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In recent terms, the U.S. Supreme Court has focused increasingly on business issues that fundamentally affect how corporations operate and litigate. Some commentators have called the Roberts Court “the most pro-business of any since the 1930s,” but now, commentators are suggesting that the pendulum has swung back toward the center − with business groups suffering substantial losses in the last couple of terms.
Members of McGuireWoods’ Appeals and Issues provided a discussion of these issues with a distinguished panel that included the former solicitor general of Virginia and three former law clerks to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen Breyer.
Topics
- A preview of upcoming cases with significant consequences for the business community
- Key decisions from last year’s term and the practical implications for business
- Analysis of lower courts’ application of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that affect business interests
- Trends in the Supreme Court’s operation and rulings that may impact the business community
- Commentary on the direction the Supreme Court may be heading in the future
- A discussion of likely outcomes of cases in the upcoming term
McGuireWoods Panelists
- E. Duncan Getchell Jr., Partner, former Solicitor General of Virginia
- Matthew A. Fitzgerald, Associate
- Brian D. Schmalzbach, Associate
- Rebecca Gantt, Associate
- R. Trent Taylor, Partner (Moderator)