Q&A: What Makes the D.C. Circuit So Special?

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Q&A: What Makes the D.C. Circuit So Special? • Bankruptcy Court Approves Airline Merger • Sinclair Hires FCC Adviser to Lead New D.C. Office • Under Fire, Two BP Objectors' Lawyers Withdraw Appeal • First Circuit Overturns New Trial in Fraud Case • Fee Request Struck in Barbri Class Action Settlement Q&A: What Makes the D.C. Circuit So Special? Political debate raged in Washington this month about nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. But both sides agreed on one thing: the court's importance. President Obama and senators repeatedly called it a key federal appeals... Read More » Bankruptcy Court Approves Airline Merger The $11 billion merger between American Airlines and US Airways was cleared for takeoff by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, which today approved the airlines' antitrust settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, six... Read More » Sinclair Hires FCC Adviser to Lead New D.C. Office Broadcasting behemoth Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has snagged a Federal Communications Commission aide to serve as its chief lobbyist in Washington. Rebecca Hanson, who focused on broadcast spectrum issues at the FCC Media Bureau, will join Sinclair on Jan. 2... Read More » Under Fire, Two BP Objectors' Lawyers Withdraw Appeal Attorneys Ted Frank and Darrell Palmer have withdrawn their appeals of two settlements with BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill after several of their former clients accused them of misconduct. Read More » First Circuit Overturns New Trial in Fraud Case A federal appeals court this week, rejecting a judge's ruling about alleged prosecution errors, has blocked a new trial for a businessman on mail and wire fraud charges. Read More » Fee Request Struck in Barbri Class Action Settlement A federal judge has struck down an attorney's request for legal fees in a $9.5 million class action settlement resolving antitrust claims against the publisher of the Barbri bar exam review course. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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