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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

New York Law Journal

Criminal, Business, Immigration Matters

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith highlight some of the leading decisions from the first quarter of 2016 involving dissolving foreign corporations, pharmacists' duty of care, extending orders of protection, affirmative covenants, and staring at police officers.
22 minute read

The Recorder

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Gordon

By | April 14, 2016
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

When Materials You Need for Appeal Are Not in the Record

This article addresses the options that an appellate lawyer faces when the record on appeal does not contain everything he needs.
17 minute read

The Recorder

Getting the Appellate Record Right

If it's not in the record, it didn't happen.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Showdown: The Nomination of Merrick Garland

By | March 16, 2016
"I chose a serious man and exemplary judge, Merrick Garland," President Obama said from the Rose Garden on March 16. Find the NLJ's continuing coverage here.
32 minute read

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