NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » In D.C. Circuit, Lobbyists Fight Obama Lobbying Ban » CFPB Charges Two Lawyers in Debt Relief Scam » Republicans Attack DOJ Deal in Whistleblower Case, Again » Michael Jackson's Ex-Publicist Sues for Legal Malpractice » Facebook Gets Argument Time in Free Speech Appeal » Plaintiffs Vie for a Look at Toyota's 'Crown Jewels' Laying out their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for the first time, lawyers for a half-dozen lobbyists contend the Obama administration's prohibition on federal lobbyists from sitting on agency boards and commissions has "punished"... Read More » The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today filed suit against two lawyers and two debt relief companies, alleging they charged thousands of consumers illegal advance fees and left some worse off financially. One of the lawyers, Michael Levitis, also faces face... 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 | Republicans stepped up their criticism of Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez on Tuesday, saying he misled the Senate about a controversial whistleblower case at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Labor. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a longtime defender of whistleblower... Read More » Updated at 1:48 p.m. Deceased pop megastar Michael Jackson's former publicist is suing a Florida law firm for legal malpractice, accusing her former attorneys of botching her lawsuit against Jackson's estate for what she claimed were $44 million in unpaid... 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 | A lawyer for Facebook Inc. will have the opportunity next week to address a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., in a dispute that touches on the scope of First Amendment rights when it comes to online activity. Read More » In the sudden acceleration cases against Toyota, there are confidential documents and highly confidential documents. And then there is what the judge overseeing most of the cases called the company's "crown jewels"—the source software code behind the electronics of its vehicles, which almost no one has seen. 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 » Mootness of plaintiff's individual claim precluded her prosecution of Fair Labor Standards Act collective action (Thomas, J.) Read More » | 
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