Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case

AFTERNOON UPDATE Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case Former Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty in Washington today to misusing campaign funds for personal use, telling a judge that he misled the American people. Now, for his lawyers, the big fight begins: minimizing the punishment. Consumer Financial Agency Chief Lays Out 2013 Agenda At a public meeting this morning, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the agency will focus on a handful of priorities in 2013, including "the evil of discrimination" that prevents minorities from receiving equal access to credit. 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 Congressional Republicans Step Into Tenth Circuit Religious Freedom Case Eleven Republican members of Congress have stepped into an ongoing legal battle over the Affordable Care Act, filing an amicus brief in support of one company's fight against the preventative services mandate. Crowell & Moring Shows Strong Financial Gains in 2012 Last year proved to be lucrative for Crowell & Moring. The D.C.-based firm showed strong financial gains in all of our metrics for 2012. 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 Phillips 66 Retains Van Ness Feldman as New D.C. Lobbyists Van Ness Feldman has become the first outside firm to lobby in Washington for Phillips 66 Co. since the oil and gas company spun off from ConocoPhillips Co. last year. SUPREME COURT Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System Inc. Absent clear statutory expression of state policy, proposed hospital acquisition was not immune from Federal Trade Commission under federal antitrust laws (Sotomayor, J.) Chafin v. Chafin Return of child to foreign country pursuant to international child abduction treaty return order did not render appeal of that order moot (Roberts, C.J.) Bailey v. United States Established rule permitting detention of occupant of premises during execution of search warrant does not apply to individual who has left immediate vicinity of premises prior to search (Kennedy, J.) Florida v. Harris Sniffer dog's training and testing records supported police officer's determination that dog's alert provided probable cause to search vehicle (Kagan, 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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