NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » DOJ Flinches, Skirts Drone Strike Subpoena Fight » FTC Cracks Down on Mobile Phone Cramming » Federal Reserve Attorney Grilled on Too Big to Fail » Report Highlights Need for Lawyers in D.C. Family Court » American Heart Association Hires Olsson Frank to Lobby » Winston & Strawn Sues for $500K in Unpaid Fees The U.S. Justice Department flinched Thursday in a showdown with the House Judiciary Committee, agreeing to disclose documents detailing the agency's legal justification of drone strikes on alleged terrorists overseas. Committee members were feeling a bit left out. More than... Read More » The Federal Trade Commission today announced its first case against mobile phone "cramming," going after defendants who allegedly took in millions by sending consumers pricey unauthorized text messages featuring horoscopes, love tips and other information. The case is part of... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Setting an Immigration Reform Agenda American University Washington College of Law will host an afternoon conference on April 19 featuring a panel of immigrants' rights advocates, law professors, and policymakers who will identify what priorities the administration should set on immigration reform in the United States and how to implement the proposed reforms effectively. CLE credit is available by request. LEARN MORE | By Jenna Greene Members of the House Committee on Financial Services pressed the top lawyer from the Federal Reserve about when and how the government could break up financial institutions–and seemed less than satisfied with his answers. During an April... Read More » Updated at 3:51 p.m. A task force of family law attorneys in Washington released a new report yesterday calling for expanded legal services for the growing population of unrepresented litigants in domestic relations and paternity and child support cases. The... Read More » The American Heart Association has called for reinforcements in its battle to decrease sodium amounts in food, turning to a Washington law firm as its first outside lobbying shop since 2008. Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz is helping draft "a... Read More » Winston & Strawn is seeking $500,000 in unpaid fees from a company that purportedly hired the firm to represent a friend of its chief executive officer. According to the complaint filed yesterday in U.S. District Court for the District of... Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Terms of employer's ERISA plan take precedence over unjust enrichment principles with regard to employer's action under ERISA to recover funds advanced to injured employee (Kagan, J.) Read More » Mootness of plaintiff's individual claim precluded her prosecution of Fair Labor Standards Act collective action (Thomas, J.) Read More » Denial of post-trial request for appointed counsel no Sixth Amendment violation where defendant had earlier waived counsel three times (per curiam) Read More » Plaintiff seeking to initiate class action must present evidence showing that case may be suitable for award of damages on class-wide basis before class action status can be granted (Scalia, J.) Read More » Federal Tort Claims Act waiver of government immunity for intentional torts committed by federal law enforcement or investigative officers extends broadly to all acts or omissions arising within scope of employment (Thomas, J.) Read More » Use of drug-sniffing dog on homeowner's porch to investigate what was inside his home constituted "search" under Fourth Amendment (Scalia, J.) Read More » | 
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