NEwS FROM WASHINGTON » Rail Companies Push to Decertify Class in Antitrust Case » Alabama Lawyer to Take Helm of NRA » Fallen Litigator Weiss Spared Return to Prison Post-DUI » SEC Names New Compliance Office Head » Lawsuit: Amazon's Kindle Infringes LED Patent » Boston Bombing Co-Conspirators Hire Veteran Defenders Freight rail companies accused of scheming to bump up rates through "aggressive" fuel surcharges argued this morning to undo a court order certifying a class in the case, arguing the decision was based on a faulty model of injuries and... Read More » With Washington lawmakers still debating gun control measures, the politically powerful National Rifle Association elected as its next president an Alabama lawyer who last year called Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. "rabidly un-American." James "Jim" Porter II, a special assistant... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Still time to become a sponsor! Join the legal community in supporting the AHA through Lawyers Have Heart 10K Run, 5K Run and 3K Fun Walk!Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Washington Harbour at Georgetown. Host a Go Red jeans day in your office and help the American Heart Association raise $1 million to fight heart disease!www.LawyersHaveHeartDC.org - Presented in partnership by McDermott Will & Emery | Federal prosecutors in the criminal case against the securities powerhouse firm now called Milberg LLP have agreed not to sanction Melvyn Weiss for violating his supervised release following his arrest for drunken driving in Florida. Read More » Andrew Bowden has been named director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. Previously the general counsel of Legg Mason Capital Management, Bowden joined the SEC in 2011 and became deputy director of the... 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, environmental law, arbitration, and more. Click here | Boston University is hauling Amazon.com Inc. into court for using light-emitting diode components that allegedly infringe a university-owned patent in Kindle products. Read More » Attorney Derege Demissie has built a practice representing marathon runners. Now the Ethiopian immigrant has taken up another job—as counsel to a man who allegedly aided Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. 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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