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National Law Journal

Neil Gorsuch Recused in More Than 1,000 Cases as Tenth Circuit Judge

The majority of recusals, more than 500, were triggered by the involvement of a "former client or colleague," according to a 51-page appendix to his Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire that lists all 1,095 cases in which he stepped aside.
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National Law Journal

Trump Picks Former Jones Day Partner as Solicitor General

Noel Francisco, a former Scalia clerk, has been the principal deputy SG since late January, and on Tuesday night the Trump White House named him as its nominee for the Senate-confirmed position
17 minute read

National Law Journal

Transgender Lawyers, Law Students Share Personal Stories in SCOTUS Brief

More than 100 transgender individuals, including lawyers, law students and law professors, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court that presented personal narratives. Cleary Gottlieb's Howard Zelbo, who wrote the brief, said, "The purpose was really to bring to life for the justices who may not know many trans people that transgender people are really like everyone else and have positive stories and make positive contributions to the country. We wanted this to be uplifting, not negative." Two lawyers and two law students who participated in the brief shared their stories with The National Law Journal.
25 minute read

New York Law Journal

Scalia's Papers, Including Emails, Donated to Harvard Law School

In addition to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's extensive papers, a trove of digital documents will go to Harvard Law School, his alma mater. The materials will begin to be made available for review in 2020.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Cooley Submits a Powerful—and Personal—Brief in Transgender Bathroom Case

Sometimes the best way to argue your case is to tell a story. Take the unconventional and deeply moving amicus brief that Cooley and the Transgender Law Center filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.
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New York Law Journal

Citing 'My Cousin Vinny,' DC Circuit Upholds SCOTUS Protest Ban

A federal appeals panel on Friday upheld the law barring anyone from making “a harangue or oration” at the U.S. Supreme Court—the latest in a series of rulings protecting the high court from protesters inside the building or on its grounds.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Justice Ginsburg to Teach Course Abroad for South Texas Law

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court justice will teach in Valletta, Malta, about significant U.S. Supreme Court cases of the 2016 term.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

It's Too Soon to Tell How Gorsuch Will Affect the Supreme Court

The old gunslinger is known as the fastest man in the West. He is so quick that he fires his gun before it is out of his holster; and guess what? He has shot himself in the foot.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Chief Justice to Speak at Second Circuit

By | March 02, 2017
John Roberts, a former law clerk to Judge Henry Friendly, will be part of a discussion on March 10 that commemorates the Second Circuit judge.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

53 Companies Back Transgender Teen in SCOTUS Fight

Major technology companies and other businesses, warning of the negative business consequences of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against a transgender boy's sex discrimination claim, on Thursday stepped into a simmering controversy that pits them against the Trump administration.
15 minute read

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