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Privilege ruling could chill employers’ investigations 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: December 14, 2009

Tags: attorney-client privilege, employment discrimination, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – According to employment defense lawyers, a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could have unintended consequences for workplace bias investigations.

Experts look ahead to the SCOTUS term 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 29, 2009

Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – As U.S. Supreme Court watchers – from business organizations to legal groups to appellate litigators – look ahead to the Court’s docket this term, there are still many unknowns.

But commentators at two recent panel discussions said this term, which officially kicks off on Oct. 5, may be remarkable both for what it doesn’t have – blockbuster cases – and for what it does have – a new justice, a sign of another possible retirement and a new solicitor general.

Sotomayor, Kagan face first SCOTUS oral argument 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 9, 2009

Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

It was a day of firsts for two of the top women associated with the U.S. Supreme Court: Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Solicitor General Elena Kagan.

Sotomayor sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 8, 2009

Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has a new associate justice.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in this morning in a brief but emotional ceremony that represented a number of firsts, including that she became the High Court’s first Latina Justice.