Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary • Yelp Signs Up to Lobby • Seventh Circuit Frowns on Sealed Settlement Agreements • Chamber of Commerce IDs Stinker Lawsuits of the Year Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary President Barack Obama lags behind George W. Bush when it comes to leaving his imprint on the nation's federal courts of appeals, a Brookings Institution report has found. Last year brought heightened contentiousness to the circuit confirmation process—particularly involving Obama's... Read More » Yelp Signs Up to Lobby Yelp Inc. has joined the Washington lobbying community, registering its first lobbyist with Congress. The business review website has deployed its public policy official, Laurent Crenshaw, to advocate on intellectual property and telecommunications issues, among other matters, according to lobbying... 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 » Chamber of Commerce IDs Stinker Lawsuits of the Year A pro se federal lawsuit by a group of prisoners blaming eight brewers for their life of crime was the most ridiculous lawsuit of 2013, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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