House Committee Tells D.C. Circuit: Don't Touch Legislative Shield

AFTERNOON UPDATE House Committee Tells D.C. Circuit: Don't Touch Legislative Shield The House bipartisan legal advisory committee this week stepped into the middle of a criminal case against a former congressional staffer who was convicted on public corruption charges, asking a federal appeals court to uphold a barrier that can keep legislative information out of the hands of prosecutors and defense lawyers. Chief Judges Group Calls for Changes in How Courts Determine Bail The Conference of Chief Judges has adopted a resolution that calls for states to overhaul the way their court systems make bail determinations for pretrial defendants. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Register Today: 10k Run & Walk Join the legal community in supporting the American Heart Association through Lawyers Have Heart! Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Washington Harbour at Georgetown. Set up a team from your office and compete for bragging rights! Register Today. Click here Report Shows Judicial Vacancies Stretching Into the Thousands of Days Capitol Hill has been getting most of the heat for the large number of judicial vacancies in the federal courts, but one D.C. advocacy group has issued a new report highlighting delays in the filling the bench before the nominees even reach the Senate. 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 D.C. Senior Judge King Seeks Reappointment District of Columbia Superior Court Senior Judge Rufus King III, a former chief judge of the court, is seeking reappointment.		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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