If Judge Merrick Garland receives a hearing on his nomination to the Supreme Court, it will be his second before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Only a partial transcript survives from his 1995 confirmation hearing, but it sheds light on how he approaches his job. Read More »

Among those likely to be disappointed by President Obama’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court: anyone who was looking for a little more diversity among The Nine. Read More »

Is U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland a compromise pick for the U.S. Supreme Court or the most qualified candidate for the bench? Initial reactions were mixed Wednesday. Read More »

President Barack Obama is nominating D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Judge Garland faces significant obstacles toward a confirmation. After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February, Senate Republicans said the vacancy shouldn’t be filled by Mr. Obama in his final year in office. Read More »

Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news:

SCOTUS nominee: President Obama is poised to announce his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday at the White House. [Reuters, USA Today]

• Donald Trump thinks the Senate shouldn’t give the pick a hearing. [Politico] Read More »

Lawsuits filed in federal court declined about 6% in fiscal 2015, but the number of pending civil cases continued to grow, albeit more slowly, according to data released by Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Tuesday.

The 341,813 pending civil cases represented a little more than a 1% increase over the previous year, while the number of cases filed decreased to 279,036 in 2015 from 295,310 in 2014. Read More »

WASHINGTON—The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday previewed a Republican plan to revamp the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul law, a proposal that would ease regulations for community banks and mandate a cost analysis of proposed policy changes. Read More »

Companies are taking longer to complete investigations after employees internally raise allegations, according to a new survey. Read More »

Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news:

Decision-time: President Obama’s decision on a Supreme Court nominee could be known as early as Tuesday. Speculation centers on four federal appeals court judges. [NYT]

Seal of disapproval: Harvard Law School will no longer use a seal with the crest of an 18th-century slaveholder who played a key role in the school’s history, following calls for the image’s ouster by students and professors. [WSJ] Read More »

Who came up with the idea for the Post-it Note? For Florida inventor Alan Amron, the answer has been the sticking point of his life. Read More »