NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » Judge Rejects Stay in SEC Subpoena Fight with Deloitte » Supreme Court Declines Review of Judicial Pay Case » Fired Latham Secretary Alleges Pregnancy Discrimination » Q&A: McDermott's Bobby Burchfield & Paul Thompson » After Privacy Fix, Law Firm's Netflix Advocacy Ends » Fresh Toyota Suit Features Panicked Call for Help A federal trial judge in Washington today refused to put the brakes on the effort by U.S. securities regulators to squeeze audit documents from a Deloitte unit in China. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler adopted the recommendation of a magistrate... Read More » By Marcia Coyle The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the government's appeal of a decision finding that Congress violated the compensation clause when it withheld cost of living salary adjustments for federal judges in the 1990s and... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Legal Interview Series at STC Bard Association Chair Abbe Lowell (Chadbourne & Parke LLP) kicks off the Shakespeare Theatre Company's new series, "Expert Witnesses" with former Senator and actor Fred Thompson. This will be the first of many discussions with prominent individuals (actors, authors) who have bridged the worlds of law and the arts. To purchase tickets, contact the STC Box Office at 202.547.1122 option 1 or Click here | A former legal secretary in the Washington office of Latham & Watkins is suing the firm for alleged pregnancy-related discrimination and unlawful termination, claiming she was subjected to "outrageous, misogynistic attitude, behavior, and treatment of a woman that shocks the... Read More » It's been almost two years since Paul Thompson and Bobby Burchfield have shared the title of co-managing partner of McDermott Will & Emery's Washington office. In that time the firm has added partners to its ranks and made a high-profile... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Join us at BIO—Where Science Meets Business Connect with 16,500 leaders from 65 countries. Find your next business partner. Discover cutting-edge technologies. Join the global biotech community at the 2013 BIO International Convention, April 22 – 25 in Chicago. Click here | A year after Greenberg Traurig revealed that it started lobbying for Netflix Inc., the law firm's work for the video subscription service ended. Greenberg Traurig filed a lobbying termination report with Congress last week, saying it stopped advocating for Netflix... Read More » The family of a 59-year-old woman who drowned when her 2009 Camry sped out of control and plummeted into a river near Sacramento, Calif., has sued Toyota Motor Corp., which already faces hundreds of lawsuits over deaths and injuries caused by accidents attributed to sudden acceleration. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Natural dissipation of alcohol in suspected drunk driver's bloodstream does not by itself necessarily constitute exigency sufficient to justify warrantless blood test (Sotomayor, J.) Read More » Presumption against extraterritorial application of U.S. law applies to claims under the Alien Tort Statute, and nothing in that legislation rebuts that presumption (Roberts, C.J.) Read More » 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 » | 
No comments:
Post a Comment