Federal Judge Holds NSA Phone Monitoring Program Lawful

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Federal Judge Holds NSA Phone Monitoring Program Lawful • FTC Approves Three Mergers With Conditions • Ex-Lobbyist Wants 'Trial Penalty' Document Unsealed • Seventh Circuit Frowns on Sealed Settlement Agreements Federal Judge Holds NSA Phone Monitoring Program Lawful Southern District Judge William Pauley III concluded that the NSA's telephony metadata program is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, given the "horrific" consequences of international terrorism. Read More » FTC Approves Three Mergers With Conditions The Federal Trade Commission will end the year with a bang, requiring divestitures to approve three pending mergers, including Fidelity National Financial Inc.'s $2.9 billion purchase of Lender Processing Services Inc. The agency also put conditions on a $1.4 billion... Read More » Ex-Lobbyist Wants 'Trial Penalty' Document Unsealed A former lobbyist caught up in Jack Abramoff scandal has asked a federal judge to unseal government records to shed light on the "trial penalty"—the premium the government seeks to extract from defendants who exercise their right to trial instead... Read More » Seventh Circuit Frowns on Sealed Settlement Agreements The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has refused to allow the sealing of settlement agreements in two civil actions, citing the "presumption of public access to judicial records." Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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