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Stories in the category Law

Gerald Shargel has another high-profile client

By A. James Memmott

October 5, 2009 at 10:14am

Gerald L. Shargel continues to get work.

Stevens’ clerk choice sparks speculation of retirement

By A. James Memmott

September 3, 2009 at 7:15am

Sonia Sotomayor is in. Could John Paul Stevens be on his way out?

Sandra Day O’Connor plays the bench

By A. James Memmott

August 12, 2009 at 8:11am

Sandra Day O’Connor may have retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, but she has not given up judging.

Attorney Cristina Arguedas may steer Barry Bonds’ future in more ways than one

By A. James Memmott

July 21, 2009 at 8:45am

Whether or not the perjury case against baseball’s Barry Bonds goes to trial could depend upon who becomes the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California.

Moral: Judiciary should delete ’stuff’ from laptops

By A. James Memmott

July 5, 2009 at 9:23am

Note to federal judges: Don’t save those bawdy, possibly obscene and most likely sexist e-mail attachments e-mailed to you by your college roommate.

Kennedy is the swing vote on the Supreme Court

By A. James Memmott

July 2, 2009 at 9:01am

Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, 72, a Ronald Reagan appointee who has served since 1988, remains the key to the Supreme Court.

Reversal of firefighter decision likely to come up in Sotomayor hearings

By A. James Memmott

June 30, 2009 at 12:25pm

Sonia Sotomayor got reversed Monday, as the U.S. Supreme Court turned back a decision she had backed as a federal judge.

Souter retires, but his former clerks keep climbing

By Laurie Bennett

June 30, 2009 at 9:44am

On his last day on the Supreme Court, Justice David Souter swore in Julius Genachowski as new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Jose Cabranes was an early mentor to Sonia Sotomayor

By A. James Memmott

June 23, 2009 at 6:38am

For Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the turning point may have come when she had lunch with Jose A. Cabranes in 1976.

Davis Polk builds its government connections

By Laurie Bennett

June 22, 2009 at 6:37am

Where do financial regulators wind up when they leave their government jobs? A good number go to Davis Polk & Wardwell.

William Jefferson goes to trial

By Ric Bohy

June 18, 2009 at 9:38am

The $90,000 in cold cash found in William Jefferson’s refrigerator was evidence of an FBI sting operation that flopped, says defense attorney Robert Trout.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling defends against another lawsuit

By Ric Bohy

June 18, 2009 at 9:27am

The estate of a dead writer who created a fictional wizard named Willy wants $50 million from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

Sotomayor nomination focuses attention on Belizean Grove

By A. James Memmott

June 18, 2009 at 9:08am

In a role reversal of sorts, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is being asked to defend her membership in a private club for women.

Manhattan DA Morgenthau helped boost Sotomayor’s career

By A. James Memmott

June 12, 2009 at 9:33am

Upon gradation from Yale Law School in 1979, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s pick to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, made a surprising career choice.

Football-star-turned-justice oversees MN Senate battle

By A. James Memmott

June 3, 2009 at 10:23am

A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame could have a hand in deciding the outcome of the contested U.S. Senate race in Minnesota.

Bush vs. Gore attorneys join forces against Prop 8

By A. James Memmott

May 31, 2009 at 8:58am

Lawyers David Boies and Theodore B. Olson were on the opposite sides of a case that determined a presidency.

With Sotomayor, Catholics would dominate high court

By A. James Memmott

May 27, 2009 at 11:27am

Should Sonia Sotomayor be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, six of the nine members of the court will be Roman Catholic.

Opponents already decrying Sotomayor as justice choice

By A. James Memmott

May 26, 2009 at 10:15am

As soon as word leaked out Tuesday that Sonia Sotomayor would be President Barack Obama’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, opposition voices spoke out.

Lawyer Marc S. Dreier awaits sentencing after plea

By A. James Memmott

May 12, 2009 at 9:19am

But for Bernard L. Madoff, Marc S. Dreier might be a household name.



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