Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. Jennifer VanDerStok, et al.

  1. March 26, 2025

    High Court Upholds ATF's Ghost Gun Rule

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday found that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rule restricting so-called ghost gun kits was wrongly invalidated by a lower appeals court and said the bureau has authority to regulate weapons parts and unfinished frames.

  2. February 14, 2025

    New Administration Begins Litigation About-Faces

    The Trump administration's high court reversal on transgender healthcare may be just the first such U-turn, as it telegraphs potential changes in the government's position in cases over student loan forgiveness, environmental regulations, the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and more.

  3. January 01, 2025

    Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice Cases To Watch In 2025

    A pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' rule on so-called ghost guns and Pennsylvania's top court's possible invalidation of a government injury damages cap are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following in 2025.

  4. January 01, 2025

    The Hottest Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking In 2025

    Appellate lawyers in 2025 should probably stock up on coffee and expect some all-nighters — numerous high-profile appeals, a new presidential administration and a new framework for legal challenges to regulations suggest it'll be an uncommonly tumultuous trip around the sun.

  5. October 18, 2024

    High Court Bar's Future: Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar

    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.

  6. October 08, 2024

    Jackson, Kagan Target Loper Bright In Ghost Gun Case

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was uncharacteristically quiet during initial arguments Tuesday over the federal government's authority to regulate ghost guns. While her colleagues debated whether kits of unassembled parts qualify as firearms, she waited patiently to post a different question: Can courts now toss agency interpretations they don't like?

  7. October 08, 2024

    Justices Cast Favorable Eye On ATF's Ghost Gun Rule

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared to side with the federal government's position that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rule regulating so-called ghost gun kits was wrongly invalidated by a lower appeals court, with several justices responding favorably to the feds' arguments.

  8. October 07, 2024

    Justices Set To Review Feds' Suit Over 'Ghost Gun' Exception

    The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday over whether "ghost gun" assembly kits and their accessories, which are unserialized and untraceable, can be considered firearms and therefore subject to licensing requirements under the Gun Control Act of 1968.

  9. October 06, 2024

    Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear several cases in its October 2024 term that could further refine the new administrative law landscape, establish constitutional rights to gender-affirming care for transgender minors and affect how the federal government regulates water, air and weapons. Here, Law360 looks at five of the most important cases on the Supreme Court's docket so far.

  10. October 04, 2024

    Up First At High Court: Civil Rights, Ghost Guns, Atty Fees

    The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Monday to start a brand-new term, with the justices first hearing arguments related to prerequisites for litigating federal rights in state courts, ghost gun regulations, and whether a death row inmate is entitled to a new trial after a state admits that prosecutorial misconduct might have led to his conviction.