NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Campaign Donation Case to Get En Banc Review • Judge Releases D.C. Lawyer Jailed for Contempt • D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Oberly to Retire • D.C. Circuit Upholds ATF Firearm Reporting Rule • Steptoe Partner Elected D.C. Bar President-Elect • NCAA Can Stop School From Using Indian Mascot, Court Says Three federal contractors who are suing for the right to make campaign donations were sent back to square one today on jurisdictional grounds. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that under Federal... Read More » Washington lawyer and former judicial officer George Crawford was released from jail after appearing yesterday afternoon before District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Gregory Jackson. Crawford was held in contempt for failing to pay court-ordered sanctions in a civil lawsuit... Read More » District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge Kathryn Oberly will step down in November after four and a half years on the bench. The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission announced Oberly's retirement plans yesterday. The commission is now accepting... Read More » Thousands of firearm dealers in Southwest border states must comply with gun federal agents' demands for information about the bulk sale of semi-automatic rifles, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled today. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of... Read More » Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Brigida Benitez was elected president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the upcoming 2013-14 term. Benitez edged out Jenner & Block partner Lorelie Masters for the top job by around 200 votes, according to results provided... Read More » A federal appeals court has upheld the National Collegiate Athletic Association's bar against the University of North Dakota's use of the Fighting Sioux name, logo and imagery, ruling that the policy doesn't illegally interfere with the school's deal with tribes about the name. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Actual innocence, if proved, will justify federal habeas review even procedural bar exists or if AEDPA statute of limitations has expired (Ginsburg, J.) Read More » Procedural default no bar to federal habeas review where state's procedural framework not likely to provide meaningful opportunity to raise claim of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal (Breyer, J.) Read More » Untimely petition for relief under National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act may qualify for attorney fee award if filed in good faith and if basis for claim is reasonable (Sotomayor, J.) Read More » Part owner of British corporation was entitled to claim U.S. foreign tax credits for one-time windfall tax imposed by British government on privatized British companies (Thomas, J.) Read More » Michigan supreme court's rejection of due process claim challenging trial court's refusal to consider diminished capacity claim on retrial was not so lacking in justification as to justify federal habeas relief (Ginsburg, J.) Read More » Courts must apply Chevron deference in reviewing agency determinations as to scope of agency's jurisdictional authority (Scalia, J.) Read More » | 
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