Jeffrey Lamken, whose previous positions include clerking for Sandra Day O’Connor, seven years with the Solicitor General’s office and most recently head of Baker Botts’ Supreme Court and appellate practice,…
Good morning! After a long weekend, things started slow yesterday but really picked up steam. Here’s an overview of the day’s hottest stories… The Supreme Court has a big week…
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…
This week the news is coming in spurts. Monday was a slow day, Tuesday busy, and Wednesday things slowed down again. If today stays true to form it should be…
The Blawgosphere is buzzing today with speculation that Justice John Paul Stevens might be getting set to retire. The evidence? Instead of a full complement of clerks, Stevens has thus…
Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced that Sandra W. Mitterling, an attorney in the firm’s litigation department, has been elected a new partner in the firm.…
Almost exactly one year after the California Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the right for gay couples to marry, many of the same lawyers will be back on Thursday to…
The Supreme Court has ruled that public parks can display a monument featuring the Ten Commandments without having to allow private groups to put up monuments of their own. Justices…
The Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether or not the state of Hawaii must reach an agreement with the native Hawaiian population before the state can sell 1.2 million…
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