NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » D.C. Circuit Grapples with Judicial Independence Case » DOJ Asks D.C. Circuit to Keep Surveillance Law Memo Secret » Age Discrimination Suit Against Georgetown Law Dismissed » Judge Ketanji Jackson Sworn In to D.C. Federal Bench » Court: Contract Work Counts as the Practice of Law » Pelosi, Boies and Verrilli Hit the Commencement Circuit The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments this morning on whether an administrative law judge for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs can sue the agency for what he believed were violations of his... Read More » The Justice Department wants to keep secret an internal legal memo that addresses the scope of the authority under which the FBI can seek records from telecommunications companies. DOJ lawyers have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: WORK EVEN SMARTER: Labor & Employment Law Resource Center Access key arbitration decisions, renowned news coverage, full-text state labor and employment statutes and expertly authored treatises -- all on one platform -- to seamlessly conduct complex legal research. Recently enhanced to include thirty-nine labor and employment law treatises -- with links to primary source material and headnoted cases -- including Elkouri & Elkouri: How Arbitration Works. Request your FREE trial today and receive a complimentary copy of the 2013 Labor Outlook, crafted by Bloomberg BNA's expert editorial team. FREE TRIAL | Former North Dakota Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth has lost his age discrimination lawsuit against Georgetown University Law Center. A Washington federal judge ruled yesterday that Georgetown presented non-discriminatory reasons – chiefly, Spaeth's lack of academic scholarship – for rejecting his... Read More » Judges are a common sight at judicial swearing-in ceremonies in Washington's federal courthouse, but yesterday's investiture for U.S. District Judge Ketanji Jackson featured a special guest from several blocks away: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Breyer administered the oath... 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, arbitration, and more. Click here | Massachusetts' highest court has held that a lawyer's contract work at New York's Sullivan & Cromwell while he was licensed in New Jersey counts toward "the active practice of law" requirement for admission to the Massachusetts bar. Read More » It's graduation time, which means legal luminaries are making the commencement speaker rounds. As of Thursday, no law schools had claimed the services of any of the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, who usually can be counted upon for at least a couple of commencement addresses. Still, schools snagged some pretty big names to impart wisdom and encouragement to the soon-to-be lawyers. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Virginia statute restricting public records access to Virginia citizens only does not violate either Privileges and Immunities Clause or dormant Commerce Clause (Alito, J.) Read More » 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 » | 
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