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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, a case concerning state-law claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Actor Ameer Baraka, medical researchers, and the mother of a dyslexic high school student were among the witnesses at a hearing on dyslexia research. Witnesses talked about their experiences…

Attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson talked about same-sex marriage and civil rights. They compared the civil rights movement of the 1960's with the gay rights movement and assessed various j…

Same-sex marriage opponents and supporters spoke from the steps outside the U.S. Supreme Court about the rulings just announced. Religious leaders objected to the decisions in both cases. Je…

Following oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, lawyers and respondents spoke to reporters and answered questions about their case on the steps o…

A panel of three federal judges heard argument in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the Proposition 8 (or the California Marriage Protection Act) case. The Ninth Circuit heard an appeal of an August…

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel heard oral arguments on Perry v. Brown. The case involves U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling that the voter-approved Proposition 8 …

Mr. Boies talked about his memoir Courting Justice: From New York Yankees vs. Major League Baseball to Bush vs. Gore, 1997-2000, published by Miramax Books. He recounted his many court batt…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on energy industry consolidation. A panel of legal experts and regulators, as well as a panel of oil industry executives testified about the sta…

Justices heard arguments in the case of Bush v. Gore, docket number 00-949, regarding the manual recount of “undervote” ballots ordered by the Florida Supreme Court. Among the concerns of th…

Mr. Reeves moderated a panel discussion of the presidential campaign. Panelists discussed the presidential debates, the issues of the 2004 campaign, and the strategies of the Kerry and Bush …

Attorney David Boies and author Ken Auletta discussed issues regarding the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against the Microsoft Corporation, and about Mr. Auletta’s book World War 3.…

Attorney David Boies spoke about his experiences representing former Vice President Gore in the election challenge in Florida. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.

Following oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of Bush v. Gore, David Bioes spoke to reporters about his impressions of the hearing and expressed hope that the justices would …

Mr. Klain and Mr. Boies spoke to reporters about a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to stop an on-going recount of ballots in Florida after the Florida Supreme Court ordered the action. In…

Following today’s decision by the Florida Supreme Court to begin counting ballots which registered no vote in the presidential election, Judge Lewis met with Gore and Bush camapign attorneys…

Justices heard arguments from the Bush and Gore campaigns about a lower court decision not to order a manual recount of ballots in several Florida counties. Among the issues addressed were w…

Lawyers for the Bush and Gore campaigns spoke to reporters about a ruling by Judge N. Sanders Sauls that denied a manual vote recount of Florida ballots in the presidential election.

Lawyers for the Gore campaign spoke to reporters about their arguments before the Florida Supreme Court and talked about the status of the election contest. Following their remarks that answ…

Gore campaign attorneys spoke to reporters about a Supreme Court decision vacating a Florida Supreme Court ruling that extended the deadline for a recount in the election vote recount. Follo…