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Prosecutors Mounting New Case Against Blackwater Security Guards

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Prosecutors Mounting New Case Against Blackwater Security Guards

The government isn't retreating from a new criminal case against a group of former private security guards who were first charged in 2008 with manslaughter for their alleged roles in a shooting in Iraq that left more than a dozen civilians dead.

Appeals Court Affirms $775K Judgment for Injured MLB Umpire

The Wilson Sporting Goods Co. struck out in its appeal of a $775,000 judgment awarded to a Major League Baseball umpire who sued after being injured by a foul ball. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment in an opinion released this morning.

Seeking Nominations for Washington Legal Departments of the Year

The National Law Journal is seeking nominations for Washington Legal Departments of the Year for 2013. We will recognize the Washington region's top in-house departments in six categories. To qualify, the departments must be led by lawyers from the D.C. metro area. More information is available here. Please send completed submissions to nljsurvey@alm.com, and include "Washington" and the company's name in the subject line. The deadline for submissions is January 31. If you have questions, please contact Sam Skolnik at sskolnik@alm.com or 202-828-0317.

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Obama Nominates Two for Federal Appellate Judgeships

President Barack Obama has nominated an assistant federal public defender in Iowa and the Wyoming attorney general to become federal circuit court judges, the White House announced today.

Senate Committee to Vote on Appeals Court Nominees, Again

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to once again approve three circuit court nominees, all of whom were first nominated more than a year ago and received what were essentially unanimous votes from the committee last year.

Huffington Post Moves to Dismiss Lawyer's Defamation Lawsuit

The Huffington Post moved yesterday to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a Panama-based lawyer, arguing that the site is an "interactive computer service provider" and can't be held liable for third-party content.

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Bill Would Tighten Rules for Members of Congress Who Leave to Lobby

Representative Bill Posey (R-Fla.) is again taking aim at his colleagues who leave Capitol Hill to lobby.

Judge Dismisses Law Professor's Lawsuit Over Tenure Denial

A Washington federal judge dismissed a breach of contract and wrongful termination lawsuit yesterday filed by a former law professor at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law who was denied tenure.

D.C. Attorney General Defends Payments to Outside Counsel

The District of Columbia attorney general's office today defended the city's compensation of private lawyers in a wrongful arrest case against the city, responding to a request for an investigation lodged earlier this week by the local police union.

 

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Collectors hound consumers for a million disputed debts per year, FTC study finds

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The Federal Trade Commission gets more complaints about debt collectors than any other industry, with consumers claiming that they're being hounded for debts they don't owe or for the wrong amount of money.



SEC not liable for sleeping through Madoff fraud

A federal appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Southern California attorneys against the U.S. government for failing, through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to stop Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff from bilking investors out of more than $60 billion.



In milestone, group of gay-identified lawyers sworn in to Supreme Court bar

A group of openly identified gay lawyers was sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court bar at a court session earlier this month, an apparent first. The 30 lawyers sworn in on January 22 were members of the National LGBT Bar Association and were identified as such by court clerk William Suter in announcing their group admission to the court.




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Advocacy groups split over PTO proposal to disclose patent's true owner

A patent office proposal to require disclosure of a patent's true owner so the agency can publish up-to-date information has sparked debate.



More fallout from ruling on recess appointments as D.R. Horton challenges decision on class action waivers

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit shook up both Washington and Wall Street last Friday, when it invalidated President Obama's January 2012 recess appointments of three members of the National Labor Relations Board. Now D.R. Horton, a company that's been tangling with the NLRB in a key case dealing with employer arbitration agreements, wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to extend the D.C. Circuit's reasoning to another NLRB member who was appointed nearly three years ago.





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License denied to law grad investigated for cheating on bar exam

The Ohio Supreme Court has refused bar admission to a graduate who witnesses accused of continuing to write down answers to the bar examination after time was called.



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