“The untold story of how Antonin Scalia’s ‘gift to Canada’ shaped our spy services; As Donald Trump mulls a Supreme Court successor to the conservative firebrand judge, Sean Fine examines how a young, decidedly evenhanded Scalia helped the Canadian government in the 1970s to get a grip on domestic spy agencies that had begun to spin out of control”: Sean Fine has this article in today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail.
“The Latest In The Solicitor General Sweepstakes”: David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”
In Bashman news from Queens: QNS.com has a report headlined “Thieves in Flushing bash man with crowbar, steal bag containing $15,000 in cash: cops.”
“Justices Will Hear Challenges to Mandatory Employee Arbitration”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court to examine workers’ rights to file class-action suits.”
Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Decide Whether Employers Can Prohibit Groups of Workers From Suing; Justices also take up case on time limits for the SEC to require firms, individuals to ‘disgorge’ ill-gotten gains.” And Kendall also reports that “Supreme Court to Weigh How Soon Firms Can Sell Copycat Biotech Drugs; High court to referee dispute between Novartis, Amgen over biosimilar.”
Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Supreme Court to consider CalPERS case against Lehman Bros.”
Bob McGovern and Jordan Graham of The Boston Herald report that “Supreme Court takes Mass. case on open court.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “SEC’s Power to Recoup Illegal Profits Draws High Court Scrutiny” and “Lehman Case Gets Review as Top Court Considers Suit Deadlines.” And Susan Decker of Bloomberg News reports that “Amgen Fight Over Copies of Biotech Drugs Gets High Court Review.”
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court To Consider Lifting Class-Action Bar For Millions Of Workers; Existing federal labor law could free employees who now can’t band together to sue their bosses.”
And Jolie McCullough of The Texas Tribune reports that “Supreme Court to review Texas death penalty case; The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it would review the legal complexities in a Texas death penalty case, where a man killed a 5-year-old and her grandmother.”
“Supreme Court takes up suit over 2001 detention of Muslims”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
