NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Sotomayor Reports $1.9 Million in Income from Royalties • Steptoe Team Represents D.C. Council Member in Bribery Case • SEC Union Pushes for Pay Equality • D.C. Courts Honor 4,000 Lawyers for D.C. Pro Bono Work • Bono to Help Open Faegre Office in Silicon Valley • Bradley Manning's Judge Called a 'Criminal Law Guru' Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's bestselling memoir about growing up in poverty has earned her more than $3 million, including $1.9 million in advances on royalties she received last year. In her 2012 financial disclosure form released Friday, Sotomayor indicated... Read More » Updated 2:33 p.m. A team from Steptoe & Johnson LLP is representing former D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown in a bribery case prosecutors filed today in Washington federal district court. Brown, formerly an elected at-large member of the D.C.... 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. | Lawyers who work at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may do the same job and have the same amount of experience, but that doesn't mean they make the same amount of money. The union that represents SEC workers hopes... Read More » More than 4,000 lawyers in the D.C. legal community reported serving at least 50 pro bono hours in 2012, according to an announcement from the D.C. court system. The courts' second annual Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll recognized D.C. bar... 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 | Less than four months after former Representative Mary Bono (R-Calif.) joined Faegre Baker Daniels' lobbying shop in Washington, she's heading to California to help start an office in Silicon Valley. The Faegre office will open July 1 in Palo Alto,... Read More » U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, charged with the most serious leak of classified documents in the nation's history, has put his fate in the hands of a judge who, in the words of a close colleague, has "done it all." 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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