Supreme Court Grants Review in ABC v. Aereo Showdown

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Supreme Court Grants Review in ABC v. Aereo Showdown • Obama Administration to Recognize Utah Same-Sex Marriages • SEC Strikes Out Again in Court • Novartis Loses Home-State Advantage on Drugs Claim • Hookah Copyright Claim Goes Up in Smoke • Robert Wilkins' D.C. Circuit Confirmation Vote Set for Monday • IRS Watchdog Calls for Changes To Better Serve Companies • 'Murder Inc.' Defendants Allege Prosecutorial Misconduct • Alcoa to Pay $384M to Settle Foreign Bribery Charges • Redstone Gives Harvard $10M for Public Service Fellowships Supreme Court Grants Review in ABC v. Aereo Showdown The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday afternoon granted review in ABC Inc. v. Aereo Inc., a high-stakes copyright dispute that could shake the television industry to its core. The case will likely be argued in April and decided by the... Read More » Obama Administration to Recognize Utah Same-Sex Marriages The Obama administration said today it will recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages in Utah that were performed after a federal judge struck down the state's ban but before the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the judge's decision pending appeal. Attorney General... Read More » SEC Strikes Out Again in Court The U.S. Securities and Exchange lost its fourth trial in four months when a federal judge in Atlanta ruled against the agency in an insider-trading case. U.S. District Judge William Duffey, Jr. this week took the SEC to task for... Read More » Novartis Loses Home-State Advantage on Drugs Claim A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to Novartis' attempt to apply the sharp limits on punitive damages claims of its home state New Jersey to litigation over its cancer drugs Aredia and Zometa. Read More » Hookah Copyright Claim Goes Up in Smoke Although available in various designs and colors, the shape of a hookah's water container is not copyrightable, according to a federal appeals court. Read More » Robert Wilkins' D.C. Circuit Confirmation Vote Set for Monday The Senate is expected to confirm U.S. District Judge Robert Wilkins to a key Washington federal appeals court Monday afternoon. The Senate voted 55-38 on Thursday to advance the nomination of Wilkins to a final vote. Wilkins was one of... Read More » IRS Watchdog Calls for Changes To Better Serve Companies The Internal Revenue Service office that answers personnel-classification questions from companies and workers needs more staffers and a self-help website for the public to help reduce a backlog of thousands of cases and lessen taxpayer hardship, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina... Read More » 'Murder Inc.' Defendants Allege Prosecutorial Misconduct New allegations of prosecutorial misconduct have surfaced involving the prosecution of one of the most notorious gangs in District of Columbia history. Eleven years ago, a federal jury in Washington convicted Kevin Gray and Rodney Moore of multiple counts of... Read More » Alcoa to Pay $384M to Settle Foreign Bribery Charges Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. will pay $384 million to settle charges by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Read More » Redstone Gives Harvard $10M for Public Service Fellowships Harvard Law School has received a $10 million donation from media magnate and alumnus Sumner Redstone. The money will bolster the Sumner M. Redstone Fellowships for Public Service—a program created in 2010 with a $1 million gift from Redstone to support graduates who pursue public-interest law careers. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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