NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • CFTC Adopts Cross-Border Swaps Rules • DOJ Pitches Reforms to Sentencing Commission • Morgan Lewis Attorneys Join Paula Deen Defense Team • Magistrate Judge Nominated for D.C. Superior Court Seat • Ex-Cheerleader Wins Libel Case Over Third-Party Content • Restitution Order Upheld In Thai Festival Bribery Scheme If you're a U.S.-based hedge fund operating out of a post office box in the Cayman Islands, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has a message: get ready for more oversight. A divided CFTC today approved final guidance... Read More » The U.S. Justice Department is recommending changes to the federal sentencing laws, including lengthening prison sentences for tax crimes involving hidden offshore bank accounts, revising punishment schemes for immigration violations and reducing the nation's prison population. In a letter Thursday... Read More » A team of Washington-based Morgan, Lewis & Bockius attorneys are now part of the team defending Paula Deen in an employment discrimination suit. Washington managing partner Grace Speights and associates Jocelyn Cuttino and Alexis Thomas make up the D.C. component... Read More » D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge William Nooter, who serves as the court's presiding magistrate judge, is President Barack Obama's latest nominee for an associate judge position in Superior Court. The White House announced late yesterday that Nooter was the president's... Read More » Former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones has won a $338,000 jury verdict in a defamation case against a website operator involving third-party postings accusing her of sexual excesses. Read More » A federal appeals court has approved a $250,000 restitution order against a Beverly Hills, Calif., film producer and his wife who were the first individuals in Hollywood to be convicted under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional as deprivation of equal liberty of persons that is protected by Fifth Amendment (Kennedy, J.) Read More » Attempt to compel person to recommend his employer approve investment did not constitute "obtaining of property from another" for purposes of Hobbs Act definition of extortion (Scalia, J.) Read More » Proponents of California same-sex marriage law initiative lacked standing to appeal federal district court's disapproval after California governor and state and local officials refused to defend challenged law (Roberts, C.J.) Read More » Provision in 1965 Voting Rights Act determining which states must receive federal preclearance based on past history of discrimination in voting is outdated and unconstitutional (Roberts, C.J.) Read More » Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a claim of retaliatory adverse employment action requires proof of but-for causation, not merely proof that improper motive was one of multiple causes of the challenged employment action. (U.S. Supreme Court, 06-24-2013) Read More » Biological father who had never had custody of child could not rely on Indian Child Welfare Act to obtain custody after birth mother agreed to adoption of child by non-Indian adoptive couple (Alito, J.) Read More » | 
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