Supreme Court
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David Souter, Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, Jeffrey Rosen, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Supreme Speculation
The upcoming retirement of Justice David Souter has led to lots of speculation about the next Supreme. We held a poll here at ATL, including some of the potential nominees that have been mentioned most often by the legal press. Almost 10,000 ATL readers put Sonia Sotomayor, with 28% of the vote, and Elena Kagan, […] -
David Souter, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 5.07.09
* A Los Angeles Judge accused an asbestos litigation firm of playing “a grisly game of asbestos litigation” after they refiled a Texas case in California because it has more exacting standards for a defendant to obtain summary judgment. Perhaps, judge, you’ve lost a little perspective? [ABA Journal] * A German court rejected a woman’s […]
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David Souter, Reader Polls, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
ATL Poll: Who Should Replace SCOTUS Justice David Souter?
ATL readers, there are many names being bandied about as potential nominees for the Supreme Court. We’ve narrowed the list to nine people who have been mentioned by at least two of the following outlets: BLT, AP, and the SCOTUSblog. That the next Supreme Court justice will lack a Y chromosome is a virtual certainty, […]
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David Souter, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 05.01.09
* As we told you last night, Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a 1990 Bush appointee, plans to bid One First Street farewell in June. Last night, we pointed you to BLT’s speculation on possible nominees. Here’s speculation from the AP. [Associated Press] * The Supreme Court experts at SCOTUSblog write with the most insight […]
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David Souter, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Breaking: Justice Souter Retiring
According to NPR, Justice David Souter is planning to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the current Term. Souter is expected to remain on the bench until a successor has been chosen and confirmed, which may or may not be accomplished before the court reconvenes in October. Arlen Specter’s switch from […] -
Antonin Scalia, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Update: Fordham's Dossier on Justice Scalia
For those of you just tuning in, we have a little bit of a back and forth going on between Fordham Law School and One First Street. Last week, we wrote about What Fordham Knows About Justice Scalia. Professor Joel Reidenberg, an information privacy law professor at Fordham, had his class compile a 15-page dossier […] -
Antonin Scalia, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Scalia Responds to Fordham Privacy Invasion!
Last week, we wrote about the Fordham law professor who assigned his information privacy law class to compile a dossier on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The professor had chosen Scalia as the target for privacy invasion because of the Justice’s remarks at a January conference organized by the Institute of American and Talmudic Law. […] -
ACLU, Eric Holder, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 4.24.09
* Kenya has emerged as the chosen venue to try piracy cases. This article is worth it just for the quotes from the Kenyan piracy lawyer. Just try to imagine how much cooler your life would be if you were a Kenyan Piracy lawyer instead of a Biglaw associate. [The New York Times] * Florida […]
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Immigration, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Update: Jenner & Block Associate Scores SCOTUS Win
Lindsay Harrison at One First Street. Photo by Patrice Gilbert. Earlier this year, we conducted an interview of Lindsay C. Harrison, an associate in the Washington office of Jenner & Block. In January, Lindsay had the privilege of arguing before the United States Supreme Court — in her first oral argument ever. We chatted with […] -
Antonin Scalia, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
What Fordham Knows About Justice Scalia
Back in January, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a speaker at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law’s midwinter conference on privacy issues. Sitting in the New York office of Weil Gotshal, Scalia told attendees that privacy was not that important to him. From the Associated Press (available cached only): Discussions of privacy rights […] -
Adam Liptak, Dreier, Gay, Hillary Clinton, Morning Docket, Rod Blagojevich, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 3.25.09
* A U.S. District Judge in Virginia, Rebecca Beach Smith, will soon decide whether preserved Titanic artifacts must remain available to the public. [The San Francisco Chronicle] * Adam Liptak gives us a lively look into the Supreme Court discussion about the highly critical Hillary documentary. [The New York Times] * Obama’s lawyers were in […]
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Bonuses, Dreier, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 3.23.09
* The vultures are circling around Dreier LLP’s Park Avenue office–an auctioneer’s website reads “everything must be sold,” but Dreier’s indictment last week says he must forfeit the firm’s assets–the prosecutors and bankruptcy trustee will have to fight it out. [The National Law Journal] * “U.K. regulatory lawyers advising clients on the financial crisis and […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Andrew Cuomo, Bankruptcy, Immigration, Labor / Employment, Michael Jackson, Morning Docket, Native Americans, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 02.25.09
* Michael Jackson “beat it” without paying his legal bill. [The Daily Breeze] * Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain testified for 2.5 hours yesterday in New York in Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office, but wouldn’t say which employees got some of the $3.6 billion bonus pie before the merger with B of A. How […]
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Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Dreier, Eric Holder, Federal Judges, Guantanamo Bay, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Securities Law, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 02.24.09
* SCOTUS will look at the separation of church and state when they decide whether “a cross to honor fallen soldiers can stand in a national preserve in California.” [The Los Angeles Times] * Lawyers say Madoff must have had help with his Ponzi scheme. [Bloomberg] * Attorney General Eric Holder visited Guantanamo yesterday to […]
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9th Circuit, Bernie Madoff, Federal Judges, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Sexual Harassment, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 02.23.09
* Legal experts write a letter to Congress suggesting term limits for Supreme Court justices. [The Washington Post] * SCOTUS will discuss whether judges should excuse themselves from voting in cases involving big campaign contributors when they hear a case involving a West Virginia judge. [Detroit Free Press] * 3 jurors who convicted Alfred Trenkler […]
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Clerkships, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: A First for Seton Hall
We take back what we previously wrote about Justice Samuel Alito being “a bit secretive about his clerk hiring.” Presumably Justice Alito signed off on this press release issued by Seton Hall Law School, announcing the hiring of Lucas Townsend (Seton Hall 2004 / Ackerman (D.N.J.) / Trump Barry) as an Alito clerk for October […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Chief Justice Roberts
Okay, so Chief Justice John Roberts can’t administer an oath of office to save his life. But he can hire brilliant and fabulous law clerks: 1. James McDonald (UVA 2007 / Sutton) 2. Stephen Sachs (Yale 2007 / S. Williams) 2. Erik Zimmerman (Stanford 2007/Wilkinson) They join the previously hired Roman Martinez (Yale 2008 / […] -
Fabulosity, Immigration, Litigatrix, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
Jenner & Block Associate Argues Her First Case - In The Supreme Court
Lindsay Harrison at One First Street. Photo by Patrice Gilbert. To paraphrase the controversial Campari ads at issue in Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (aka The People vs. Larry Flynt), everyone remembers “their first time” — arguing in open court, that is. It’s a rite of passage that all young litigators must go through. At large […] -
Abortion, Barack Obama, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 1.23.09
* Governor Patterson has chosen Kirsten Gillibrand, a 42-year-old New York congresswoman, to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate. [Reuters] * On the 36th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade protestors gather for the annual March for Life on the National Mall. [The Los Angeles Times] * The Senate has confirmed six members of Obama’s cabinet […]
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Barack Obama, Bernie Madoff, Gay Marriage, Guantanamo Bay, Joe Biden, Morning Docket, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 1.14.09
* The Madoff case will garner lawyers lots of money in fees. “This is a financial 9/11 for our clients” said a Proskauer Rose litigation partner, licking his lips. [Bloomberg.com] * Meanwhile, the U.S. is challenging the New York Judge’s decision to keep Madoff free on bail. [Bloomberg.com] * Legislators in Maine are introducing a […]