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Post-Sandy Hook Gun Laws to Reach Justices Days After Orlando Shooting

With the worst mass shooting in American history in the background, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 16 will take its first look at a challenge to Connecticut's ban on military-style firearms. But as past actions show, the justices may have little interest in revisiting Second Amendment disputes, including the regulation of the AR-15-style weapon reportedly used in the Orlando shootings that killed at least 50 people at a night club.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Patent Eligibility After 'Alice'

Recent decisions serve to identify certain strategies that patent litigators and prosecutors should consider in dealing with eligibility challenges.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Ian Gershengorn, Early Defender of Obama's Health Care Law, Brings Deep Regulatory Record

When Ian Gershengorn takes over as acting solicitor general on June 25, he will tap a portfolio of experience in the complexities of agency regulation, from health care to telecommunications, from both sides of the courtroom and from district courts to the U.S. Supreme Court.
6 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Justices Asked to Protect Against Ineffective Lawyers in Parental Termination Cases

Criminal defendants are guaranteed the effective assistance of counsel. A certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asks whether that protection should apply in termination of parental rights proceedings as well.
4 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

A 'Chaotic and Thrilling' Month at the Supreme Court

How best to describe the month of June at the U.S. Supreme Court, when the justices—and their clerks—race toward the finish line? "Chaotic and thrilling," Mayer Brown's Brian Netter, who clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer in the October 2010 term, said. At least for the law clerks.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

States' High Courts Sorely Lacking in Diversity

OPINION: Twenty-five states have all-white Supreme Courts. Merit selection, instead of elections, could help.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE: Officer Junior

Turning in your dad for a turn on red; Kraftwerk loses a long-running suit over sampling; and the Notorious RBuG in this week's column.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Want Obama Administration Views on No-Cash Pay-to-Delay Agreements

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to weigh in on an antitrust question that could affect the ability of drug companies to settle patent disputes and increase their antirust liability.
6 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

High Court Challenge Could Unravel Military Death Penalty

In the past eight years, the Obama administration has been no stranger to charges it has violated separation of powers or exceeded its statutory authority. But a new charge comes from an unusual source—the military justice system—in a U.S. Supreme Court petition that has the potential to dismantle the military's capital punishment scheme.
6 minute read

Law.com

Chief Justice Roberts Misses Solo Lawyers With 'Battered Briefcases'

In his 11th year as chief justice, John Roberts Jr. is sounding wistful about the days earlier in his career when lawyers who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and law clerks who worked for the justices were less polished than they are now.
10 minute read

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