NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • OSHA Regulations Criticized as Stealth • Congress Pushes NSA Reforms, Dechert Lawyer Objects • Target, Neiman Marcus and Congress Talk Cybersecurity • DNA Evidence Declines as Factor in Criminal Exonerations • Circuit Debates Sweep of Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act • Special Report: Under Contract Lawyers for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers testified before a House subcommittee today about what they termed "troubling and hypocritical" moves by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to bypass the public rulemaking process. Read More » As the House Judiciary Committee's top-ranking members today called for major reforms to the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records, a former George W. Bush administration lawyer urged them to leave the program alone. Read More » Executives from Target Corp. and Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. on Tuesday pledged to work with Congress to better protect consumer information, as they made their first public appearances on Capitol Hill to discuss their companies' recent data breaches. Read More » A record number of individuals were exonerated during 2013, and fewer of those cases hinged on DNA evidence than in the past, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Read More » A federal appeals court weighed Monday whether a federal law criminalizing violence and property damage against animal-related organizations unconstitutionally allows prosecution of peaceful activities that disrupt the target's profits. Read More » The U.S. government has slashed spending on outside legal work for a third consecutive year, leaving law firms and other legal services contractors with the smallest pot of money since President Barack Obama took office. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES | 
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