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19 Apr 2024, 7:28 am by John Elwood
Although the state public defender filed the petitions, former solicitor general and veteran Supreme Court advocate Seth Waxman became counsel of record in several of them. [read post]
18 Jan 2024, 5:12 am by John Elwood
Although the state public defender filed the petitions, former Solicitor General Seth Waxman became involved after the Supreme Court ordered the state to file a response, and is now counsel of record in all the cases. [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 9:30 pm by ernst
"Over at Lawfare, Michael Ramsey and  Matthew Waxman have a post on the history of constitutional debates and practice of delegating Congressional war power to the President. [read post]
5 Dec 2023, 8:03 pm by Dennis Crouch
Some highlights of the agenda include: Roundtable discussions with Federal Circuit Judges Kara Stoll and Leonard Stark along with D.Del Judge Maryellen Noreika, former SG Seth Waxman (Wilmer), and Deanne Maynard (MoFo). [read post]
2 Jul 2023, 5:01 am by jonathanturley
During the Supreme Court oral arguments over affirmative action, Harvard’s counsel Seth Waxman struggled with an argument that race consideration was needed to maintain current admissions for minorities. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 1:24 pm
I filed a letter with the court, asking, in my capacity as a researcher and a reporter, that Judge Burroughs unseal the sidebars...To my surprise, Seth Waxman, who argued the case for Harvard, quickly objected on behalf of the university—the one that employs me as a tenured law professor, whose job it is to freely conduct research and pursue knowledge. [read post]
22 Mar 2023, 6:30 am by Chantal Joris
” Surprisingly, Twitter’s counsel, Seth Waxman, did not bring up free speech. [read post]
Twitter’s attorney in Taamneh, Seth Waxman, made much the same point in responding to Justice Sonia Sotomayor: …the rule that the 9th Circuit has posited and that the plaintiffs embrace… means that as a matter of course, every time somebody is injured by an act of international terrorism committed, planned, or supported by a foreign terrorist organization, each one of these platforms will be liable in treble damages and so will the telephone companies that… [read post]
25 Feb 2023, 10:46 am by Eric Goldman
Twitter’s lawyer, Seth Waxman, made a major concession when he said that an unsubstantiated notice from law enforcement that a service is hosting alleged terrorist activities, without any judicial oversight or other confirmation of accuracy, would confer legally chargeable knowledge. [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 1:23 pm by Amy Howe
Representing Twitter, lawyer Seth Waxman told the court that the family’s claim that Twitter should have done more is not the same as aiding and abetting terrorism. [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 1:13 pm by Ashley Belanger
Twitter attorney Seth Waxman argued that the social network and other defendants, Google and Meta, should not be liable under JASTA, partly because the act of providing the same general services—which anyone on their platforms can access—does not alone constitute providing substantial assistance to an individual planning a terrorist attack.Read 16 remaining paragraphs | Comments [read post]
2 Jan 2023, 7:14 pm by Hyman Phelps McNamara
The distinguished speaker faculty includes Jennifer Braff (Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP), Seth Mailhot (Partner, Husch Blackwell), Cathy L. [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 5:30 am by Josh Blackman
Certainly, as a matter of "triage" (to use Seth Waxman's phrasing), the Common Application can require a "diversity sentence. [read post]
1 Nov 2022, 7:46 am by Michael C. Dorf
Defending Harvard, attorney Seth Waxman noted that simply eliminating affirmative action would lead African American enrollment at Harvard to decline from 14 to 6 percent, while also eliminating ALDC preferences would lead to a further decline to 5 percent. [read post]
Justice Alito pressed Harvard attorney Seth Waxman extensively on the evidence that Asian applicants received lower personal ratings in the admissions process than other racial groups. [read post]