Good morning everyone! This is your morning roundup for Wednesday, December 9. Tiger Woods has reportedly retained LA Boutique Lavely & Singer… Justice Sotomayor has issued her first opinion as a Supreme… More deferralsat Mcdermott Will & Emery… and DLA Piper is abandoning lockstep compensation…
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Supreme Court handed down several decisions today, including the first written by Justice Sotomayor. In keeping with tradition, it was a unanimous decision, although Justice Thomas issued a concurrence. The case was Mohawk Industries V. Carpenter, an attorney-client privilege case in which the Court upheld the lower court’s ruling that a federal [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
Good morning everyone. It’s Monday, November 16, and here’s a quick look back at the recent news. Justice Sotomayor is the most active questioner on the Court, accoding to the National Law Journal… A group of students and parents is suing the Chicago school district in the wake of the violent death of a student… Now that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
Nobody expected her to be a wallflower, but Justice Sotomayor has exceeded expectations when it comes to questioning lawyers during oral arguments. In a report issued by the National Law Journal, Sotomayor came out on top in the number of questions asked so far this term with 146. Chief Justice Roberts followed with [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 24, 2009
Justice Sotomayor, a long time fan of the New York Yankees, will throw the ceremonial first pitch this Saturday. The Yankees are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, and Sotomayor is a native of the Bronx and the first Hispanic to sit on the Court, making her an obvious choice. Sotomayor already has a history with Major [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The week started out with a bang this morning with the investiture ceremony for new Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The event itself was relatively low key and simple. In attendance were luminaries including the President and Vice-President, Attorney General Holder, retired Justice Souter, and several former Attorneys General and Solicitors General. Among [...]
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