Supreme Court Urged to Speed Up Financial Disclosures

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Supreme Court Urged to Speed Up Financial Disclosures • In Leak Case, Prosecutors Allowed to Keep Information Secret • Congress Hears Pleas for Stronger Copyright Protections • Tony West Confirmed As Associate Attorney General • Verbal Abuse is 'Good Cause' to Quit, D.C. Court Says • In Blow to Business, Judge Upholds Conflict-Mineral Rule Supreme Court Urged to Speed Up Financial Disclosures By Tony Mauro A group of open-government advocates is calling on the Supreme Court to improve public access to the financial disclosure forms justices fill out every year. Instead of releasing the documents in paper form through the Administrative Office... Read More » In Leak Case, Prosecutors Allowed to Keep Information Secret A series of unsealed opinions released today in a high-profile leak case in Washington reveal new information about possible defense strategies and also the scope of documents and information prosecutors will be able to keep secret. Former U.S. Department of... Read More » Congress Hears Pleas for Stronger Copyright Protections Members of a U.S. House of Representatives panel saw copyrights through different lenses Thursday. Donning special glasses, members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet viewed a 3-D video clip as part of a hearing... Read More » Tony West Confirmed As Associate Attorney General The Senate confirmed Tony West as associate attorney general in a 98-1 vote on Thursday, making permanent his position as third-in-command at the U.S. Department of Justice. West, who led the DOJ's Civil Division before being named acting associate attorney... Read More » Verbal Abuse is 'Good Cause' to Quit, D.C. Court Says When Maria Alvarado worked as a laundry manager at Imperial Valet Services Inc., she was subjected to frequent verbal abuse from her employer, according to testimony she gave after she quit. Her boss, she said, would call her "stupid," "a... Read More » In Blow to Business, Judge Upholds Conflict-Mineral Rule A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that will require about 6,000 publicly traded companies to report whether their products contain four so-called conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where warlords use proceeds from the mineral sales to finance murder, rape and torture. 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 »

Careers Position title EMPLOYER NAME LOCATION Corporate Attorney BCG Attorney Search Providence, Rhode Island Attorney - #JA15 - Business Litigation Associate Hertner, Block & Albert, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia JAG - Judge Advocate General (Air Force Attorney) United States Air Force Juneau, Alaska POWERED BY lawjobs.com

Email Management Area Please do not reply to the address you received this email from. Manage your email communications below. Why you received this email message: You are subscribed to the NLJ Legal Times Afternoon Update as reg.thakur@gmail.com. You may be subscribed to multiple publications as part of your relationship with us. To stop receiving this publication (unsubscribe): To stop receiving the NLJ Legal Times Afternoon Update please click here.You will be taken through an unsubscribe process. Please follow all directions regarding this process. It may take 10-days to remove you from receiving this publication. Note: If you are subscribed to multiple publications, per your subscription, you will need to unsubscribe from each publication you receive utilizing the email management area at the bottom of each publication. To not receive or opt-out of email marketing promotions from the The National Law Journal®: Please click here to opt-out of receiving email marketing promotions from the The National Law Journal®. This will only prevent you from receiving email marketing promotions from the The National Law Journal®; you will continue receiving the publications as noted above unless you unsubscribe from each one. It may take up to 10-days to remove you from receiving email marketing promotions. How to contact us should you have questions: The National Law Journal® 120 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10271-1101 Customer Service Phone: 1-877-256-2472

About ALM | Customer Support | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions    © 2013 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved.