October 2020

There’s Only One Way The Court Avoids Packing Now: I’ve looked at 14,000,605 possibilities and that’s how many justices there will be unless John Roberts gets on board with this idea. Long Overdue: Cravath makes progress in diversity. Halloween Contest: One of our favorite events of the year. Speaking Of Which: Trick or treating is […]

They hold a firm line at Halloween. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/P9sKc6RW2xI/

Who’s taking over your workplace calendar? Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/j4RWkW6Qgeo/

<img width="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rSC190513banner-150×150.jpg" alt="Symposium: In Fulton, the court has the chance to jettison Employment Division v. Smith – and the pandemic shows why it should take it” loading=”lazy” title=”Symposium: In Fulton, the court has the chance to jettison Employment Division v. Smith – and the pandemic shows why it should take it”>Fulton, the court has […]

On Monday, Nov. 2, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club — a case that will define the bounds of the deliberative process privilege under the Freedom of Information Act. More broadly, the case implicates how to balance the public interest in transparency and accountability in […]

When lawsuits impact whether you’ll be able to celebrate your favorite holiday, it’s time to work harder to get it all done. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/UayzZQjmD4U/

Is it really too much to ask? Too much work to fill out a form that will take one hour of your time so you can leave a firm you’re not happy with? Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/YomNZxpHYPM/

This class includes the firm’s second and third Black partners — ever. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/EjwPVad_1Bo/

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to review, among other things, the Trump administration’s public-charge rule and the vacated death sentences of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, immigrants can be denied green cards if, “in the opinion […]

<img width="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Banner191203r-150×150.jpg" alt="Symposium: Fulton, free exercise and three key questions about church-state relations” loading=”lazy” title=”Symposium: Fulton, free exercise and three key questions about church-state relations”>Fulton, free exercise and three key questions about church-state relations” loading=”lazy” title=”Symposium: Fulton, free exercise and three key questions about church-state relations”>This article is part of a symposium previewing Fulton […]