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State Solicitors General Step Into SCOTUS Spotlight and Beyond

This may be the heyday for state solicitors general. Three of President Donald Trump's five newly announced potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees have served in that capacity: Kevin Newsom, Britt Grant and Patrick Wyrick, who formerly argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma, respectively.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

It's 'Gibberish'! Justices Throw Up Their Hands in Dispute Over State Securities Class Actions

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed to agree on one aspect of a 1998 statute aimed at reforming securities litigation: It's all gibberish. An exasperated Justice Samuel Alito Jr. used the word "gibberish" three times during arguments in Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund. The California case asks the high court to interpret the language of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act regarding state jurisdiction over securities class actions.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Artificial Intelligence and Constitutional Law

The STAR-SKAN algorithms can resolve the knottiest legal questions in seconds—almost as fast as Donald Trump can tweet the answer.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Justices Ponder Need for Warrant for Cellphone Tower Data

Like almost everyone else in America, thieves tend to carry their cellphones with them to work.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Doesn't Sound Ready to Kill Off PTAB

There was no clear majority Monday signaling the death of inter partes review—the administrative procedure for reviewing patent validity created by the 2011 America Invents Act.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Sidestep Firearms Challenges and Mississippi's Embrace of Confederate Emblem

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday had no appetite for disputes firearms and Confederate symbols. The justices left intact lower court decisions upholding Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons and Florida's prohibition on open carry of weapons and firearms. The court also declined to wade into a dispute over the appearance of a Confederate emblem on the Mississippi state flag.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Future of Patent Litigation Hangs in the Balance: What to Watch For at Oil States Arguments

On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider two cases that could upend or significantly reshape inter partes review.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

D.C. Circuit's Harry Edwards Finds Collegiality Trumps 'Irascible Personalities'

Federal appeals judges are not all buddies—"that's not the point," Judge Harry Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit says. Collegiality is the norm. Edwards speaks with The NLJ about a recent dive into appeals court stats, and a survey he conducted among federal circuit judges.
17 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Dreeben Takes Break from Mueller Team to Argue Before Supreme Court

Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Michael Dreeben will detour from special counsel Robert Mueller's legal team next week to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in high-profile privacy case.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Politicians Foolishly Suggest Abandoning Rule of Law

If we mean what we say about our love for our country and its freedoms, then we must do our best to insist on these American rights, especially for those who hurt us.
7 minute read

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