by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! As the rest of the world grapples with their hopes, dreams, or fears of a post-AMK Court, we’re still grappling with the final decisions of the Court he leaves behind. In this Update, we bring you summaries of Abbot v. Perez (No. 17-586),...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! As we promised last week, we’re back with the final bit of mop up from the exciting end of the 2017–18 term. And we’ve saved some of the best (or maybe the worst) for last with three significant, much-awaited 5-4 decisions. First up,...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! And welcome back! October Term 2017 got underway this morning with argument in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (No. 16-285), a case concerning the enforceability of individual arbitration clauses in employment contracts. That could be a case of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! Although we’ve got no opinions to report for you this week, we do want to briefly catch up on some news out of One First Street. Earlier this week, the Justices dismissed Trump v. Int’l Refugee Assistance Project (16-1436), one of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with some more non-opinion news from The Nine to wrap up the week (and the October sitting). Perhaps the biggest SCOTUS news this week occurred outside of Washington, where district judges in both Hawaii and Maryland issued...