After Two-Year Fight, White House Withdraws Halligan for D.C. Circuit

AFTERNOON UPDATE After Two-Year Fight, White House Withdraws Halligan for D.C. Circuit The White House withdrew the nomination of Caitlin Halligan for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday, ending a nomination process that lasted more than two years because of constant opposition from Republican senators. Practitioners Say FCC Unlikely to Undergo Major Policy Shift With New Chief When Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski announced his departure from the agency earlier today, it came as little surprise to practitioners who generally agreed that agency policies under a new chairman would remain consistent. Genetics Lab's Patent Malpractice Suit Against Ropes & Gray Resurfaces in State Court A Long Island genetics laboratory is marching ahead with its three-year effort to bring patent malpractice claims against Boston's Ropes & Gray and former partner Matthew Vincent, this time in Massachusetts state court. 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 New Law Dean in Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has named a new top law school administrator: University of Illinois College of Law associate dean for faculty development Daniel Hamilton. He will start at the William S. Boyd School of Law on July 1, university officials said on March 21. After Three Decades With Chamber, Official Leaving Litigation Center Robin Conrad, executive vice president of the National Chamber Litigation Center, the litigating and public policy arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has left the Chamber after three decades. FCC Chairman Genachowski Announces Resignation Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, today announced his plan to resign from the agency he's led since September 2009. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT At Arent Fox, New Highs in Revenues and Profits in 2012 Arent Fox, bolstered by a strong year in the firm's intellectual property, civil litigation and government contracts practices, saw revenue per lawyer increase 2.7 percent to $750,000 in 2012 and profit per partner rise to $850,000, a 2.4 percent increase over last year, our reporting shows. Language Access Advocates Call for Greater State Court Coordination In the year since the American Bar Association adopted new guidelines for language access in the courts, proponents said today that although there's been progress, court systems nationwide can do much more to ensure all litigants understand what's happening when they step inside a courthouse.		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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