SCOTUS Weighs Right to Counsel as New Term Opens: The Brief

THE US SUPREME COURT docket for the new term, which kicked off today, includes a handful of cases that could potentially reshape the employment and labor litigation landscape, including the firing of a Federal Trade Commission official, Khorri Atkinson reports.

• Attorneys for Geo Group and a class of civil immigrant detainees will face off at oral arguments on Nov. 10 over whether the high court should allow the private prison operator to seek immediate appellate review of its derivative sovereign immunity defense. GEO, which has an ICE contract to run detention facilities, is accused of forcing detainees in Colorado ...