November 12, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether an alleged mobster can be guilty of a murder-for-hire scheme if he did not physically participate in the botched hit job, with one justice remarking that both parties' interpretations of a "violent" crime of inaction could produce absurd results.
November 10, 2024
Allon Kedem is a familiar face at the U.S. Supreme Court, with a baker's dozen arguments and the rare distinction of two clerkships, and his face is usually smiling when cases end, thanks to a laudable 10-3 record. All that, plus a resume chock-full of bipartisan bona fides, is why he's among 12 leading attorneys in the Supreme Court's next generation of sought-after oral advocates.
November 08, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court will be closed Monday for Veterans Day, but the justices will return to the bench Tuesday to consider whether a 60-day deadline for immigrants to voluntarily leave the country has a grace period and what evidence is needed to allege securities fraud.
October 07, 2024
As the U.S. Supreme Court lifts the curtain on a new term, the justices are slated to consider a variety of cases impacting the work of trial litigators, including a death penalty case over a state-disavowed conviction, the boundaries of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and corporate veil piercing.
June 03, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the case of an alleged associate of New York's Genovese crime family in which the reputed mobster, and the government, argued that the justices should resolve a circuit split over whether crimes of violence can be committed through inaction.