New Judge for the First Circuit

AFTERNOON UPDATE New Judge for the First Circuit The Senate confirmed William Kayatta Jr. of Maine to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday, making him the first new circuit judge to take the bench since June and the first federal judge confirmed during this session of Congress. Pronounced Divisions at House Subcommittee Hearing on NLRB Recess Appointments On the same day that President Obama renominated two members of the National Labor Relations Board, members of the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions in a hearing this morning disagreed sharply over the validity of the board's actions and its future mandate. 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. Arnold & Porter Posts 14.3 Percent Jump in Gross Revenue in 2012 Arnold & Porter saw a 14.3 percent growth in gross revenue last year, according to our reporting. Profits per partner held steady at around $1.4 million, while the firm's overall lawyer headcount jumped by 10.7 percent. Fourth Circuit Judge to Chair Judicial Conference Executive Committee Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has tapped Judge William Traxler Jr., chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, as the new chair of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. DLA Piper Lobbying for Al Jazeera A little more than a month after Al Jazeera purchased former Vice President Al Gore's progressive cable network Current TV, DLA Piper notified Congress that it is lobbying for the news channel. 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 Dentists Enlist Arent Fox to Push Insurance Bill The American Dental Association has hired a former congressman who is now at Arent Fox to lobby for it in Washington. Medicaid and Medicare Specialist Returns to Patton Boggs Lu Zawistowich has returned to Patton Boggs' Washington office as a senior public policy adviser in the firm's health care, FDA and life sciences practice group. As a principal, Zawistowich will focus on legislative, regulatory and administrative matters involving Medicaid and Medicare.		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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