Conservative Justices Voice Skepticism About Key Voting Rights Act Provision

AFTERNOON UPDATE Conservative Justices Voice Skepticism About Key Voting Rights Act Provision The constitutionality of a key part of the nation's Voting Rights Act appeared in serious trouble in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices heard arguments over Congress' 2006 reauthorization of the act. Circuit Nominee Enjoys Extra Friendly Reception at Senate Committee Hearing Jane Kelly got an extra friendly reception from the Senate Judiciary Committee at her confirmation hearing Wednesday for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, soaking up a stream of compliments and fielding questions about why diversity in the courts is important. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Are you and your firm facing unprecedented change? Register today to view The Lawyer Personality: Four Strategies to Gain a Competitive Advantage. In this Webinar, Dr. Larry Richard, a leading expert on the lawyer personality, explains the most potent strategies that law firm leaders can employ now. Law firms that apply these strategies can gain a competitive advantage and learn how to apply change to their own practice. Click here to watch the Webinar On-Demand today! Judge Approves Class in Race Discrimination Suit Against Secret Service More than a decade ago, a group of U.S. Secret Service agents sued over allegations that agency officials denied promotions on the basis of race. Yesterday, a judge in Washington approved a class of 120 current and former agents, setting up the potential for a trial that would explore claims that discrimination has persisted at the agency. Finnegan Henderson Shows Steady Rise in 2012 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner's managing partner has some key words for describing the Washington firm's $348 million gross revenues in 2012, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous year. Steady. Comfortable. Maybe even boring. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Need to transfer files from paper to mobile devices? Register today to learn more about Bridging the Mobile/Paper Gap to Increase Productivity . This informational webinar will review the trends, risks and challenges faced by law firms and corporate legal departments at the interface between mobile devices and paper. Then it will investigate the solutions designed by Canon U.S.A. to help mitigate those risks and challenges. Click here to register BuckleySandler Posts Modest Revenue and Profit Gains in 2012 Financial services specialty firm BuckleySandler saw modest jumps in revenue and profits in 2012, with gross receipts of just under $100 million. Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup: Barnes & Thornburg; Manatt Phelps Barnes & Thornburg has added a team of government contracts attorneys to its Washington office. Dorn McGrath and David Hickey join as partners and Will Jack joins as of counsel. Joseph Corrigan joins as a senior public policy adviser. McGrath represents contractors, subcontractors, owners and engineering firms in projects throughout the U.S., Europe, South America and the Middle East. Hickey has experience handling matters related to federal contracts, defense and national security issues. SUPREME COURT Clapper v. Amnesty International USA Attorneys and rights activists lacked standing to challenge federal statute authorizing surveillance of communications between Americans and individuals located in foreign countries (Alito, J.) Marx v. General Revenue Corporation Federal procedural rules permit cost awards to prevailing defendants in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act suit without need to show that suits were brought in bad faith or for purposes of harassment (Thomas, J.)		Get the BLT on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Available now in the App Store. If you have Twitter account, you can now follow NLJ Editor in Chief David L. Brown at twitter.com/davidlbrownjr. Follow him for links to key stories and updates from the NLJ newsroom. You can also track news on Twitter from the NLJ's Washington bureau at twitter.com/legal_times.
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