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National Law Journal

Judge Henry J. Friendly's Former Clerks: Give Garland a Vote

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is a judge "cut out of the same mold" of one of the greatest federal judges in the history of the judiciary—the late Henry J. Friendly, his former clerks write in a new letter to the U.S. Senate.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Global Lawyer: Russia Plugs $50 Billion Yukos Gusher

Russia won a crucial reprieve from a Dutch court, but the country and its lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb aren't out of the woods yet.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Roberts and Sotomayor: Odd Couple Dissents in Iran Bank Case

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.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Access to Merrick Garland File Barred at Library of Congress

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.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Charles Breyer Didn't Become an Actor | Transgender Teen's Case Reinstated

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, brother of Justice Stephen Breyer, one time aspired to be an actor. A federal appeals court revives a Virginia transgender teen's case challenging a school's bathroom policy. And a Washington judge hears arguments in the FTC's antitrust case against the Staples-Office Depot merger. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Public Support Rises for Garland | Trump's New Election-Law Strategist

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll finds increasing public support for the confirmation of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. Donald Trump hires a top election-law strategist. And Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker talks with the NLJ about her first argument at the high court—as an appointed friend of the court. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

Shout-Out: Simpson Thacher Scores Class Reversal for Best Buy

A team from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett won a groundbreaking appellate decision reversing class certification in a securities action against firm client Best Buy Co. Inc.
19 minute read

National Law Journal

Fact Versus Fiction in the Litigation Wars

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case that, even by law standards, seems technical and arcane. But the case is notable because it embodies much of what's wrong with how we as a society talk about, and our elected leaders debate, the role of lawyers and litigation in our system of government. It also points to some possible fixes.
12 minute read

Law.com

Kennedy Calls Obama Immigration Action 'Upside Down' As Justices Appear Divided

As cheers and chants from immigration supporters and opponents filled the air outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, the justices struggled over the legality of Obama administration's plan to delay temporarily the deportation of nearly 4 million illegal immigrants. At the end of the 90-minute argument, the eight justices appeared divided on the threshold question of whether Texas had standing to challenge the immigration plan in federal court and divided over the fundamental issue of whether the plan violates federal law and the Constitution.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Coles v. Centurion Senior Serv. LLC, PICS Case No. 16-0468 (Pa. Super. March 30, 2016) (memorandum) Ford Elliott, P.J. (5 pages).

By | April 16, 2016
Trial court properly sustained defendant's preliminary objections and dismissed plaintiff's compliant in action in which plaintiff alleged his contract with defendant was terminated with no notice, even though plaintiff attached a termination letter to his complaint because pro se plaintiff's failure to file the required Rule 1925(b) statement waived all of his issues on appeal. Affirmed.
3 minute read

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