NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Justice Dept. Defends Force-Feeding of Guantanamo Detainees • Washington Lawyer Sued Over Claim to Fees • Study: Federal District Court Vacancies Remain 'Uniquely High' • K&L Gates to Lobby for Aerospace Company • Federal Agency Relieves Law Firm of Pension Debt • Prison Recommended for Lawyer in Ponzi Scheme • Sixth Circuit Voids Nurses' Collective Bargaining Ruling • ABA Pressed to Boost Law Students' Practical Training • Ex-Lawyer Accused of Tax Fraud Involving Beach Homes • Veteran Administrator Steps in at Law Schools Association The U.S. Justice Department today defended the continued force-feeding of hunger-striking detainees at Guantánamo Bay, arguing the measure is administered humanely to support the preservation of the prisoner's health and life and that no judge has the authority to block... Read More » Almost a decade after Frederick Henry was shot by a deputy sheriff in Maryland and sued for damages, Henry is back in court, this time facing off against his former attorney. Yesterday, Henry filed a complaint in U.S. District Court... Read More » As President Barack Obama has intensified his push to appoint circuit judges to the bench, a new study finds that his administration has been one of the worst in recent history when it comes to filling the nation's federal district... Read More » An aerospace company started by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos has enlisted K&L Gates in Washington to help send humans into space. K&L Gates is lobbying for Blue Origin LLC on NASA reauthorization and the Commercial Space Launch Act, which... Read More » The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. will take over the law firm's pension obligations up to the agency's annual cap, $57,500 for workers who retire at 65. Read More » A former Nixon Peabody securities partner convicted of backdating documents for a Beverly Hills, Calif., businessman as part of a $20 million Ponzi scheme should be sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison, according to a court document filed by federal prosecutors in response to a U.S. Probation Office's presentence report. Read More » A federal appeals court has reversed a National Labor Relations Board ruling and held that registered nurses at a nursing home in Tennessee are supervisors ineligible for unionization. Read More » A group of clinical law professors has asked the ABA's Counsel of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to amend its law school accreditation standards to require that students complete 15 credit hours of real-world lawyering coursework. Read More » Former Massachusetts lawyer John McBride could face more than three decades in prison on bank and tax fraud charges stemming from alleged schemes to keep two homes in elite coastal towns despite more than $650,000 in federal tax liens. Read More » The Association of American Law Schools has tapped Georgetown University Law Center professor Judith Areen as its interim executive director, effective on December 1. 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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