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National Law Journal

Extraordinary Injustice in Texas Death Penalty Case Needs SCOTUS Fix

OPINION: In Buck's case, court has chance to declare that a death sentence can't hinge on color.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Are Patent Rights Poised for a Resurgence?

Key court rulings and enforcement activity in recent years have made it riskier and costlier for patent owners to bring — and settle — patent infringement cases.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Preview of the Supreme Court's October Term 2016

The Supreme Court will limp back into action in a few weeks. The ­atmosphere around the court's ­current term is decidedly unsettled—there are no blockbuster cases (yet) on the docket, the Senate continues to refuse to allow the court to operate at full strength, and we are only a few months removed from a presidential candidate openly calling on a justice to step down from the court. Perhaps it is understandable, then, that the court is filling its docket in a cautious manner.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Justice Zarella's Proposed Test for Applying Stare Decisis

We want to focus on Justice Zarella's dissent, not because of his analysis of 'Santiago,' but because of his proposed test for deciding whether to uphold a prior decision on the basis of stare decisis.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Ginsburg Urges Law Firms to Make 'Balanced Life' Easier for Lawyers

“Firms don't seem to be moving that fast to be flexible,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Wednesday during an appearance with former U.S. solicitor general Theodore Olson.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Remembering Frank Wagner, Who Helped the Supreme Court Go Digital

Frank Wagner, the former U.S. Supreme Court official who put the justices' decisions into publishable form for more than 23 years and in 2000 helped to put them online, died Aug. 28. He was 71 years old.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Election Could Alter Supreme Court's Business Agenda

The court's pro-business momentum around class actions and arbitration has slowed since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The president who chooses Scalia's replacement could determine whether the trend picks back up or reverses.
16 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Won't Block Senate Subpoena Targeting Backpage.com

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request by Backpage.com's chief executive to block a congressional subpoena to produce business documents in a sex trafficking investigation. The high court issued its decision in Ferrer v. Senate Permanent Subcommittee without comment. Justice Samuel Alito Jr. did not take part in the ruling.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Shaping Intangible Concrete: Lower Courts' Application of 'Spokeo' on Privacy

Since the Supreme Court's May ruling, lower courts have used 'Spokeo' to filter out cases where plaintiffs cannot show any harm.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Municipalities, Heed SCOTUS Ruling on Political Signs

By | September 12, 2016
Although sign regulations must satisfy strict scrutiny if they are content-based, municipalities are not powerless to enact and enforce reasonable sign regulations.
4 minute read

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