NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Justice Dept. Opposes Injunction in Nuns' Contraceptive Suit • DOJ Surveillance Law Memo Can Remain Secret, Court Says • For EEOC, a Mixed Bag in 2013 • Antitrust Claims Against Milk Processors Reinstated • SEC Enforcer Canellos to Step Down • New Lawyer Named to D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission • Looking for a Lobbyist? Here are 250 New Candidates • Rare Trial Looms on Claims Against Mortgage Lender • Disabled Passenger Takes Airport Pat-Downs to First Circuit • Law Firm Sues Facebook Over Scanning of 'Private' Messages The Obama Administration on Friday told the U.S. Supreme Court that an order of Catholic nuns had no legal basis to argue that the federal healthcare law involves them in providing contraceptive insurance coverage. "They need only self-certify that they... Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice can keep secret a legal memo that addresses the authority and legality of the FBI's ability to acquire phone records without legal process, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled today. A three-judge panel of... Read More » The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2013 increased its focus on cases involving systemic discrimination, disability discrimination and pregnancy discrimination, but had mixed results in court and saw a dip in monetary penalties it recovered, according to a report... Read More » A federal appeals court has reinstated an antitrust complaint against a milk processor, ruling that the trial judge used the wrong standard for excluding an expert witness. Read More » George Canellos will step down as co-head of the Enforcement Division at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission later this month, the agency announced today. Canellos and Andrew Ceresney made history last year when the two were named co-heads of... Read More » Ronald Flagg, vice president and general counsel of the Legal Services Corp., is the newest member of the District of Columbia commission that vets lawyers applying to become judges on the city's local courts. Flagg replaces Karl Racine, a Venable... Read More » Companies looking for a former member of Congress or an ex-congressional staffer to lobby on Capitol Hill have a new list of hundreds of potential candidates to review. A total of 250 former congressional employees, including 72 former House members,... Read More » A Boston federal judge has moved a borrower's negligent misrepresentation claim against PNC Mortgage Corp. for allegedly misleading her about mortgage terms one step closer to a jury trial. Read More » A federal appellate court is poised to consider whether the Transportation Security Administration's use of enhanced pat-downs of passengers with metal implants that set off walk-through metal detectors violates the Fourth Amendment and federal law. Read More » Partner Michael Sobol accuses the social networking site of trampling users' privacy to sell targeted ads. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES | 
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