Senate Confirms Patricia Millett to D.C. Circuit

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Senate Confirms Patricia Millett to D.C. Circuit • GE to Issue $34M in Refunds for Health Care Credit Card • ABA Reconsiders Practical Skills Mandate for Law Schools • Jailed U.S. Contractor in Cuba Presses White House to Intervene • D.C. Circuit Weighs Challenge to Groin Searches at Guantanamo Bay • Chemerinsky: God, Birth Control and Corporate America Senate Confirms Patricia Millett to D.C. Circuit Patricia Millett's confirmation today to a key federal appeals court in Washington marked the start of a new streamlined approach to judicial nominations on Capitol Hill. The move also marked the beginning of a period of change at the court—and... Read More » GE to Issue $34M in Refunds for Health Care Credit Card The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today ordered GE Capital Retail Bank and its subsidiary, CareCredit, to refund up to $34.1 million to potentially more than 1 million consumers who paid sky-high interest rates for credit cards to cover health care... Read More » ABA Reconsiders Practical Skills Mandate for Law Schools The ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar tentatively endorsed a plan in August to require six credits of real-world training. Now the council has backtracked somewhat. Read More » Jailed U.S. Contractor in Cuba Presses White House to Intervene For the past four years, U.S. Agency for International Development contractor Alan Gross has wasted away in a Cuban prison, serving a 15-year sentence for providing Internet access to the island's small Jewish community. He's counting on lawyer Scott Gilbert to win his freedom and bring him home to Washington. Read More » D.C. Circuit Weighs Challenge to Groin Searches at Guantanamo Bay A federal appeals court in Washington heard arguments today over a body search policy at Guantanamo Bay that lawyers for detainees contend restricts access to counsel. A trial judge in July blocked the new policy, concluding the groin-area searches were... Read More » Chemerinsky: God, Birth Control and Corporate America Can a corporation claim to have religious beliefs and, if so, does it violate those beliefs to force the business to include contraceptive coverage in the health insurance it provides its employees? The U.S. Supreme Court has just granted review in two cases on the issue. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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