By C. Ryan Barber | January 31, 2018
The decision Wednesday upholding the agency's power structure won't be the last word. One of the sides, or both, could decide to take the dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court, and things could get tricky there. Meanwhile, companies lost one avenue of attack against the Obama-era agency. Here are three considerations of what's in play now.
By Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press | January 31, 2018
Pointing to fights over the last four justices appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she said during a speech delivered at a Rhode Island law school instead of attending the president's State of the Union address Tuesday, "I think it will take great leaders on both sides of the aisle to say 'Let's stop this nonsense and start working for our country the way we should.'"
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Edward M. McNally | January 31, 2018
Where does your company want to be sued? Of course, the obvious answer is “nowhere.” But in this litigious country that is not realistic.
By C. Ryan Barber | January 31, 2018
"Applying binding Supreme Court precedent, we see no constitutional defect in the statute preventing the president from firing the CFPB director without cause," D.C. Circuit Judge Nina Pillard wrote for the court. Still, the mortgage lender PHH Corp. gets a new chance to challenge the $109 million penalty the agency imposed for alleged misconduct.
By Tony Mauro | January 30, 2018
President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday night that he has appointed “more circuit judges than any new administration in the history of our country” and called Neil Gorsuch “a great new Supreme Court justice."
By Colby Hamilton | January 30, 2018
In a sprawling hearing to address competing motions for an injunction by plaintiffs and dismissal by DOJ over the DACA wind-down, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis once again took aim at statements made by the Trump administration.
By Mike Scarcella | January 30, 2018
Marcia Coyle, the NLJ's chief Washington correspondent, sits down with Paul Smith, vice president for litigation and strategy at the Campaign Legal Center, to dig into the Supreme Court's two partisan gerrymandering cases this term.
By C. Ryan Barber | January 30, 2018
Lawyers for Amazon, represented by the Greenville, South Carolina, firm Gallivan, White & Boyd, contend the consumers' claims must go to arbitration and that, additionally, the company is immune from liability under the federal Communications Decency Act.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Tony Mauro | January 29, 2018
The justice's critics pounced on Twitter. But, in fact, it's common for Supreme Court justices to skip the annual presidential address.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 26, 2018
The Supreme Court justice spoke at the University of Houston Law Center, commenting on legal education, the quality of lawyers who argue before the Supreme Court and the intersection of politics and the law.
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