Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Over ATM Fees

AFTERNOON UPDATE Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Over ATM Fees A Washington federal judge gave a win yesterday to Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., dismissing a set of lawsuits that accused the two credit card companies of violating federal antitrust laws in how they set ATM fees. Controversial D.C. Circuit Prospect Among Nominees Clearing Committee The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two more circuit court judges and a slate of district court judges on Thursday, including Caitlin Halligan, a long-controversial nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Catholic University's School of Law "Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform," Feb. 15, 2013. Former Md. Gov. Bob Ehrlich and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier are among the panelists focused on generating bipartisan support for sustainable reform in the nation’s corrections policy, including police practices, sentencing, prison overcrowding, clemency and decriminalization. Sponsored by the Catholic University Law Review. Click for info. In First Amendment Fight, Judge Expresses Growing Frustration With DOJ A little more than two years ago, a former intelligence officer sued the CIA and other agencies over the government's effort to shield from the public certain details in his memoir about the war in Afghanistan. D.C. Mayor Announces Plan for Elected Attorney General Transition D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D), along with Attorney General Irvin Nathan, today announced Gray's plan for the city's transition in 2014 to an elected attorney general. The proposed legislation calls for a separate Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel to oversee in-house agency attorneys and changes the chain of command for agency attorneys. 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 Louisiana Construction Projects Draw Patton Boggs Lobbyists Two organizations that hope to fund Louisiana construction projects with money from foreign nationals have enlisted the lobbying services of Patton Boggs in Washington, according to lobbying registration paperwork filed with Congress on Thursday.		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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