At the FTC, Lawyers Cycle In and Out of Top Spots

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • At the FTC, Lawyers Cycle In and Out of Top Spots • D.C. Circuit Judge Srinivasan Sworn In • DOJ Defends Surveillance Programs • Q&A: Jones Day's Gregory Shumaker • Ex-D.C. Law Firm Business Manager Sentenced for Stealing • Fastest Law Firm Growth Was Fueled by Energy Markets At the FTC, Lawyers Cycle In and Out of Top Spots The revolving door between the Federal Trade Commission and big firms is spinning briskly with news that former chairman Jon Leibowitz is joining Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner and Deborah Feinstein will leave Arnold & Porter to head... Read More » D.C. Circuit Judge Srinivasan Sworn In Sri Srinivasan was sworn in yesterday afternoon as the newest judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Merrick Garland administered the oath in a small ceremony in Garland's chambers in... Read More » DOJ Defends Surveillance Programs Deputy Attorney General James Cole defended secret domestic surveillance programs that sweep up American's phone records and target Internet communications, telling a House committee Tuesday that the initiatives are legal and have robust oversight. "There are statutes that are passed... Read More » Q&A: Jones Day's Gregory Shumaker Gregory Shumaker started his legal career as a summer associate in Jones Day's Washington office in 1986. Almost 27 years later, he's still there. Shumaker took on the role of partner-in-charge of the Washington office in January 2011, having previously... Read More » Ex-D.C. Law Firm Business Manager Sentenced for Stealing The former business manager of a Washington law firm was sentenced yesterday to serve 18 months in prison for stealing more than $730,000 from the firm. William McNichols, 48, worked from 2001 to 2011 as the finance and business manager... Read More » Fastest Law Firm Growth Was Fueled by Energy Markets Oil-rich cities topped the list of areas in which the nation's 350 largest law firms added the most lawyers during 2012. Denver, Houston and Dallas showed the biggest gains, with Pittsburgh's Marcellus shale work fueling growth there. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Salinas v. Texas The Fifth Amendment right to remain silent did not apply to a defendant who, prior to being taken into custody and prior to receiving Miranda warnings, initially spoke to police but then declined to answer further questions. (U.S. Supreme Court, 06/17/2013) Read More » Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis Inc. Agreements between brand-name and generic drug manufacturers resolving patent disputes are not immune from antitrust scrutiny. (U.S. Supreme Court, 06/17/2013) Read More » Maracich v. Spears The litigation exception in the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act does not apply to permit attorneys to access DMV records for the purpose of soliciting clients. (U.S. Supreme Court, 06/17/2013) Read More » Alleyne v. United States Judicial factfinding that increases a mandatory minimum sentenceis no longer permissible under the Sixth Amendment. (U.S. Supreme Court, 06/17/2013) Read More » Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. Arizona's evidence-of-citizenship voter registration requirement was preempted by federal statutory mandate that states accept and use uniform federal form (Scalia, J.) Read More » United States v. Davila Under F.R.Crim.P. 11(h), vacatur of a defendant's guilty plea, made on advice of a magistrate judge, was not mandated where the record showed no prejudice tothe defendant's decision to plead guilty. (U.S. Supreme Court, 06/13/2013) Read More »

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