James Comey Nominated as FBI Director

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • James Comey Nominated as FBI Director • Obama Announces Nominations to FEC and FTC • D.C. Court Rules on Disciplining Attorneys Convicted Abroad • Bangladesh Enlists Foley Hoag for Trade Benefits Lobbying • 11 Things You Didn't Know About the 2013 NLJ 350 Regional Report • Bolstering Arbitration, Supreme Court Sides with Amex James Comey Nominated as FBI Director President Barack Obama today formally nominated former deputy attorney general James Comey to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a move that comes as the White House is focused on quelling privacy concerns about controversial national security surveillance programs. "I'm... Read More » Obama Announces Nominations to FEC and FTC President Barack Obama on Friday nominated three lawyers to serve as commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Election Commission. For the FEC, Obama nominated Ann Ravel and Lee Goodman. Ravel has been the chair of the California Fair... Read More » D.C. Court Rules on Disciplining Attorneys Convicted Abroad Following a flight from Washington to Incheon, South Korea, a local attorney was charged with stealing $1,100 in cash from a fellow passenger. She was found guilty of theft by a court in Incheon. The attorney was a member of... Read More » Bangladesh Enlists Foley Hoag for Trade Benefits Lobbying Updated at 2:12 p.m. As the U.S. government decides whether to cut off trade benefits for Bangladesh in the wake of an April factory collapse that grabbed international headlines, the country has enlisted Foley Hoag for lobbying help in Washington.... Read More » 11 Things You Didn't Know About the 2013 NLJ 350 Regional Report The NLJ 350 Regional Report examines attorney headcounts among the nation's 350 largest law firms in major U.S. and international cities. Here are 11 things you'll want to know about where lawyers were practicing in 2012. Read More » Bolstering Arbitration, Supreme Court Sides with Amex Continuing its warm embrace of arbitration and its disdain for class actions, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that agreements between companies and their customers can prohibit class action arbitration, even if that makes it harder for plaintiffs to vindicate their claims. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Descamps v. United States Modified categorical approach not applicable to prior convictions based on statutes containing single and indivisible set of elements (Kagan, J.) Read More » American Express Company v. Italian Colors Restaurant Federal Arbitration Act does not permit invalidation of contractual waiver of class arbitration due to cost of individual arbitration (Scalia, J.) Read More » Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International Restriction of federal HIV/AIDS funding to nongovernmental organizations with policies "explicitly opposing prostitution" violates First Amendment (Roberts, C.J.) Read More » 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 »

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