USA – Just How Business-Friendly is the Supreme Court, Anyhow?
The U.S. Supreme Court term just ended was good for business—but not, percentage-wise, as good as you might think. The annual Mayer Brown analysis of the high court's business docket shows that in the 25 cases last term that pitted a business against an individual or government agency, business prevailed in 16—a 64 per cent win rate. That compares with 86 per cent rate of victory during the previous term, 48 per cent in 2010 and 62 per cent in 2009. "This was plainly a good term for business interests," said Mayer Brown partner Lauren Goldman, who prepared the report. "But it is hard to generalize. You can't discern any pro-business bias. They decide each case on its own merits." Some of the business wins this past term…