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IPRs at the Supreme Court: Conference Call on 11/28

Law.com's Scott Graham and Orrick's Mark Davies will attend next week's SCOTUS args in 'Oil States', the patent world's most-watched case. Then they'll chew it over and take caller questions. Register now!
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The Recorder

How a Story of Vengeance and Love in California's Old West Helped Create Today's Imperial Presidency

The so-called "Imperial Presidency" has its roots in a tale about a phony wedding contract, a femme fatale with a sharpshooter's eye, the notoriously hot-tempered former California Supreme Court Justice who fell in love with her, and a U.S. Marshal who killed him on a train while defending a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
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Daily Report Online

Trump Adds Georgia Justice, 11th Circuit Judge to Supreme Court Wish List

The White House announced five new additions Friday to its list of potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, though no justice has announced retirement. The new names came in a press release that coincided with the annual conference of the Federalist Society, which has played a pivotal role in fashioning Trump's list of potential nominees.
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National Law Journal

Trump's Supreme Court Wish List Grows By Five Judges

The White House announced five new additions Friday to its list of potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, though no justice has announced retirement. The new names came in a press release that coincided with the annual conference of the Federalist Society, which has played a pivotal role in fashioning Trump's list of potential nominees.
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National Law Journal

'You're a Bunch of Radicals,' Gorsuch Jokes at Federalist Society Dinner

The newest Supreme Court justice made light of criticism of the conservative-leaning group, and of himself, in a speech Thursday.
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New York Law Journal

Prizing Apart Bad Facts From Good Law

Lanier Saperstein, Mark Sullivan and Krista Bolles write: Early next month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in 'Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran' to decide a hotly contested issue that pits the Ninth, Second and District of Columbia Circuits, on one side, against the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. government and the University of Chicago, on the other.
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National Law Journal

Possible Gorsuch Recusal Complicates SCOTUS Review of SEC Judges

The U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of cases challenging the constitutional status of SEC administrative law judges has brought recusal issues front and center.
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National Law Journal

Arizona Death Penalty Law Flouts Constitution

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a petition for certiorari addressing the death penalty in Arizona and possibly nationwide.
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National Law Journal

Wal-Mart's Top LGBT Ranking Came With an Asterisk—And What That Means

“There is a lot of confusion on what the law requires that has been going on for a long time,” said Sam Schwartz-Fenwick, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago. “More uncertainty is negatively perceived by many employers, who prefer to work in black and white, not shades of gray.”
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New York Law Journal

Trump's Immunity Claims Face Scrutiny in Twitter Suit

Plaintiffs and amici supporters argue that the government seeks a too-wide interpretation of the limits to federal courts' powers over the executive branch.
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