Verizon Wants Claims in NSA Surveillance Suit Dismissed

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Verizon Wants Claims in NSA Surveillance Suit Dismissed • Justice Department Defends Law Banning Protests at Supreme Court • Senate Weighs Fee Shifting in Anti-Patent Troll Bills • Former FEFC Chair Joins Stoel Rives • Nation's Law Schools See Lowest Enrollment Since 1975 • Fourth Circuit Green-Lights Suit Over Occupy Arrests Verizon Wants Claims in NSA Surveillance Suit Dismissed Shortly after a federal judge in Washington ruled that a National Security Agency phone surveillance program is "almost certainly" unconstitutional, Verizon Communications Inc. moved to dismiss claims against the company in the case. The challengers sued to hold Verizon liable... Read More » Justice Department Defends Law Banning Protests at Supreme Court The government has a "legitimate interest" in prohibiting demonstrations on Supreme Court grounds, the Justice Department asserted in a brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday. In the case Hodge v. Talkin, the... Read More » Senate Weighs Fee Shifting in Anti-Patent Troll Bills Business leaders on Tuesday urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to include fee shifting in legislation it is debating to combat abusive litigation from patent trolls. Speaking at a hearing the panel held on patent lawsuit reform, representatives of the Credit... Read More » Former FEFC Chair Joins Stoel Rives Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman Jon Wellinghoff has joined Stoel Rives as a partner, working out of the nearly 400 lawyer firm's offices in Washington and San Francisco. The longest-serving chair in FERC history, Wellinghoff headed the agency from... Read More » Nation's Law Schools See Lowest Enrollment Since 1975 According to figures released by the American Bar Association, law schools enrolled 39,675 new students this fall—an 11 percent decrease from the 44,481 students who enrolled last fall. Read More » Fourth Circuit Green-Lights Suit Over Occupy Arrests A federal appellate court kept alive South Carolina-based Occupy Columbia's federal lawsuit against a raft of state officials following protesters' arrest in November 2011 for violating a curfew outside the state capitol building. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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