NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Wells Fargo Pays $42 Million in Fair Housing Case • DOJ Asks D.C. Circuit to Uphold Lobbyist Ban • Pepper Spray Isn't a "Dangerous Weapon," D.C. Court Says • EPA Veteran Tapped for Top Legal Job • SEC Renames RiskFin Division • D.C. Appeals Court Chief Judge Lays Out Third Term Plans Wells Fargo Bank agreed to pay $42 million to settle a complaint that it failed to maintain foreclosed properties in minority neighborhoods, turning the vacant houses into dilapidated eyesores. The National Fair Housing Alliance and member organizations sued Wells Fargo... Read More » The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday fired back at six lobbyists who are in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Obama administration ban on federal lobbyists serving on agency boards and commissions. The D.C. Circuit... 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. | Updated at 1:53 p.m. Getting hit with pepper spray can be a painful experience, but the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled today the spray shouldn't automatically be considered a "dangerous weapon" under the law. The D.C. Council made... Read More » President Barack Obama moved to fill a key job at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, nominating Avi Garbow to serve as general counsel. Garabow, who has been deputy general counsel since 2009, previously spent five years at Cohen Milstein Sellers... 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 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced today it's changing the name of the Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation - often referred to as RiskFin - to the less nickname-friendly Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, to be... Read More » Addressing an audience of mostly his peers from the bench, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Chief Judge Eric Washington pledged yesterday to continue efforts to reduce the time it takes the city's highest court to resolve cases. Washington appeared... 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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