NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Consumer Agency Charges Debt Firm with Abusive Acts • Q&A: Davis Polk & Wardwell's Annette Nazareth • Lost Jury Note Means New Trial in Murder Case • Midwest Firm Michael Best Opens Washington Office • Bungled Facebook IPO Costs NASDAQ $10 Million Penalty • FTC Sues to Block Merger of Rival Casinos Continuing its crackdown on illegal debt relief practices, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today filed suit in Miami federal court, alleging that a Florida company mislead consumers and charged illegal fees for its services. The complaint is notable because it... Read More » Even before she was a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Annette Nazareth had a distinguished legal career in both the public and private sector. Nazareth started as an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in 1981. She... Read More » As Omar Euceda's lawyer opened up the case file to start working on an appeal of Euceda's murder conviction, he found something surprising: a jury note that neither side knew about at trial. There was no record of a court... Read More » Milwaukee-based Michael Best & Friedrich is expanding to Washington, opening an office here with three lawyers and a patent scientist on June 3. It's the first step outside the Midwest for the 230-lawyer firm, known for its work on behalf... Read More » The NASDAQ OMX Group agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a $10 million penalty to settle charges related to "poor systems and decision-making" during Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering and subsequent trading. Read More » The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed suit to block the $2.8 billion merger of rival casinos Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and Ameristar Casinos, Inc., arguing the deal would raise prices and lower quality for gamblers in Missouri and Louisiana. 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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