Firms Scoop Up Former Patton Boggs Partners

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Firms Scoop Up Former Patton Boggs Partners • Team of Energy and Corporate Attorneys Move to Crowell & Moring • D.C. Restaurant Rasika Sues Former Executive Chef • Streaming Service Strikes Back Against T.V. Networks • Supreme Court Names New Clerk • Bill Targets Perks for Ex-Members of Congress who Lobby Firms Scoop Up Former Patton Boggs Partners Updated 2:01 p.m. A clearer picture is emerging about the future plans of more than a dozen partners who have left Patton Boggs from offices in Washington, Dallas and Denver. Holland & Knight is taking 12 Patton attorneys from the... Read More » Team of Energy and Corporate Attorneys Move to Crowell & Moring Updated 2:50 p.m. A team of five energy and corporate attorneys and one public policy advisor have are leaving Dickstein Shapiro to join Crowell & Moring in Washington. Longtime partner Larry Eisenstat, former head of Dickstein's energy practice, and partners... Read More » D.C. Restaurant Rasika Sues Former Executive Chef Local restaurant Rasika West End is suing its former executive chef, accusing him of quitting for another job after the restaurant shelled out thousands of dollars for his immigration-related legal services and other expenses. Rasika, in a lawsuit filed Friday... Read More » Streaming Service Strikes Back Against T.V. Networks A company that makes it possible for users to stream television programs live online is fighting a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the major U.S. broadcast networks. In a counterclaim filed late last week in Washington federal court, FilmOn X... Read More » Supreme Court Names New Clerk The Supreme Court has just announced that Scott Harris, the court's legal counsel, will be the court's new clerk starting Sept. 1, succeeding retiring clerk William Suter. In a news release from the court, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said... Read More » Bill Targets Perks for Ex-Members of Congress who Lobby Representative Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) has renewed his effort to keep federal retirement benefits from former members of Congress who receive lucrative lobbying jobs. Israel on Friday introduced the Revolving Door Pension Prevention Act, which would forbid former members from getting... Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES United States v. Windsor Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional as deprivation of equal liberty of persons that is protected by Fifth Amendment (Kennedy, J.) Read More » Sekhar v. United States 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 » Hollingsworth v. Perry 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 » Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder 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 » University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar 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 » Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl 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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