Shutdown Strikes U.S. Lawyers and Agencies, Delays Litigation

Headlines • Shutdown Strikes U.S. Lawyers and Agencies, Delays Litigation • Adelson Loses Defamation Lawsuit over Romney Petition • Discrimination, Wage Case Proceeds Against Kansas D.A. • Invest in Mexican Cemeteries? What Could Go Wrong? • INSIDE WASHINGTON: A Special Report • The Legal Times 150 (chart) • D.C. Law Firms Are Learning to Love Austerity • The Influence 50 (chart) • Edging Akin Gump, Patton Boggs Claims Top Slot for Lobbying Revenue Shutdown Strikes U.S. Lawyers and Agencies, Delays Litigation Legal business in Washington and beyond took a hit on the first day of the federal government shutdown, with more than 1,000 Department of Justice lawyers across the country home without pay. Read More » Adelson Loses Defamation Lawsuit over Romney Petition A hyperlink is the modern-day equivalent of a footnote, at least as far as defamation law is concerned. That's the conclusion reached Monday by a federal judge in a defamation lawsuit that casino magnate, GOP donor and serial libel claimant Sheldon Adelson brought last year against the the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) and its executives. Read More » Discrimination, Wage Case Proceeds Against Kansas D.A. Two women can move ahead with a federal lawsuit that claims a Kansas district attorney denied them overtime pay, fired them unjustly and failed to provide a breast feeding and pumping location, a federal judge has ruled. Read More » Invest in Mexican Cemeteries? What Could Go Wrong? A group of investors filed lawsuits alleging fraud and misrepresentation against the two principals of Restful Group Entities, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year. Jay Spillane of Spillane Trial Group PLC talks to NLJ about the suits. Read More » INSIDE WASHINGTON: A Special Report After a bleak half-decade of declines in hiring, Washington-area law offices see sunlight — a sliver, but enough to warrant guarded optimism. Read More » The Legal Times 150 (chart) Ranked by headcount, the 150 biggest players in the Washington legal market. Read More » D.C. Law Firms Are Learning to Love Austerity Even those that are growing are streamlining operations to please recession-wary clients. Read More » The Influence 50 (chart) The top-earning lobbying practices in the nation's capital. Read More » Edging Akin Gump, Patton Boggs Claims Top Slot for Lobbying Revenue Influence 50 members registered a slight increase in government-affairs lobbying revenue in 2012. Read More »

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