Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case • Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Sentencing Reform Bill • Appeals Court Criticizes D.C. Judge's Comments • CFTC Enforcement Head Rejoins Skadden • Ex-Patton Boggs Client Ends Lawsuit Against Firm • Judge Blocks Google From Appeal in Gmail Scanning Suit Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty in Boston Bombing Case Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon last year, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced on Thursday.? Read More » Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Sentencing Reform Bill The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved a sentencing reform bill that would cut in half the mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses and get rid mandatory minimums for drug offenders without a criminal history. Read More » Appeals Court Criticizes D.C. Judge's Comments Improper comments by a District of Columbia Superior Court judge meant new sentencing hearings for two defendants sent to jail for simple assault. Read More » CFTC Enforcement Head Rejoins Skadden After a three-year stint as director of the enforcement division at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, David Meister is rejoining Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as head of the government enforcement and white-collar crime group in New York. Read More » Ex-Patton Boggs Client Ends Lawsuit Against Firm A former client of Patton Boggs has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the firm of pitching a competitor's products when it was supposed to be helping the client secure business with the federal government. Read More » Judge Blocks Google From Appeal in Gmail Scanning Suit U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh denied Google's request for interlocutory review in a closely watched privacy class action, finding further delay "unwarranted." Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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