DOJ Wants to Add Attorneys in 2014

AFTERNOON UPDATE DOJ Wants to Add Attorneys in 2014 The U.S. Department of Justice's budget request for 2014 seeks to add dozens of attorney positions, boosting efforts to combat cybersecurity, prosecute financial and mortgage fraud and combat international piracy of intellectual property. D.C. Appeals Court Reverses Injunction Against Goldman Sachs Protesters The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed a court order today barring protesters from demonstrating at Goldman Sachs' Washington office and at the home of a Goldman manager, although not on the First Amendment grounds the protesters argued. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Symposium: Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility Environmental considerations are redefining corporate social responsibility today. Learn what environmental factors are impacting corporate decision-making both domestically and in the international arena at an April 15 symposium hosted by the Environmental Law Society of American University Washington College of Law. CLE credit is available by request. Click here to register. Law Firm Leader Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Lucantonio Salvi and Jonathan Aronie It's been a little more than 10 years since the Washington office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton opened its doors. Since then the office has grown from two attorneys to about 60 lawyers. And the office is not yet finished growing. Bingham Bolsters Antitrust, White-Collar Practice in D.C. Bingham McCutchen is adding two attorneys from the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to the firm's Washington office. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT New Brownstein Practice Focuses on Energy, Natural Resources Clients Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has started a new Washington-based practice focused on legal, lobbying and strategy services for energy and natural resources clients, the firm announced Wednesday. Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup: Covington & Burling; Jones Day; Barnes & Thornburg Covington & Burling has added an intellectual property specialist from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to its Washington office.		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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