NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » Federal Courts Ask for Emergency Funding » Business Roundtable Enlists Wilmer to Lobby on Trade » FTC Warns Companies of Children's Privacy Violations » Benin Ambassador Fires Back at Arent Lobbying Client » Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup » AP Subpoenas Spotlight Obama's Scrutiny of Press Federal courts officials have asked the White House for emergency funding, saying the judiciary does not have the budget flexibility to absorb the large mandatory budget cuts that have caused furloughs in the nation's federal public defender and court offices.... Read More » The leading association of U.S. chief executive officers has turned to an international trade lawyer at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr for lobbying assistance in Washington, according to lobbying registration paperwork filed with Congress on Tuesday. Business Roundtable has... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Register Today: 10k Run & WalkJoin the legal community in supporting the American Heart Association through Lawyers Have Heart 10k Run and 3k Fun Walk! Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Washington Harbour at Georgetown. Set up a team from your office and compete for bragging rights! - Presented in partnership by McDermott Will & Emery Click here | Don't say they didn't warn you. The Federal Trade Commission today sent letters to more than 90 businesses, informing them that they could potentially be in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act when changes to the law go... Read More » Benin's ambassador to the United States has fired back at an Arent Fox client who is accused of plotting to assassinate the West African nation's president and overthrow its government. In a May 7 news release, Benin Ambassador Cyrille Oguin... Read More » A former associate at Williams & Connolly has moved to The Kaiser Law Firm's Washington office. Rebecca LeGrand has joined as a partner in the firm's commercial litigation practice. She focuses on intellectual property, securities matters and white collar criminal... Read More » The Obama administration's record on transparency once again faces criticismthis time from both Republicans and Democratsfollowing the revelation that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained and reviewed Associated Press telephone records during a criminal investigation into a suspected leak of classified information. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Bankruptcy Code term "defalcation" includes culpable state of mind requirement involving knowledge of, or gross negligence in respect to, improper nature of fiduciary behavior (Breyer, J.) Read More » Patent exhaustion doctrine did not apply to allow farmer to reproduce patented seeds by planting and harvesting saved seeds without patent holder's permission (Kagan, J.) Read More » State law claims stemming from storage and disposal of towed vehicles not preempted by federal motor carrier regulatory statute (Ginsburg, J.) Read More » 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 » |
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