NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » Labor Secretary Vote Delayed After Republicans Demand Time » D.C. Bar Leaders Express Concern Over Dues Increase » Dechert Represents Client in $1.5 Billion Acquisition » Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup » Circuit Tosses Another Class Settlement Over Conflict » Beekeepers Allege Companies Mislabeled Chinese Honey A Senate committee today delayed a vote on Tom Perez's nomination as Labor Department secretary after Republicans asked for more time to get information about his work at the U.S. Department of Justice. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the... Read More » The D.C. Bar Board of Governors voted earlier this month to raise member dues by $10, a decision that has drawn criticism from some board members who say it was an unnecessary increase and not in bar members' best interests.... 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 | Updated 4:02 p.m. Money may not grow on trees, but a wood and cotton fiber company is apparently worth a lot of green – an estimated $1.5 billion. Buckeye Technologies Inc., a cotton and wood-based materials manufacturer and distributor, announced... Read More » Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger has promoted two associates in its Washington office. David Endersbee and Jonathon Foglia have been promoted to partners in the aviation practice group. They focus their practice on aviation regulatory and commercial matters. Endersbee, who joined... 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 | The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit continued its campaign against conflicts of interest in class action agreements, throwing out a $45 million settlement with three credit reporting agencies because the incentive awards to named plaintiffs were contingent on their support for the deal. Read More » Three U.S. beekeeping companies have filed a class action against two honey producers, alleging they illegally imported and mislabeled honey into the United States from China to avoid paying antidumping duties. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Where noncitizen's conviction for marijuana distribution offense did not establish offense involved remuneration or more than small amount of marijuana, offense was not aggravated felony under immigration law (Sotomayor, J.) Read More » 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 » | 
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