NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » NRA Adds Greenberg Traurig to Lobbying Roster » Judge Orders Man Jailed in Landmark GPS Case » Good News, Bad News and Uncertainty for Defense Lawyers » Bush Lawyers to Lead Chamber of Commerce's Legal Arm » Legal Aid Society Opens Clinic in Southwest Washington » Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup: Littler Mendelson The National Rifle Association has picked up another outside lobbying firm just as the U.S. Senate prepares to hold a vote on gun control legislation as early as this week. Greenberg Traurig is advocating for the NRA's Institute for Legislative... Read More » The Washington man who was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling over GPS tracking will remain locked up pending his fourth trial, a federal judge ruled today. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle concluded no condition... 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 | Updated at 5:10 p.m. Depending on which side of John Marshall Memorial Park in downtown Washington criminal defense lawyers practice, the budget cuts known as sequestration could mean a pinch to the bottom line at the end of the summer—or... Read More » Updated at 3:26 p.m. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has turned to two George W. Bush administration lawyers to lead its legal arm. Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Rachel Brand and former White House Associate Counsel Kate Todd will manage... Read More » The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia today opened a newly expanded legal services center in Southwest Washington, with financial help from Kirkland & Ellis. The firm has pledged $125,000 a year for at least five years toward... Read More » Maurice Baskin has joined Littler Mendelson's Washington office as a shareholder in the legislative and regulatory practice. He was most recently a partner at Venable and a past chair of the firm's labor and employment practice group. Baskin represents employers... Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES 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 » Clean Water Act no bar to citizen suit against property owner who failed to obtain permits before discharging stormwater runoffs into Oregon rivers (Kennedy, J.) Read More » Anti-lien provision in federal Medicaid statute preempted North Carolina's irrebuttable statutory presumption that one-third of tort recovery was attributable to medical expenses (Kennedy, J.) Read More » | 
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