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  • The morning read for Wednesday, Nov. 20 November 20, 2024
    Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: This Missouri lawyer pushed to limit abortion. Now he’s Trump’s solicitor general pick (Kacen Bayless & Daniel Desrochers, The Kansas City Star) High... The post The morning read for Wednesday, Nov. 20 appeared […]
    Ellena Erskine
  • The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 19 November 19, 2024
    Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: U.S. Supreme Court will not review St. Clair capital murder case (Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector) US Supreme Court rejects appeal over patent validity... The post The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 19 appeared […]
    Ellena Erskine
  • Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws November 18, 2024
    For the second week in a row, the Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a list of orders released on Monday morning, the justices turned down several dozen petitions for review that they had considered... The post Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign […]
    Amy Howe
  • The morning read for Monday, Nov. 18 November 18, 2024
    Mark your calendars, the court announced on Friday that the first opinion day of the term will be Nov. 22. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: US Supreme Court... The post The morning read for Monday, Nov. 18 appeared […]
    Ellena Erskine
  • Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case for solicitor general November 15, 2024
    President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to nominate D. John Sauer, who successfully argued in the Supreme Court earlier this year that Trump is entitled to broad immunity from prosecution, to serve as the solicitor general of the United States. Trump made... The post Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case […]
    Amy Howe
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  • Judiciary Releases First Annual Report on the Workplace November 20, 2024
    All federal courts have put in place an effective dispute resolution plan giving employees multiple pathways to report and address workplace concerns, and an increasing number of them are opting to use the new processes.
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  • The Need for Additional Judgeships: Litigants Suffer When Cases Linger November 18, 2024
    With a worsening shortage of Article III judges to resolve critical copyright, trademark, patent, and contract disputes, judges across the nation are faced with increasingly complex litigation and growing caseloads. 
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  • Judge and Intern Forge Lasting Bond Through Shared Native Heritage November 14, 2024
    In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, a new video explores the deep connection that formed between U.S. District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes and Rose Saubel, her former intern, through their shared Native American heritage.
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  • Bankruptcy Filings Rise 16.2 Percent November 7, 2024
    Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 16.2 percent in the twelve-month period ending Sept. 30, 2024, compared with the previous year. 
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  • Electronic Filing Scam Targets Attorneys November 6, 2024
    Attorneys across the country are being targeted with fake electronic filing notifications, in which emails purporting to come from the federal Judiciary’s Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system lead recipients to a malicious website with computer viruses.
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