D.C. Circuit: Contraceptive Mandate Violates Religious Freedom

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • D.C. Circuit: Contraceptive Mandate Violates Religious Freedom • FTC Approves Office Superstore Merger • Federal Lobbying Spending Hits Lowest Level Since 2010 • Maryland Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Two Tax Charges • UBS Whistleblower Settles Suit With Former Lawyers • Claims Against Boston Symphony Moved to Massachusetts D.C. Circuit: Contraceptive Mandate Violates Religious Freedom Requiring employer insurance plans to include contraception coverage "trammels" the constitutional right to freedom of religious expression, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said today. The D.C. Circuit is the latest court to join the legal... Read More » FTC Approves Office Superstore Merger Sixteen years after Federal Trade Commission lawyers scored a landmark courtroom win to block the merger of Office Depot Inc. and Staples Inc., the agency today allowed the merger of Office Depot and Office Max Inc. to go forward without... Read More » Federal Lobbying Spending Hits Lowest Level Since 2010 Overall spending on federal lobbying is at its lowest level since at least 2010, with a third consecutive quarter of declining government advocacy expenses, according to a new Center for Responsive Politics analysis. Organizations spent about $760 million during the... Read More » Maryland Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Two Tax Charges A Maryland lawyer pleaded guilty Friday to charges of filing a false tax return and failing to file a different tax return altogether. George Nelson Smith, 52, of the Smith Law Firm, falsely filed a tax return... Read More » UBS Whistleblower Settles Suit With Former Lawyers A former UBS AG banker who received a $104 million whistleblower award has settled a legal malpractice lawsuit against his former lawyers at Schertler & Onorato. The firm is dismissing its counterclaims in a related case. Bradley Birkenfeld sued his... Read More » Claims Against Boston Symphony Moved to Massachusetts A California multimedia and photography company's lawsuit accusing the Boston Symphony Orchestra of refusing to honor a handshake deal was transferred on Friday from California to Boston federal court. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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