions against lawyers who advocated for an immigrant teenager at the center of an abortion case has raised questions about the government's motivation and threatened to jeopardize the reputation of the solicitor's office before the justices. Former Justice Department attorneys called the government's action in the Supreme Court “extraordinary” and said they had no memory of a similar Supreme Court petition.
By Tony Mauro | November 9, 2017
Theodore Wells Jr. of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison faced off against Donald Ayer of Jones Day Wednesday night in a reenactment of the boxing champ's 1971 Supreme Court fight for conscientious objector status.
By Tony Mauro | November 8, 2017
The libertarian Cato Institute, known for its irreverent U.S. Supreme Court briefs, has just aimed its provocative writing at prairie dogs. “The protection of cuteness is not a congressional power enumerated in Article I, Section 8,” the group argues in its brief asking the justices to review federal regulations protecting the Utah prairie dog.
By Marcia Coyle | November 7, 2017
As evident in many of his opinions, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. cares a lot about the Constitution's structure and the division of power among the three federal branches. So perhaps to no surprise, Roberts during an argument Tuesday turned to what some consider to be one of the most influential casebooks ever written.
By Celia Ampel | November 7, 2017
Attorney Asher Perlin is trying to collect ancient Persian artifacts loaned to the University of Chicago to satisfy a judgment against Iran.
By Cheryl Miller | November 7, 2017
"The IRS claims it is necessary and within its power to make administrative determinations that a person is criminally culpable under federal drug laws. Such a claim of power by the IRS is unprecedented," Green Solution's lawyers wrote in the U.S. Supreme Court petition.
By Scott Graham | November 6, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Samsung's cert petition in a $120 million IP dispute, leaving in place an unusual en banc decision reached by the Federal Circuit without briefing or argument.
By Tony Mauro | November 6, 2017
Elaine Goldenberg, who joins former SG Donald Verrilli Jr. at Munger, is the fifth female assistant to leave the office for private practice this year. That sends a fresh infusion of women advocates into law firms but diminishes gender parity in the SG's office.
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