Thompson Coburn's New Lobby Shop Gets Busy

AFTERNOON UPDATE Thompson Coburn's New Lobby Shop Gets Busy Thompson Coburn's government affairs shop in the past five days has registered to lobby for its first three clients since it opened its doors in February. D.C. Appeals Court Tackles Attorney Relationships With Non-Clients The District of Columbia Court of Appeals heard arguments today in a case that tests the limits on when non-clients -- or, at least, non-traditional clients -- can sue an attorney for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. 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 Feingold Says 'Citizens United' Ruling Has Caused 'Cancer on Our Democracy' At a conference today in Washington commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal, one of the main sponsors of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law lamented that "there is a cancer on our democracy and on our economy because of the Citizens United decision." 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 Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup: K&L Gates; Mayer Brown The former associate general counsel of the Office of United States Trade Representative has joined K&L Gates as a partner in the firm's international arbitration and international trade practices. Frank Schweitzer previously represented the U.S. in litigation before the World Trade Organization. His practice will focus on international trade and investment, market access, and public international law matters as it relates to the cross-border movement of goods, services, and capital.		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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