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| AFTERNOON UPDATE As Profits Sink, Patton Boggs Lays Off 65Following a significant drop in gross revenues and partner profits in 2012, Washington-based law firm Patton Boggs has laid off 30 lawyers and 35 other employees, firm managing partner Edward Newberry said Friday. Government Presses Eight-State Solution for Gay Marriage and MoreAlthough stopping short of urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that gay couples have a fundamental right to marriage, the Obama administration brief in the California same-sex marriage case charts a legal path towards the eventual undoing of all state gay marriage bans, said a lawyer for the challengers to that state's ban. Sixth Circuit: Child Porn Restitution Orders Must Be Based on Individual CulpabilityIn a ruling that deepened a circuit split, a federal appeals court has remanded two $1 million-plus restitution orders stemming from child pornography convictions for a review of each defendant's responsibility for a victim's injuries.
DOJ Takes Swipes at D.C. Circuit's Recess Appointment RulingThe U.S. Justice Department this week offered its first extended, public analysis of the controversial court ruling in Washington that invalidated President Barack Obama's recess appointments to a federal labor board. Congress Considering Cameras in Federal Courts, AgainCongress is once again considering a bill that would give federal judges at all levels the option to open their courtrooms to television cameras and radio broadcasts. Hogan Lovells' Gross Revenues Dropped Slightly in 2012Following a year of stagnant gross revenues, Hogan Lovells' finances didn't improve in 2012, the second full year of the firm's existence. Faded Jeans Magnate Loses Bid to Escape Involuntary BankruptcyGuess? Inc. co-founder Georges Marciano failed to persuade a federal appeals court that, because their nearly $100 million in court judgments against him were still under appeal at the time, his former employees had no right to force him into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
After 48 Years, Finnegan Henderson Name Partner RetiresIt was 48 years ago to the day that Douglas Henderson and Marc Finnegan founded their full-service intellectual property law firm. So it's only fitting that Henderson chose the 48th anniversary of the firm as his retirement date. Federal Magistrate Judge Facciola Up for ReappointmentU.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola is up for a third term this summer, and a panel of local attorneys and community members is seeking public feedback on his potential reappointment. At Mock Moot Court, 'Justices' Weigh Same-Sex Marriage DebateAt a mock moot court organized by Georgetown University Law Center's Supreme Court Institute, legal experts debated Hollingsworth v. Perry, a federal challenge to the 2009 amendment to the California Constitution known as Proposition 8, which provided that only marriages between a man and a woman would be recognized in the state. |
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