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Justices seem ready to take it slow on marriage issue
During arguments on California's ban on same-sex marriages, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed reluctant to hold nationally that gay couples have the fundamental right to marriage. In wide-ranging and fast-paced arguments before a packed courtroom, a number of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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After Three Decades with Chamber, Official Leaving Litigation Center
Robin Conrad, executive vice president of the National Chamber Litigation Center, the litigating and public policy arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has left the Chamber after three decades. "During Robin’s distinguished 30-year career at the Chamber, she has... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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NLRB to Appeal Recess Case Directly to Supreme Court
The National Labor Relations Board announced on Tuesday that it will take the legal battle over President Barack Obama's recess appointments directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a brief statement, the board said it would not seek en banc... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Government Presses Eight-State Solution for Gay Marriage and More
Although stopping short of urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that gay couples have a fundamental right to marriage, the Obama Administration brief in the California same-sex marriage case charts a legal path towards the eventual undoing of all... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Conservative Justices Voice Skepticism About Key Voting Rights Act Provision
The constitutionality of a key part of the nation's Voting Rights Act appeared in serious trouble in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices heard arguments over Congress' 2006 reauthorization of the act. In Shelby County, Alabama v.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Declines to Wade Into Recess Appointments Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to step into a labor dispute that involved a challenge to the constitutionality of President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Justice Antonin Scalia had referred the application for a... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Asked to Weigh Constitutionality of Obama Recess Appointments
UPDATE: After Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg denied their application late yesterday, lawyers for HealthBridge Management asked Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday night to consider their plea to stay an injunction in a case challenging President Barack Obama's recess appointments. Ginsburg... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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High Court Schedules Arguments in Same-Sex Marriage Cases for March
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in two pending same-sex marriage cases on March 26 and March 27. The justices slotted arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge involving California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, for March 26,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Clerk of the Supreme Court to retire in August
William K. Suter, the clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, will retire at the end of August after 22 years of service. Suter, the 19th person to serve as clerk, joined the Court in 1991. Before taking that position, he... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Holland & Knight Partner Leaving Firm to Teach Indigent Defense at Georgetown
Holland & Knight's Stephen Hanlon is trading his partnership for his passion, leaving the firm after 23 years to teach a practicum on litigation challenges to indigent defense systems. Hanlon, who has headed the firm's Community Services Team and who... Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court to Hear Historic Same-Sex Marriage Cases
Opening the door to a potentially historic step in the nation's gay rights movement, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide two constitutional challenges involving same-sex marriage. The justices will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, which asks... Continue reading
Posted Dec 7, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justices Still Silent on Whether They Will Take Up Gay Marriage
Gay rights and other organizations, anxiously awaiting Supreme Court action on an array of same-sex marriage petitions, will have to wait a little longer. The justices emerged from their Friday conference without any word on whether they will take up... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court to Hear Critical Voting Rights Act Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday heightened the political stakes in the new term by agreeing to decide a constitutional challenge to the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Court also added to its docket a Fourth... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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As Part of Modernization Plan, USPTO Opens Four Hubs Outside D.C.
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is going national. For the first time in its history, the office will have four regional hubs outside of the Washington, D.C.-area. Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank and Under Secretary of Commerce for... Continue reading
Posted Jul 3, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Narrows Arizona Immigration Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected key provisions in Arizona's tough anti-immigration law, but let stand controversial police checks of immigration status. In Arizona v. U.S., a divided Court, led by Justice Anthony Kennedy, held that three of four... Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Yankees Score Multi-Million-Dollar Home Run in Federal Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today affirmed a $159.6 million damages award to three nuclear utilities in the long-running spent nuclear fuel battle with the federal government. Yankee Atomic Electric Co., Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.,... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Federal Circuit Will Hear Judges' Back-Pay Challenge
A group of federal judges who charge that Congress violated the Constitution by withholding pay increases will get a hearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Federal Circuit today issued an unsigned order directing... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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D.C. Circuit Upholds Key Section of Voting Rights Act
A divided federal appellate panel today upheld the constitutionality of the heart of the Voting Rights Act in a decision setting the stage for an eventual U.S. Supreme Court battle. “It’s highly likely we will take this case to the... Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Orders Reargument in Alien Tort Statute Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered reargument in a major challenge involving lawsuits against corporations for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Statute. Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum originally asked the justices whether corporations could be sued under... Continue reading
Posted Mar 5, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Montana Independent Expenditure Challengers Ask Justice Kennedy To Stay Lower Court Ruling
Challengers to Montana’s ban on corporate independent expenditures—recently upheld by the Montana Supreme Court—have asked Justice Anthony Kennedy to put a hold on the state court’s ruling and have urged the full Court to reverse it. The political advocacy group,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Citizens United Lawyer Retained by Groups in Montana Campaign Finance Case For High Court Appeal
Bopp is back. James Bopp Jr., the lawyer who brought Citizens United v. FEC to the U.S. Supreme Court has been retained by the organizations that lost their suit to overturn Montana’s ban on corporate independent expenditures to take their... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Maryland Higher Education Racial Discrimination Trial Underway in Federal Court
A trial in a five-year-old lawsuit charging that Maryland has failed to eliminate the vestiges of racial discrimination in its higher education system got underway in federal district court this week. The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2012 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court to Hear Healthcare Arguments Over Three-Day Period in March
Challenges to the nation’s new healthcare law will play out in the U.S. Supreme Court over three days in March. The justices on Monday released the March argument calendar, which sets arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2011 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Supreme Court Will Decide Texas Redistricting Controversy
The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday agreed to expedited review of the first major dispute involving legislative redistricting following the 2010 census. The justices will decide the constitutionality of three Texas redistricting plans for the state legislature and the U.S.... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2011 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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High Court Sets Briefing Schedule for Health Care Challenges
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday announced the briefing schedule in the closely-watched challenges involving the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On the scheduling, the justices took the recommendations offered in a letter to the Court by Solicitor General... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2011 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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