NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » The Am Law 100: Washington's Financial Report Card » DOJ Watching for Boston Bombing Retaliation » Senate Confirms Treasury General Counsel » D.C. Court of Appeals Chief Unopposed for Third Term » New Federal Judges Association Chief Decries Budget Cuts » ABA Panel Struggles for Answers on Law School Reform Washington law firms generally maintained their ranking on the this year's Am Law 100, our sibling publication's annual financial report card. Of 11 Washington firms, eight saw an increase in gross revenue, the main metric of the survey. Washington firms... Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice is focusing not only on the prosecution of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, but also protecting Muslims and other cultural groups from retaliation in the wake of such attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Still time to become a sponsor! Join the legal community in supporting the AHA through Lawyers Have Heart 10K Run, 5K Run and 3K Fun Walk!Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Washington Harbour at Georgetown. Host a Go Red jeans day in your office and help the American Heart Association raise $1 million to fight heart disease!www.LawyersHaveHeartDC.org - Presented in partnership by McDermott Will & Emery | The U.S. Treasury Department has its first Senate-confirmed general counsel since George Madison stepped down last summer. The Senate unanimously approved acting Treasury General Counsel Christopher Meade for the post. Meade joined the Treasury Department as principal deputy general counsel... Read More » In 2012, the median time for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to resolve cases was 352 days. It was the first time in a decade that number dropped below the one-year line, and as Chief Judge Eric Washington... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Expand Your Knowledge & Network Experience intensive training that gives you a competitive edge and qualifies for CLE credit. Attend American University Washington College of Law's summer law programs in D.C. Learn the latest policies and network with experts in diverse fields of law including intellectual property, litigation, anti-corruption, hotel law, public policy, health law, environmental law, arbitration, and more. Click here | The Federal Judges Association, a volunteer organization of about 1,000 members focused on the independence of the judiciary, has named Judge Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as its new president. Read More » The lack of consensus about what ails law schools and how to fix them was on display Wednesday during a daylong conference hosted by the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Education. 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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