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National Law Journal

Updated SCOTUS Website Gets Mixed Reviews

The Supreme Court's re-launched site is more mobile-friendly but leaves serious court watchers itching for digital updates that are more than cosmetic.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Disgorgement is Now Undoubtedly a Penalty

No longer will there be doubt about the requirement that disgorgement actions be brought within the statutory limitations period.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Rulings on Juvenile Lifers Could Allow Challenges in Georgia

After banning mandatory life without parole for juveniles 17 and younger convicted of homicide, the high court last year said the ruling applied retroactively to the more than 2,000 inmates already serving such sentences nationwide, and that all but the rare irredeemable juvenile offender should have a chance at parole.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

When the Government Fights Itself in Court

In disputes over LGBT rights and arbitration, the Justice Department is dueling against other executive branch agencies. Is that kosher?
15 minute read

National Law Journal

Roberts Is Uneasy About Invasive Police Devices. Gorsuch Has His Back

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Wednesday in New Zealand voiced concerns about the privacy implications of new technology that allows police to "see through walls," echoing the alarm his newest colleague, Justice Neil Gorsuch, first raised nearly three years ago.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Overseas Remarks, Roberts Says Technology Poses Challenge for Court

"There are devices now that can allow law enforcement to see through walls. Heat imaging and all this kind of thing," U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said at an event at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. "Well, what does that do to a body of law that's developed from common law days in England about when you can search a house?"
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Don't Call SCOTUS 'Honorable'—and Other Tips for Writing Supreme Court Briefs

As Supreme Court counsel for the National Association of Attorneys General for the last 21 years, Dan Schweitzer has read thousands of briefs and has helped edit many. He has a new style guide for advocates that's full of tips for sounding like you're a regular.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

How a SCOTUS Advocate in 1866 Expanded the Presidential Pardon Power

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Jay Sekulow said on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately be called on to decide the scope of presidential pardon power. If that happens, the justices will likely dust off one of the few cases in which the high court has ruled on the pardon power: the 1866 decision in Ex Parte Garland, involving one of the most prolific—and acerbic—advocates before the court: Augustus Garland.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

SCOTUS Decision Impacts Restriction on Downstream Sales of Patented Products

A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court found that the sale of a patented product in the United States or abroad exhausted all patent rights in the product, and thus eliminated patent rights as a tool to control downstream resale of the product.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

The Legacy of 'In Re: Gault,' 50 Years On

Fifty years ago on May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark decision of In Re: Gault. Connecticut's commitment to juvenile justice has given us hope that the legacy of Gault will continue to be honored for another 50 years.
4 minute read

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