High Court Struggles With Clash Over Recess Appointments

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • High Court Struggles With Clash Over Recess Appointments • New Chairman at Steptoe Eyes the Future • Republican Senators Confident Following Oral Arguments • Plaintiffs Appeal Dismissal of ATM Fees Antitrust Case • NLJ Billing Survey: $1,000 Per Hour Isn't Rare Anymore • Abortion Protest Case Tests First Amendment Boundaries High Court Struggles With Clash Over Recess Appointments The U.S. Supreme Court today heard argument over the scope of the authority of the president to use the Constitution's recess-appointment power. Read More » New Chairman at Steptoe Eyes the Future With just over 400 lawyers, Steptoe & Johnson LLP is neither large nor small, not wildly profitable or struggling to get by. For new executive committee chairman Philip West, who took the helm Jan. 1, the question now is whether being in the middle is enough. Read More » Republican Senators Confident Following Oral Arguments Republican senators left the Supreme Court arguments today confident that they would prevail in the constitutional showdown over the president's power to make recess appointments. Read More » Plaintiffs Appeal Dismissal of ATM Fees Antitrust Case ATM operators and consumers suing Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. over ATM fees are appealing a judge's order dismissing the case. Read More » NLJ Billing Survey: $1,000 Per Hour Isn't Rare Anymore As recently as five years ago, law partners charging $1,000 an hour were outliers. Today, four-figure hourly rates for in-demand partners at the most prestigious firms don't raise eyebrows — and a few top earners are closing in on $2,000 an hour. Read More » Abortion Protest Case Tests First Amendment Boundaries Abortion returns to the U.S. Supreme Court docket on Jan. 15, in the form of a First Amendment dispute over the right to protest outside reproductive health clinics. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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