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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider six cases in its first week of oral arguments. Several of the cases are among the Court’s most anticipated, touching on issues such as partisan gerrymandering, digital privacy rights, immigration, and mandatory ...

In Oil States Energy Services LLC v Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) inter partes review process in constitutional. Challengers contend that the adversarial pa...

In Class v United States, the U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether a guilty plea inherently waives a defendant’s right to challenge the constitutionality of his conviction. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for October 4, 2017. &nbs...

While the justices were on summer break, the U.S. Supreme Court’s website got a much-needed update. Even more significant, the Court announced that e-filing will become mandatory in November. The Supreme Court is notorious for its slow adoption ...

In International Shoe Co. v. State of Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945), the U.S. Supreme Court first established the minimum contacts test for determining whether a corporation is subject to the jurisdiction of a state court. Under the Court’s holdi...

Jennings v. Rodriguez is one of the first cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider when the new term begins next month. While the cases involving President Trump’s travel ban are generating the most buzz, the Court’s decision in Jennings c...