NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • In Fourth Circuit, a Spotlight on Warrantless GPS Tracking • TV Broadcasters Sue Internet Streaming Service • Two Senate Aides Tapped for SEC Commissioner Seats • Senate Confirms Two to D.C. Superior Court • IRS Official May Have Unwittingly Lost Right to Silence • Srinivasan Confirmed for D.C. Circuit on Bipartisan Vote There's no dispute that the traffic stop one morning in May 2009 was legitimate. The driver of a Pontiac Grand Prix failed to use a signal before turning into an exit lane to leave Interstate 95 in South Carolina. The... Read More » Updated at 2:37 p.m. Television broadcasters filed a copyright infringement lawsuit yesterday against FilmOn.com Inc., a company that allows users to stream live television programs online. The networks are seeking a court injunction, accusing FilmOn of "exploiting…some of the most... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Register Today: 10k Run & Walk Join 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 | Two U.S. Senate aides have been nominated to serve as commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission. President Barack Obama tapped Democrat Kara Stein, legal counsel and senior policy advisor to Senator Jack Reed (D - R.I.) and Republican Michael... Read More » If only every judicial nominee were this lucky. A little over a week after appearing before a U.S. Senate committee for a confirmation hearing, the Senate voted yesterday to confirm two local attorneys to the District of Columbia Superior Court.... Read More » When Lois Lerner of the Internal Revenue Service invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a House committee on Wednesday, she did so after making a brief statement. Those remarks have triggered a debate over whether Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights. Read More » The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday, making him President Obama's first successful nomination to the court and the first new judge there since 2006. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES 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 » 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 » | 
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