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Archive: March 2018 (12 Posts)

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Uber at the ECJ – The Legal Saga in Europe Continues

Posted by: Jenny Gesley

The following is a guest post by Catharina Schmidt, a foreign law intern working in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. While Uber recently achieved partial success in the legal fight over a key component for operating driverless cars in the United States, it suffered a defeat at the European Court of Justice …

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U.S. Supreme Court: Original Jurisdiction and Oral Arguments

Posted by: Jim Martin

Today’s guest post is by Ann Hemmens, Senior Legal Reference Librarian.  Ann wrote on accessing federal materials on the Law Library’s Guide to Law Online. At the Law Library of Congress, we collect, organize, and provide access to original print records and briefs filed with the Supreme Court of the United States. We are one …

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Watch “A Conversation with The Honorable Clarence Thomas,” the 2018 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On February 15th, the Law Library of Congress hosted the 2018 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. Jeffrey P. Minear, Executive Director of the Supreme Court Fellows Program and Counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States, and Jane Sánchez, Law Librarian of Congress, introduced the program. Hon. Gregory …