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Supreme Court Will Rule on Affordable Care Act

Supreme Court Will Rule on Affordable Care Act

It’s official – today is the day the Supreme Court justices consider the widely debated challenge to the Obama administration’s health-care overhaul. The court will hear a challenge brought by…

U.S. Supreme Court Stays Execution of Man Attorneys Say Was Unfairly Sentenced Due to Question About Race During Trial

U.S. Supreme Court Stays Execution of Man Attorneys Say Was Unfairly Sentenced Due to Question About Race During Trial

Yesterday, just hours before it was scheduled to take place, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution of Duane Buck, aged 48, after his attorneys appealed his sentence, saying it was…

Highly Regarded Litigator and Advisor Elizabeth P. Papez Joins Winston & Strawn

Highly Regarded Litigator and Advisor Elizabeth P. Papez Joins Winston & Strawn

Highly regarded litigator and advisor, Elizabeth P. Papez, will join Winston & Strawn as a partner, the firm announced today. Papez recently served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, July 29th. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked several key provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law……

Judge Blocks Key Components of Arizona’s Immigration Law

Judge Blocks Key Components of Arizona’s Immigration Law

One day before Arizona’s controversial immigration law goes into effect, a federal judge Wednesday blocked several key provisions to the law, including one that required police officers to check a…

National Law Journal Releases Annual ‘Appellate Hot List’

National Law Journal Releases Annual ‘Appellate Hot List’

 The National Law Journal released its annual “Appellate Hot List” that identifies law firm appellate practice groups with at least one significant appellate win since February 2009. For inclusion on…

Health Care Bill Expected to Face Plenty of Legal Challenges

Health Care Bill Expected to Face Plenty of Legal Challenges

Opponents of the Congressional health care bill passed Sunday night made it known early legal challenges would be forthcoming. As reported in the Washington Post, the attorney general’s for Virginia,…

Justice Roberts Questions Attendance at State of the Union

Justice Roberts Questions Attendance at State of the Union

Speaking at the University of Alabama Law School Tuesday, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts touched on several noteworthy topics, including the tradition of justices of the High Court attending the president’s…

Sam Buffone Leaves Ropes & Gray for BuckleySandler

Sam Buffone Leaves Ropes & Gray for BuckleySandler

Samuel J. Buffone has left Ropes & Gray’s government enforcement practice group to become a partner in Washington D.C.-based financial services law firm BuckleySandler. Buffone had been with Ropes &…

Government, Big Tobacco Joust in Supreme Court

Government, Big Tobacco Joust in Supreme Court

In the ongoing battle between the two sides, the federal government and Big Tobacco went before the Supreme Court Friday with a series of filings. The Obama administration asked the…

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