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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term. The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -

Pro Bono Litigation: Why Every Young Lawyer Should Volunteer

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/14/2024

As a young lawyer, you might be struggling to believe that you can make a difference and to figure out how to do so. You might also be wondering how to gain the courtroom experience seemingly necessary to build a legal...more

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Application of Attorney-Client Privilege

Sands Anderson PC on 1/12/2023

It happens often enough that lawyers receive communications from clients that have a “dual purpose.” In part the communication seeks legal advice. In part, though, the communication asks for business, or family, or personal...more

Practicing Before the U.S. Supreme Court | Kannon Shanmugam | Texas Appellate Law Podcast

Butler Snow LLP on 10/13/2022

For many attorneys, the prospect of a U.S. Supreme Court argument serves as the capstone of a legal career. But for a select few, like Kannon Shanmugam, chair of Paul Weiss’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group,...more

Leadership: How Justice Ginsburg Inspires Us to Lead

Baker Donelson on 10/8/2020

Linda Klein, Baker Donelson Senior Managing Shareholder and Past President of the American Bar Association - Justice Ginsburg was a brilliant woman who inspired a generation. What was it about a petit older woman that excited...more

Supreme Court Year in Review: Union Agency Fees, Travel Restrictions, and the Retirement of Justice Kennedy

Littler on 7/10/2018

The U.S. Supreme Court closed out its most recent term, which began in October 2017, with a number of high-profile and ground-breaking decisions. ...more

2017 eDiscovery Case Law Review

Epiq on 1/30/2018

Electronic discovery cases that made headlines in 2017 featured well-known names such as Taylor Swift and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and reached all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to...more

2017-18 Supreme Court Update

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/29/2018

In the 2017-18 term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a number of potentially significant disputes relevant to businesses, including those involving constitutional protections, class actions and other corporate liability...more

Catch Me If You Can: Litigating Artificial Intelligence Patents

Jones Day on 12/20/2017

The Situation: Industry leaders are taking serious interest in artificial intelligence, which is the development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence and judgment. The Impact:...more

SCOTUS Implements New Electronic Filing Guidelines

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/28/2017

At long last, the Supreme Court of the United States has joined the rest of the federal court system in adopting electronic filing. As of November 13, 2017, attorneys filing documents with the Court must submit their...more

Unanimous Supreme Court Scolds Lower Court Over Appellate Deadline Rule - Translation: Sick SCOTUS Burn Over Hyper - Technical...

Fisher Phillips on 11/9/2017

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a federal procedural rule that allows a district court to extend an appeal deadline by no more than 30 days is a non-jurisdictional, mandatory claims processing...more

The Supreme Court Enters the Digital Age

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 10/12/2017

Electronic filing is coming to the U.S. Supreme Court! Effective November 13, 2017, amendments to the Supreme Court’s rules take effect that require represented parties (and their amici) to submit petitions, briefs, and most...more

Supreme Court Clarifies When Service by Mail is Permitted under the Hague Convention

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 7/12/2017

The Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (“Hague Service Convention” or “Convention”), was designed to simplify and standardize the service of legal documents...more

Summaries of All Supreme Court and Precedential Federal Circuit Patent Cases Decided Since Jun. 1, 2016

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 6/1/2017

This paper is based on reports on precedential patent cases decided by the Federal Circuit distributed by Peter Heuser on a weekly basis. ...more

April 2017: The 13 Biggest Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 5/5/2017

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While it always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, the last few months have seen an unprecedented number of changes. April 2017 was another month...more

Will Courts Consider Evidence of Patent Eligibility?

Knobbe Martens on 5/3/2017

Patent enforcement by Texas-based DataTreasury Corp. (“DataTreasury”) was a key motivation for the creation of Covered Business Method Review (“CBM”) proceedings. Senator Charles Schumer of New York, referring to...more

2016 Class Action Year-End Review

BakerHostetler on 3/31/2017

We are pleased to share BakerHostetler’s 2016 Class Action Year-End Review, which offers a summary of key developments in class action litigation during the past year. Class action litigation moved to the forefront of the...more

Supreme Court Amends Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to Shorten Most Litigation Deadlines

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/22/2016

It’s a nightmare common to new and old lawyers alike: a litigator awakens in the middle of the night, panicked that she has blown a deadline on a motion filed against her client a few weeks ago in federal court. She looks at...more

Energy Sector Alert Series: Supreme Court Cases to Watch

WilmerHale on 10/14/2016

In this eight-week alert series, we are providing a broad look at current and emerging issues facing the energy sector. Lawyers from across the firm are discussing issues ranging from cybersecurity, antitrust and intellectual...more

Ice Cream and Talking Pictures: Brandeis on Patents

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 10/6/2016

Louis D. Brandeis took his seat on the bench of the United States Supreme Court for the first time on Monday, October 9, 1916. That opening day of the new term included the swearing in of Associate Justice John H. Clark and...more

Not Much To Look Forward To? A Preview Of The Supreme Court’s 2016-2017 Term

Fisher Phillips on 10/6/2016

As is its usual custom, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will kick off its 2016 term on the first Monday of October. While recent years have seen highly anticipated and equally controversial workplace law matters decided by...more

Does An Emailed Copy of a Complaint Start the 30-Day Removal Clock?

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 9/26/2016

In today’s litigation practice, a defendant often receives a copy of a filed complaint before it is formally served with the pleading. Sometimes, plaintiff’s counsel emails a copy to the defendant’s counsel after filing. If...more

Trending Now: Article III Standing After Spokeo

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed on 8/19/2016

In Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the Supreme Court clarified the requirements necessary for plaintiffs to establish standing. The Court held that an allegation of a statutory violation, without some showing of concrete harm, is...more

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - July 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/22/2016

“Official Acts”—What They Are… and Are Not - Why it matters: On June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court decided McDonnell v. U.S., holding that, for purposes of the federal public corruption statutes, an “official act”...more

A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2015 - 2016 Term

Franczek P.C. on 7/6/2016

Last week, the Supreme Court ended its 2015-2016 session under a cloud of uncertainty. On February 22, 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia, the stalwart of the Court’s conservative wing for 30 years, passed away. Justice Scalia’s...more

Supreme Court Confirms Patent Office’s Power To Regulate Inter Partes Reviews (Cuozzo V. Lee)

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 6/21/2016

On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court issued its awaited Cuozzo decision and gave strong deference to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“Patent Office”) power (1) to make an unappealable determination to institute inter...more

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