NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • SEC Tackles Money Market Reform • Lawyers Protest Guantanamo Bay Detainee Search Policy • Q&A: Zuckerman Spaeder's Graeme Bush • FEC General Counsel to Rejoin Covington • Audit Finds Problems with U.S. Marshals Service in D.C. • Multimillion-Dollar Donations for Three Law Schools The five members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to move forward with new rules designed to safeguard money market funds and make them less susceptible to runs. Both Democrat and Republican commissioners widely praised the... Read More » Lawyers for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention center argued today in court that a new policy requiring genital searches of their clients before meetings and phone calls was degrading and part of an attempt to discourage communication with counsel.... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Bloomberg BNA Get comprehensive, daily coverage of key developments on Capitol Hill and around the country plus expert analysis of their impact on the business landscape with Bloomberg BNA's Daily Report for Executives™ Our team of experienced, knowledgeable editors and correspondents brings you in-depth coverage of leading legislative, regulatory, and judicial news from the nation's capital, the states, and around the world. Organized to offer you coverage focused on key business topics, The Report helps you monitor federal, state, and international developments that could affect your short- and long-term plans and helps you confidently map a sound strategy. FREE TRIAL. | In January 1999, Graeme Bush joined Zuckerman Spaeder after having spent more than 21 years at Caplin & Drysdale. A little more than a year later, Bush assumed the role of chairman of the firm - one that he retains... Read More » Federal Election Commission general counsel Anthony Herman today resigned from the agency and will be returning to Covington & Burling as a partner, the firm announced. At the FEC, Herman oversaw 100 lawyers and led a major restructuring of the... 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 | Updated at 3:32 p.m. A recent audit of the U.S. Marshals Service office that serves the District of Columbia Superior Court identified a series of problems with management of salaries and overtime, procurement and property control, the U.S. Department of... Read More » UCLA, Minnesota, and Harvard benefit from financial gifts. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Rape defendant suffered no constitutional violation when state trial court excluded evidence of victim's prior, uncorroborated accusations (per curiam) Read More » Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 preempted state law providing that spouses cease to be beneficiaries of each other's life insurance policies after they are divorced (Sotomayor, J.) Read More » State statute authorizing DNA collection from probable cause felony arrestees is not unconstitutional (Kennedy, J.) Read More » Actual innocence, if proved, will justify federal habeas review even procedural bar exists or if AEDPA statute of limitations has expired (Ginsburg, J.) Read More » Procedural default no bar to federal habeas review where state's procedural framework not likely to provide meaningful opportunity to raise claim of ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal (Breyer, J.) Read More » 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 » | 
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