Judge Warns Federal Cuts Will 'Strike at the Heart' of Judiciary

AFTERNOON UPDATE Judge Warns Federal Cuts Will 'Strike at the Heart' of Judiciary Speaking today at the Judicial Conference's biannual meeting in Washington, U.S. District Judge Julia Gibbons warned that sequestration -- mandatory budget cuts that went into effect March 1 -- put the federal judiciary "in uncharted territory," according to a release from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Convicted Lobbyist Asks Full D.C. Circuit to Review Prosecution Earlier this year, in upholding the conviction of prominent former lobbyist Kevin Ring, a federal appeals court in Washington called the distinction between legal lobbying and criminal conduct "subtle." The court went on to say that the line "spells the difference between honest politics and criminal corruption." 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 K&L Gates Lobbyists Add Asteroid Miners to Client Roster K&L Gates has registered to lobby on an out-of-this-world matter: asteroid mining. Jury Finds District of Columbia Not Liable for Overdetentions at D.C. Jail A Washington federal jury this week found that inmates were unconstitutionally overdetained at the D.C. Jail between 2007 and 2008, but that the District of Columbia government wasn't liable because they didn't find evidence of "deliberate indifference" to the inmates' rights. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT 6th Annual Freedom of Information Day American University Washington College of Law's Collaboration on Government Secrecy celebrates its sixth Freedom of Information Day. This day-long conference on March 18 anchors Sunshine Week. Leading experts will discuss matters of importance to the openness-in-government community, with the hope of improved FOIA implementation during President Obama's second term. CLE credits are available by request. LEARN MORE Study Reveals 10 Factors Common in Wrongful Convictions A three-year study conducted by the Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research at American University has identified 10 factors common in wrongful convictions, as opposed to cases in which innocent defendants are acquitted or have their charges dismissed before trial. Nominating Commission Accepting Applications for D.C. Federal Court Vacancy Over the next month, lawyers and judges interested in serving on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia can apply for a judicial vacancy that's expected to open up this summer.		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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