Sotomayor Says Lack of Diversity is 'Huge Danger' for Judiciary

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Sotomayor Says Lack of Diversity is 'Huge Danger' for Judiciary • Consumer Agency Fines Lender for Document Destruction • Jeh Johnson Nomination Passes Senate Committee • Board Recommends Disbarment for Lawyer For Fraud Conviction • FCPA Partnership Efforts Take DOJ to Mexico, Brazil • N.C. Litigators Weigh In on Edwards' Career Prospects Sotomayor Says Lack of Diversity is 'Huge Danger' for Judiciary Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday night that the lack of diversity in race, gender and background poses a "huge danger" to the judiciary, both federal and state. She also slammed the legal profession for perpetuating the glass ceiling,... Read More » Consumer Agency Fines Lender for Document Destruction The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took its first enforcement action against a pay day lender, ordering Cash America International Inc. to issue up to $14 million in refunds to consumers and to pay a $5 million fine for destroying records... Read More » Jeh Johnson Nomination Passes Senate Committee A Senate committee today quickly approved the nomination of former U.S. Department of Defense general counsel Jeh Johnson to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Less than a minute after the committee met, the members used a... Read More » Board Recommends Disbarment for Lawyer For Fraud Conviction An attorney discipline board in Washington is recommending Daryl Hudson III, the head of a debt financing company in Washington and former counsel with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, be disbarred over his wire fraud conviction. The Board on... Read More » FCPA Partnership Efforts Take DOJ to Mexico, Brazil Mexico and Brazil have received special attention from the U.S. Department of Justice since October as the agency seeks to gain strong partners in its fight against transnational bribery through the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Deputy Attorney General James Cole... Read More » N.C. Litigators Weigh In on Edwards' Career Prospects North Carolina lawyers who remember John Edwards' heyday as a star of the plaintiffs' bar say they'll be watching his adjustment to private practice following a 15-year hiatus. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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