BioNTech To Pay CureVac, GSK $740M Plus Royalties To Settle mRNA Patent Disputes
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The morning read for Tuesday, August 12
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling (Devin Dwyer, ABC News) RNC Urges Supreme Court to Stay Out of Mississippi Mail Ballot Deadline Case (Yunior Rivas, Democracy Docket) For Hopeful […]
Milbank showers London associates with summer bonuses up to £18.5k
Second year in a row Milbank lawyers are set for a late-summer cash boost, with the US giant confirming it will pay out bonuses to associates and special counsel worldwide — including those based in its London office — for the second year in a row. An internal message from chair Scott A. Edelman, shared […]
Politicians Who Decline To Fix What Ails Us
If you asked me to name one thing that seems politically feasible and would help fix what ails America, I’d tell you that it’s solving the problem of gerrymandered Congressional districts. In a gerrymandered district, the general election is deliberately made noncompetitive. The district is gerrymandered so far to the left or right that the Democratic […]
Biglaw’s Waiting For ‘A Second Shoe To Drop’ Before Matching Milbank’s Summer Bonuses
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Corporate, from a lateral associate standpoint, is so-so, unless you’re talking about anything related to finance, and therefore I don’t think firms will be compelled to issue a summer bonus unless another New York firm like Cravath or Sullivan & Cromwell follows Milbank. I […]
The Best Online Master Of Studies In Law Programs (2025)
Wouldn’t it be nice to obtain some helpful legal knowledge, without having to shell out six figures to get a law degree? If you’re a non-lawyer and you think that legal information may be useful to you in your job, have we got the law school ranking for you. The latest Princeton Review law school […]
The Most Conservative Students In Law School
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day! According to the Princeton Review’s 2025 Best Law School Rankings, which law school has the most conservative law students? Hint: Law students were asked a single question to determine the political bent of each school’s student body: “If there is a prevailing political […]
Did You Hear About The New Merger? — See Also
Morris Manning Plans To Merge With Taft: The new firm’s gross revenue will be worth nearly a billion! Things Seem Quiet. Too Quiet: The second quarter looks a little too good, considering. They’re Going After Harvard’s IP: The Department of Commerce is threatening to take the school’s patents. Thinking About A Master Of Studies In […]
What is the Supreme Court’s long conference?
Edward Lazarus, a former clerk to the late Justice Harry Blackmun, called it a “single marathon session.” Gregory Garre, who served as the U.S. solicitor general during the George W. Bush administration, described it as the place “where petitions go to die.” Lazarus and Garre were both referring to the “long conference” – a private […]
Shadow voting on the shadow docket
Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. When is a vote not a vote? This might seem like a trick question, but […]