Judges, Defenders Beg Senate to Avoid 'Devastating' Cuts

Headlines • Judges, Defenders Beg Senate to Avoid 'Devastating' Cuts • D.C. Circuit: Jerusalem Passport Law Invades Executive Turf • No Extra Discipline for Prosecutor Who Withheld Evidence • Justice Dept. Told Not to Delay Aaron Swartz FOIA • $10M Gift to Northwestern Comes Without Strings Attached • California Gets Serious About Noncompete Clauses • Social-Media Screening is a Potential Mine Field • NRC Yucca Mountain Ruling: Proper • Judge Rules Gadens Gave Negligent Tax Advice • $1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement Wins Final Approval Judges, Defenders Beg Senate to Avoid 'Devastating' Cuts Judges and lawyers went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to once again warn of the dangers of inadequate federal court funding, even as lawmakers moved forward with bills that would restore budget cuts that are crippling the nation's public defender and clerk offices. Read More » D.C. Circuit: Jerusalem Passport Law Invades Executive Turf A federal appeals court in Washington has declared unconstitutional the federal law that allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to identify "Israel" as their place of birth on a U.S. passport. Read More » No Extra Discipline for Prosecutor Who Withheld Evidence A federal appeals court has opted to stay out of a dispute over whether a Boston federal prosecutor committed a professional breach by withholding exculpatory evidence in a racketeering trial. Read More » Justice Dept. Told Not to Delay Aaron Swartz FOIA A federal trial judge in Washington today urged the government to continue reviewing thousands of pages of documents that could be released in a public records lawsuit seeking information from the Secret Service about the Internet activist Aaron Swartz. The... Read More » $10M Gift to Northwestern Comes Without Strings Attached Northwestern University School of Law will have more leeway to experiment with curricular innovations because of a $10 million donation. Alumnus J. Landis "Lanny" Martin and his wife, Sharon, gave the money without restrictions. Read More » California Gets Serious About Noncompete Clauses The state's Supreme Court makes it clear: They're out of bounds, unless very narrowly drawn. Read More » Social-Media Screening is a Potential Mine Field Searches pose problems for employers to establish that protected class membership or lifestyle was not a hiring factor. Read More » NRC Yucca Mountain Ruling: Proper The Nevada attorney general responds to an editorial written by U.S. representatives Fred Upton and John Dingell on the Yucca Mountain site. Read More » Judge Rules Gadens Gave Negligent Tax Advice The 550-lawyer Australian firm's client ultimately paid almost $6.5 million in a settlement with the tax office. Read More » $1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement Wins Final Approval A U.S. federal judge approved last Friday a $1.6 billion settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and consumers of its vehicles who claimed economic losses because of the company's sudden acceleration recalls. Read More »

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