Senator Warns About Shutdown's Harm To Judiciary

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Senator Warns About Shutdown's Harm To Judiciary • Privacy Advocates Urge Student Data Protection • Legal Services Lawyers See Shutdown's Effects on Low-Income Clients • Holder Seeks to Boost Morale During Shutdown • Venable Snags Two Dow Lohnes Partners • U.S. Hotel Industry Finding Shutdown Inhospitable Senator Warns About Shutdown's Harm To Judiciary The chairman of the Senate's Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts warned his colleagues Thursday about the harm to the federal judiciary from the government shutdown, passing along frustration that he's heard from federal trial judges. Senator Christopher Coons (D-Del.),... Read More » Privacy Advocates Urge Student Data Protection Privacy advocates are urging Congress to take steps to safeguard sensitive student information, warning that new rules by the Department of Education leave student data vulnerable. In an October 9 letter to members of the House and Senate committees that... Read More » Legal Services Lawyers See Shutdown's Effects on Low-Income Clients Civil legal services lawyers in the District of Columbia say that nearly two weeks in to the government shutdown, their low-income clients are hurting, from furloughed workers living paycheck-to-paycheck to retirees who can't get help from shuttered federal agencies. The... Read More » Holder Seeks to Boost Morale During Shutdown Calling the ongoing government shutdown a "very frustrating time for all of us," Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. issued a letter Thursday to U.S. Department of Justice employees to try to boost morale. To keep employees informed, the Justice Department... Read More » Venable Snags Two Dow Lohnes Partners Two Dow Lohnes partners have decamped for Venable's Washington office. Stephanie Loughlin and Ralph Hardy, Jr. join Venable's tax and wealth planning and corporate practices, respectively. Loughlin is the former head of Dow Lohnes tax planning practice where she advised... Read More » U.S. Hotel Industry Finding Shutdown Inhospitable Closed national parks, confused international travelers, and consumer uncertainty that have resulted from the U.S. government shutdown are costing the lodging industry more than $8 million per day, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) said Thursday. In a letter... Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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