Headlines • Srinivasan Confirmed for D.C. Circuit on Bipartisan Vote • Report: Crackdowns on Sharia Discriminatory, Misguided • IRS Official May Have Unwittingly Lost Right to Silence • First Circuit Revives Claim for Faulty Foreclosure • INADMISSIBLE: Cool Music Soothes Supreme Court • VOIR DIRE: Patience Expired • Time for Radical Change in Legal Education • Prosecutors Help with Exonerations • Bribery Prosecutions Revive Following 2012 Lag • 'Company Doe' Asks Fourth Circuit to Keep Records Sealed 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 » The rising tide of legislation designed to bar judges from considering foreign and international laws could lead to constitutional challenges involving the separation of powers, the supremacy clause and civil rights violations against Muslims, according to a report released on Wednesday. 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 » A federal appellate court ruled that Wells Fargo Bank must face a Massachusetts consumer protection law claim that entails possible triple damages, plus additional claims, for its conduct toward a homeowner under a federal loan modification program. Read More » The occasion of the Supreme Court's spring musicale saw Broadway great Barbara Cook belting out jazz and oldtime favorites. Plus: Skadden and News Corp., Arent Fox reps the 49ers, Boasberg clears the way for school closures, a circuit judge runs, and shoe business in this week's column. Read More » For years a group of activists calling themselves "Robin Hood and his Merry Men" have roamed the streets of Keene, N.H., with rolls of coins to feed expired meters before parking enforcement officers can write tickets. Some of those officers are striking back. Also: a royal flush, a dust-up, and a Wolf suit in this week's column. Read More » Students would save three years of tuition if they could enter law school after their freshman year. Read More » Law enforcement personnel initiated or cooperated in a record high number of them in 2012. Read More » Prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 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 » A company using a pseudonym in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is fighting to keep documents under seal in a dispute rooted in whether the public should be allowed to see a consumer product safety report. Read More » | 
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