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AFTERNOON UPDATE FCC Commissioner and Chief Counsel Announce Departure A Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission and the FCC's chief counsel both announced today that they are stepping down. Freddie Mac Signs Dickstein Shapiro Team for LIBOR Suit Freddie Mac, in its suit against more than a dozen banks for their alleged role in the "most costly commercial banking scandal in history," is relying on a half-dozen attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro to handle the case. 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 OMB General Counsel to Depart Later This Month The general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget is leaving his post later this month, according to a White House official. Former Representative Hired by Faegre Baker's Lobby Shop Former Representative Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) has landed at Faegre Baker Daniels' lobbying shop in Washington after leaving Congress in January, the firm announced on Tuesday. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Solo Practitioner, Prosecutor Nominated to D.C. Superior Court In a rare move, President Barack Obama announced yesterday afternoon that he had nominated a solo practitioner to serve on the District of Columbia Superior Court. Michael O'Keefe, a member of the D.C. Bar since 1994 and longtime solo attorney, would be among only a handful of D.C. judges with similar experience if confirmed. SUPREME COURT Standard Fire Insurance Company v. Knowles Class-action plaintiff's stipulation that damages sought were less than the threshold for jurisdiction under Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 did not defeat federal jurisdiction (Breyer, J.)		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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