NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • U.S. Attorney's Office Files Suit Against Lobbying Firm • Q&A: McDermott's Stephen Ryan • Equal Pay Act Turns 50 Today • D.C. Lawyers Honor Civil Rights Advocacy • THE NLJ 350 • Firms Eye CFPB Lawyers After allegedly failing to turn in 124 federal lobbying reports on time, a West Hempstead, N.Y.-based consulting firm with only one lobbying client is facing a fine up to $33 million. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia... Read More » So far, 2013 is a very good year for attorneys with a practice in congressional oversight and investigation, as McDermott, Emery and Will partner Stephen Ryan tells it. Capitol Hill has had an abundance of ongoing investigations—a string of weeks... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Litigation Skills Institute -- July 13-28 This rigorous litigation skills training program at American University Washington College of Law includes exercise driven courses on fact witness depositions, expert witness depositions, civil trial advocacy, as well as a cutting-edge digital evidence presentation workshop. With courses offered in the evenings and on weekends the Institute is ideal for attorneys seeking to sharpen their pretrial and courtroom skills. LEARN MORE. | Fifty years ago today, the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, an anniversary marked by the White House and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with vows to close the gender gap in salaries. "Our journey to equality is not... Read More » Washington lawyers came together on Monday to honor some of their own for civil rights work. Before a packed ballroom at the Grand Hyatt Washington, Senior Judge John Ferren of the District Columbia Court of Appeals and retired Judge Ricardo... Read More » The number of lawyers increased just slightly in 2012. Most of the gains were among partners, and associate results were flat. Read More » The revolving door makes the Washington legal market go round and, lately, it's starting to spin faster between the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and law firms eager to snap up talent. 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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