DOJ Intervenes in Whistleblower Suit Against Lance Armstrong

AFTERNOON UPDATE DOJ Intervenes in Whistleblower Suit Against Lance Armstrong For a couple of years, the federal government has remained on the sidelines of a lawsuit in Washington that alleges Lance Armstrong and others made false claims to the U.S. Postal Service in connection with the agency's sponsorship of a professional cycling team. D.C. Federal Judge Oberdorfer Dies at 94 U.S. District Senior Judge Louis Oberdorfer died last night at age 94, according to an announcement from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Register Today: 10k Run & Walk Join the legal community in supporting the American Heart Association through Lawyers Have Heart 10k Run and 3k Fun Walk! Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Washington Harbour at Georgetown. Set up a team from your office and compete for bragging rights! - Presented in partnership by McDermott Will & Emery Click here Rwandan Accused of Genocide Convicted of Immigration Fraud A New Hampshire woman who emigrated from Rwanda in 1998 was stripped of her citizenship by a federal judge on February 21 after a jury found her guilty of lying on immigration forms about her affiliation with the political party that led the central African nation's 1994 genocide. Firm and Two of Its Lawyers Must Pay $200K Over Frivolous Patent Case A New York federal judge has slapped Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer and two of its partners with more than $200,000 in sanctions for filing a frivolous patent case, opposing an earlier sanctions ruling and wasting the court's time. Venable Sees Net Income, Profits per Partner Rise in 2012 Bolstered in part by a strong year for the firm's real estate and tax practices, Venable saw a nearly 6 percent increase in gross revenue, up to $376 million from $355 million in 2011, according to our reporting. The firm said profits per partner were up 3.7 percent to $845,000. 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 McGuireWoods Posts Growth in Gross Revenue in 2012 McGuireWoods saw another year of steady growth, posting around a 5 percent increase in gross revenue and profits per partner in 2012, according to our reporting. Former Senate Staffer Joins Bryan Cave as Policy Adviser Bryan Cave has expanded its public policy and government affairs practice group by adding Democratic lobbyist Joe Lapia to its D.C. office, the firm announced earlier this week. As a policy adviser, Lapia will represent clients in matters of regulatory affairs, public policy and legislation.		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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