United States Supreme Court

  • National Law Journal

    No Public Hearing Set for SCOTUS Budget, Again

    By Tony Mauro | May 22, 2017

    Last year a spokeswoman said the court's budget hearing did not take place because of "a compressed Supreme Court and congressional schedule."

  • National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Limits Venue Shopping in Patent Litigation

    By Tony Mauro | May 22, 2017

    Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for an 8-0 court in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, said “a domestic corporation 'resides' only in its state of incorporation for purposes of the patent venue statute.”

  • National Law Journal

    SCOTUS Justices Used to Explain Recusals. What Changed?

    By TONY MAURO | May 18, 2017

    There's a new twist to the court's tradition of keeping mum on the reasons for recusals: it was not always that way.

  • Supreme Court Brief

    David Stras: Trump Judicial Nominee and SCOTUS Reformer

    By Tony Mauro | May 15, 2017

    David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

  • National Law Journal

    SCOTUS to States: Keep Out of Arbitration Agreements

    By Tony Mauro | May 15, 2017

    The 7-1 ruling could have broader ramifications for the nursing home industry in particular and businesses in general when it comes to the Federal Arbitration Act.

  • National Law Journal

    Trump's Justice Department Works Both Sides of the CFPB

    By Marcia Coyle | May 11, 2017

    The Trump administration's U.S. Justice Department is both simultaneously challenging and backing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, creating a litigation whirlwind as Republicans and business advocates push reforms that would strip some power from the Obama-era federal agency.

  • US Supreme Court to Look at Corporate Liability Over Mosquito Bites

    By Erin Mulvaney | May 10, 2017

    Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.

  • Supreme Court Brief

    Neil Gorsuch Lays Down Some Early Markers

    By Marcia Coyle | May 10, 2017

    What have U.S. Supreme Court advocates learned from Justice Neil Gorsuch based on his early sittings? "Justice Gorsuch comes as advertised: someone deeply committed to ruling by the text and the Constitution's underpinnings, like federalism," Mayer Brown's Timothy Bishop, a veteran high court advocate, says. Here's a look at some early observations of the court's newest member.

  • National Law Journal

    US Supreme Court to Look at Corporate Liability Over Mosquito Bites

    By Erin Mulvaney | May 10, 2017

    Mosquitoes now are at the center of a liability question the U.S. Supreme Court could consider for the first time Thursday: Should the Union Pacific railroad company have protected employee William Nami and other workers from the mosquitoes? In a 5-1 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the rail company. But courts are split on the issue.

  • National Law Journal

    Solicitor General Nominee Faces Scrutiny for Travel Ban Recusal

    By Tony Mauro | May 9, 2017

    On the eve of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Solicitor General-nominee Noel Francisco is the focus of a lawsuit seeking information about his participation in the legal battle over President Donald Trump's travel ban.

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