Senators Question IRS Over Targeting Conservative Groups

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Senators Question IRS Over Targeting Conservative Groups • D.C. Circuit: Bin Laden Death Images Can Remain Secret • Conservative Group Sues IRS Over Tax-Exempt Status • Evidence Raises New Questions in Chandra Levy Case • Suspension for Spurned Attorney Who Waged Vendetta • Report: Bribery Prosecutions Revive Following 2012 Lag Senators Question IRS Over Targeting Conservative Groups "Unacceptable." "Intolerable." "Almost unbelievable." Both Democrat and Republican members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in a hearing today piled on the Internal Revenue Service for subjecting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status to heightened scrutiny. But some committee members also... Read More » D.C. Circuit: Bin Laden Death Images Can Remain Secret Updated 1:30 p.m. More than 50 images of Osama bin Laden taken after his death in Pakistan in 2011 can remain secret, exempt from public disclosure under public records laws, a federal appeals court in Washington said today. A three-judge... 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 Conservative Group Sues IRS Over Tax-Exempt Status The emerging controversy over how the Internal Revenue Service applied greater scrutiny to conservative groups is headed to federal court in Washington. A Texas-based conservative group called True the Vote, Inc. filed suit Tuesday against the IRS in U.S. District... Read More » Evidence Raises New Questions in Chandra Levy Case Federal prosecutors are again under fire for their handling of evidence in a high-profile case, with defense lawyers saying they never received critical evidence about a prosecution witness in the Chandra Levy murder case. After months of sealed proceedings, District... Read More » Suspension for Spurned Attorney Who Waged Vendetta An Indiana attorney has been suspended from practice for three years for pursuing a romantic relationship with a summer law clerk and attempting to destroy her legal career when she rejected his advances. Read More » Report: Bribery Prosecutions Revive Following 2012 Lag Foreign bribery and corruption prosecutions declined during 2012, even as 15 new countries were cracking down on such crimes involving their own government officials, according to a survey by Trace International Inc. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Sebelius v. Cloer 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 » PPL Corporation and Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 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 » Mertish v. Lancaster 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 » City of Arlington v. Federal Communications Commission Courts must apply Chevron deference in reviewing agency determinations as to scope of agency's jurisdictional authority (Scalia, J.) Read More » Bullock v. Bankchampaign, N.A. 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 » Bowman v. Monsanto Company 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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