Smithsonian Goes to Court Over Bugs

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Smithsonian Goes to Court Over Bugs • In Black Farmers Case, Court to Consider Denied Claims • Disciplinary Suspensions Mount Against D.C.-Area Attorney • Rare Trial Looms on Claims Against Mortgage Lender • Landmark Rulings in Civil Rights Cases Define Court • For Judges, a Year of Opinions Outside the Courtroom Smithsonian Goes to Court Over Bugs The Smithsonian Institution has an insect problem. Not the kind that requires an exterminator, though—this one involves lawyers. The Smithsonian wants a federal judge to alter the terms of an endowment left by Carl Drake, a professor of entomology and... Read More » In Black Farmers Case, Court to Consider Denied Claims Hundreds of potential claimants in the high-profile black farmers discrimination case are challenging the denial of their claims for a share of a $1.25 billion settlement fund. The federal government agreed to settle claims of loan discrimination by the U.S.... Read More » Disciplinary Suspensions Mount Against D.C.-Area Attorney A local attorney has been suspended from practicing in the District of Columbia and Maryland for the second time since 2009 for breaking attorney ethics rules. Garland Stillwell was first suspended in 2009 for misrepresenting his title at Pillsbury Winthrop... Read More » Rare Trial Looms on Claims Against Mortgage Lender 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 » Landmark Rulings in Civil Rights Cases Define Court The U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 confronted the Voting Rights Act, state and federal same-sex marriage issues and affirmative action. Read More » For Judges, a Year of Opinions Outside the Courtroom Over the past year or so, several high-profile judges have given interviews to members of the media and written well-trafficked op-eds—frequently making news with their out-of-court opinions and sometimes criticizing one another. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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