October 18, 2024
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar is a once-in-a-generation talent who uses her seemingly endless knowledge of case facts and related law — along with her quick wit — to routinely spar with an often antithetical U.S. Supreme Court over some of the most consequential issues in a given term, experts and court watchers say.
June 23, 2023
A year after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a bombshell ruling that erased the constitutional right to abortion, employers that want to preserve access to the procedure for their workers are still unsure about the legal landscape. Here are three questions benefits attorneys are asking on the anniversary of the high court's Dobbs decision.
June 22, 2023
The nation's biggest law firms have espoused "a very extreme, pro-abortion viewpoint" during the saga surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court's seismic rejection of abortion rights, putting themselves at odds with constitutional law and their own workforces, a top attorney at a major legal group waging anti-abortion litigation told Law360.
June 22, 2023
BigLaw has staunchly supported abortion rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade because lawyers strongly believe "a change on the court doesn't mean the status of our constitutional rights should change," a lead attorney at the nation's preeminent legal group for abortion rights told Law360.
December 16, 2022
Courts saw a number of cases in 2022 that could have potential consequences for access to justice, including suits over public defender shortages, claims of ineffective counsel, the regulation of nonlawyers and abortion.
December 16, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court gave states a green light to ban abortion and revived retirees' lawsuit against Northwestern University in two marquee decisions from a busy year in federal benefits litigation. Here, Law360 looks at these and other rulings from 2022 that employers and retirement plan administrators should take note of.
September 02, 2022
A torrid 2022 for health care litigation is entering a red-hot homestretch featuring fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's explosive repudiation of abortion rights, the potential for three False Claims Act clashes at the high court, and the increasingly likely prospect of a funding fiasco for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
August 23, 2022
Privacy rights advocates have hit Oracle with a proposed class action in California federal court claiming the database management company violates privacy and federal wiretap laws by illegally gathering and selling personal information of millions of web surfers worldwide — earning billions annually.
August 16, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's nullification of the constitutional right to abortion has ushered in "transformative" changes for health care attorneys and become one of the rare events to which entirely new practice groups can be devoted, the leaders of a boutique health firm's post-Roe v. Wade practice told Law360.
July 22, 2022
The first half of 2022 saw blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court decisions curtailing both abortion rights and environmental rulemaking that are poised to have a major impact on how location data is handled and regulated. Here, attorneys look back at some of the major privacy policy and case developments so far this year.