Headlines • D.C. Circuit Voids FCC 'Net Neutrality' Order • Oklahoma Judge Strikes State's Same-Sex Marriage Ban • Court Sidesteps 'Novel' Defense Involving Armed IRS Agents • Justices Shield Multinational Companies in Dirty War Case • Progress in Settling Injury, Death Claims Against Toyota • LSAC Loses Round Over Treatment of Disabled Test Takers • BP Loses Appeal to Undo Spill Settlement • The Return of the Bell Curve • New Chairman at Steptoe Eyes the Future • Senate Confirms Wilkins to D.C. Circuit The Federal Communications Commission once again came up short in its attempt to regulate broadband Internet service providers, with a divided panel of federal appellate judges striking down the agency's net neutrality rules for the second time. Read More » A federal judge in Oklahoma on Tuesday struck down a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, ruling that the law violated the 14th Amendment. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: AUWCL Semester Abroad Law Programs AU Washington College of Law provides students with unique educational opportunities through legal semester exchange programs in 22 countries across 6 continents. Gain focus in different areas of law such as Arbitration, Business, Intellectual Property, Human Rights, International Trade, European Union, Environment, and Maritime. Apply by March 1 to enrich your academic experience and expand your global network. Visit wcl.american.edu/summer/abroad today! | A federal appeals court has rejected a tax protester's claim that evidence seized during a search of his property must be tossed out because the IRS agents enforcing a warrant carried guns without statutory authority. Read More » In a case arising out of Argentina's "Dirty War," the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday significantly limited the general jurisdiction of federal courts over injured victims' lawsuits against corporations doing business in the United States. Read More » An attorney for Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that the automaker is in negotiations with attorneys for nearly one-third of the 450 remaining wrongful-death and personal injury cases filed over sudden-acceleration defects. Read More » A Third District panel led by Justice Andrea Hoch refused to block a 2012 law that bans the "flagging" of test takers who receive accommodations such as more time. Read More » Even Gibson Dunn's Theodore Olson couldn't convince the Fifth Circuit to rescue BP from its own settlement of Deepwater Horizon claims. Read More » In her effort to motivate the troops, Yahoo chief executive officer Marissa Mayer has returned to an oldie in the annals of performance reviews: Ranking employees on a curve. Read More » With just over 400 lawyers, Steptoe & Johnson LLP is neither large nor small, not wildly profitable or struggling to get by. For new executive committee chairman Philip West, who took the helm Jan. 1, the question now is whether being in the middle is enough. Read More » The Senate today confirmed Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, marking the final step in an aggressive push from the White House and Senate Democrats to leave a mark on a key federal appeals court. Read More » | 
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