Justice Ginsburg: 'Optimistic' About Women in the Courts

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Justice Ginsburg: 'Optimistic' About Women in the Courts • Durbin Asks High Court to Go Live with Opinions • Glenn Beck's Media Company Hires Wiley Rein Lobbyists • Law Firm Bands Tuning Up for Homeless Benefit • Historic Legal Rarities Find a New Home at Yale • NLJ 350 Law Firms Continue Expansion in China Justice Ginsburg: 'Optimistic' About Women in the Courts As a new judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the early 1980s, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled asking a question during oral arguments early in her tenure. The lawyer replied, "Well,... Read More » Durbin Asks High Court to Go Live with Opinions Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday urged Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. to allow live broadcast of the Supreme Court's opinion announcements in the blockbuster cases due to be issued before the end of June. "It is not unreasonable for... Read More » Glenn Beck's Media Company Hires Wiley Rein Lobbyists The media company founded by conservative commentator Glenn Beck has turned to Wiley Rein for help in its first foray into Washington lobbying. Mercury Radio Arts Inc., which produces The Glenn Beck Program, GlennBeck.com and TheBlaze media network, has hired... Read More » Law Firm Bands Tuning Up for Homeless Benefit The tenth annual Battle of the Bands, the lawyer-led benefit for the homeless in D.C., gets underway Thursday night. Eighteen bands will play on two stages starting at 7 p.m. at The Black Cat in Northwest D.C. The band that... Read More » Historic Legal Rarities Find a New Home at Yale After five years of talks, Yale Law School has acquired some important historical legal manuscripts and books from England that date as far back as the 13th century. Read More » NLJ 350 Law Firms Continue Expansion in China Hong Kong and Beijing saw sizeable increases in lawyer headcounts in this year's NLJ 350 survey, showing that China remains a good bet for law firms. 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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