Democrats, Republicans Spar Over D.C. Circuit

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Democrats, Republicans Spar Over D.C. Circuit • Dutch Bank Pays $1B to Settle Rate Rigging Charges • Reed Smith Adds Two Partners to Insurance Practice • Booz Allen Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit • On Capitol Hill, Intelligence Officials Defend Surveillance • AG Files Emergency Motion to Stay in Planned Parenthood Case Democrats, Republicans Spar Over D.C. Circuit The day before the Senate votes on the first of President Obama's three nominees to a key federal appeals court, Republicans and Democrats held dueling events on Capitol Hill about whether appeals lawyer Patricia Millett should be confirmed to the... Read More » Dutch Bank Pays $1B to Settle Rate Rigging Charges Dutch banking giant Rabobank will pay more than $1 billion to settle charges it manipulated benchmark global interest rates from 2005 to 2011. The biggest piece of the settlement - $425 million - will go to the U.S. Commodity Futures... Read More » Reed Smith Adds Two Partners to Insurance Practice Two Dickstein Shapiro insurance partners are leaving the firm to join Reed Smith. John Schryber and Andrew Weiner represent corporate policy holders in disputes against insurance companies. Schryber and Weiner have represented clients in a range of disputes—from environmental coverage,... Read More » Booz Allen Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit On the eve of trial, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has settled with a former partner who accused the consulting firm of gender discrimination. The trial was scheduled to start today in District of Columbia Superior Court. On Oct. 23, Booz... Read More » On Capitol Hill, Intelligence Officials Defend Surveillance Intelligence officials defended NSA surveillance during a House committee hearing on Tuesday. NSA employees "have taken an oath to defend this nation and protect our privacy," NSA director Keith Alexander said. "It's a privilege and an honor... Read More » AG Files Emergency Motion to Stay in Planned Parenthood Case At around 2:00 a.m. today, the Office of the Attorney General filed an emergency motion to stay U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel's Oct. 28 ruling in federal litigation that pits abortion clinics and three doctors against the state of Texas. The plaintiffs expect to file their response to that OAG motion by the end of the day. Read More »

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