Court Orders Yucca Mountain Licensing to Resume

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Court Orders Yucca Mountain Licensing to Resume • Akin Gump Names New Co-Leader for its Supreme Court Practice • Sentencing Looms for Jesse Jackson Jr. • White House IP Chief Victoria Espinel Steps Down • Holder Announces Shift Against Mandatory Sentencing Laws • ABA Panel Favors Dropping Law School Tenure Requirement Court Orders Yucca Mountain Licensing to Resume The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resume the license application process for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility. The ruling of a divided three-judge panel presents a setback for the... Read More » Akin Gump Names New Co-Leader for its Supreme Court Practice Pratik Shah, an assistant to the solicitor general with 13 Supreme Court arguments under his belt, is leaving government to become co-head of the Supreme Court practice for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, the firm announced this morning. The... Read More » Sentencing Looms for Jesse Jackson Jr. Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. will learn tomorrow if he's going to jail for misusing public funds and, if so, for how long. Jackson is scheduled for sentencing tomorrow morning before a Washington federal trial judge. Prosecutors want him... Read More » White House IP Chief Victoria Espinel Steps Down President Barack Obama's chief intellectual property adviser has stepped down from her post after more than three years on the job. Victoria Espinel, who was the first U.S. intellectual property enforcement coordinator, left Friday, an Office of Management and Budget... Read More » Holder Announces Shift Against Mandatory Sentencing Laws Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. proposed one of the largest overhauls of the country’s criminal legal system on Monday, pushing for “sweeping, systemic changes” in sentencing that could become a centerpiece of his tenure in the Department of Justice. Read More » ABA Panel Favors Dropping Law School Tenure Requirement The American Bar Association's Council of the Section of the Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar on Friday tentatively embraced two plans that would eliminate tenure as an accreditation requirement. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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