Supreme Court Asked to Weigh Constitutionality of Obama Recess Appointments

AFTERNOON UPDATE Supreme Court Asked to Weigh Constitutionality of Obama Recess Appointments The constitutional and political battle over President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board has reached the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving striking workers at nursing care facilities in Connecticut. DOJ Asks High Court to Leave Machine Gun Ruling Untouched Bring a machine gun into a bank robbery -- you don't have to fire a single shot -- and be prepared for an additional 30-year mandatory minimum prison stint on top of any other punishment. That's what happened to a man named Bryan Burwell, who was convicted in Washington and is now serving more than 40 years behind bars. 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 Dewey & LeBoeuf's Art Collection Goes on the Auction Block Bruce Richards' Modern Living depicts a single card balancing precariously atop a 14-story tower of cards. The oil-on-canvas painting, nearly 5 feet tall, was part of Dewey & LeBoeuf's massive art collection that was auctioned off February 1 in Washington. Law Firm Leaders Q&A: Reed Smith's A. Scott Bolden A. Scott Bolden, the managing partner of Reed Smith's Washington office, knows how to make a fashion statement. Whether it's through the buffalo-nickel cufflinks that fasten his monogrammed shirt, or the cream-colored Italian leather couch in his office, Bolden clearly has his own sense of style. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT eDiscovery can get expensive.... It doesn't have to. In the new white paper: Taking Control: Strategies to Rein in Escalating eDiscovery Costs for In-House Counsel, learn about the practical application of smarter technology to assist in document review, lower risks and control litigation costs, as well as case studies of successful meaning-based discovery strategies. Click here Former DOJ Official Rejoins King & Spalding in D.C. A former acting deputy attorney general and chief of staff to Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has rejoined King & Spalding in Washington. Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup: Morgan Lewis; Groom Law Group The former general counsel of the Federal Trade Commission has rejoined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Willard Tom was formerly a partner at Morgan Lewis from 2000 until he left for the commission in 2009, where he served as general counsel until last year. He will retain his former title with the firm. At Morgan Lewis, Tom will represent clients in merger and non-merger matters before the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, state attorney generals and federal courts.		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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