NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Judge 'Troubled' by DOJ Position in Drone Strike Case • Fourth Circuit Voids Protection of Reporter in Leak Case • U.S. Tech Companies Request Data on NSA Surveillance • D.C. Circuit Tosses Ex-Capitol Hill Staffer's Conviction • $1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement Wins Final Approval • Model Order Would Cut Patent Fights Down to Manageable Size • Bulger Crony Describes Trading Information With FBI Agent • Fracking Company Agrees to $20 Million Cleanup • Google Upgrades its Lobbying Operation Headquarters • The Morning Wrap A Washington federal judge today said she was "troubled" by the U.S. Department of Justice's position that the courts are powerless to hear a challenge of the government's ability to target and kill U.S. citizens abroad. The government argued the... Read More » A sharply divided federal appeals court in Virginia today rejected a New York Times reporter's claim that he cannot be compelled to testify in the prosecution of a former CIA official in a national security case. The U.S. Court of... Read More » Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., and more than a dozen other tech companies have joined forces with civil liberties groups and investment firms in a push to uncloak U.S. government surveillance efforts, following leaks last... Read More » The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the wire fraud conviction of a former Capitol Hill staffer on Friday, in a ruling that addresses when a defendant can erase convictions after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors.... Read More » After raising questions last month about the deal, U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Calif., gave his final approval to a $1.6 billion settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and consumers of its vehicles who alleged they suffered economic losses because of the sudden acceleration recalls. Read More » Nearly two years after rolling out a model order intended to get a grip on out-of-control electronic-discovery demands, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's advisory council is poised to issue new rules that ask patent litigants to make their own sacrifices. Read More » Accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's former crony Stephen Flemmi testified Friday that Bulger gave convicted former FBI agent John Connolly Jr. $230,000 plus vacations. He named several additional agents who took cash payments. Read More » An Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary today agreed to settle charges it violated the Clean Water Act, pledging to spend about $20 million to better manage wastewater pollution from its fracking operations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The U.S. Environmental Protection... Read More » For lobbyists at Google Inc., the commute to the U.S. Capitol will be much shorter next year. The tech giant's Washington, D.C., office in spring 2014 will move from 1101 New York Ave. N.W. to 25 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., only... Read More » Detroit, in debt: From today's Detroit Free Press: "Detroit files thousands of pages of documents in bankruptcy, lists 100,000 creditors." Detroit's emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, said the city has nearly $20 billion in liabilities. The Am Law Daily reports today:... 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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