NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Albertsons Taps Top-Shelf Antitrust Lawyers • D.C. Bar Announces 2014 Presidency Candidates • Ninth Circuit Refuses to Block Large Magazine Ban • Parties to GMO Wheat Class Actions Give Mediation a Try • Ex-Dewey Leaders Charged With Fraud, Theft • Pointers for Legal Profession on Disruptive Innovation Albertsons LLC has tapped a team of Dechert partners led by Paul Denis and James Fishkin—as well as Baker Botts partner Christopher MacAvoy and Schulte Roth & Zabel's Michael Swartz—to win antitrust approval of its $9 billion acquisition of rival grocer Safeway Inc. Read More » The D.C. Bar announced yesterday that this year's candidates for president-elect are Stephen Glover, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Timothy Webster, a partner at Sidley Austin. Read More » A California city's ban on large-capacity magazines in firearms went into effect on Thursday after a federal appeals court denied an emergency order brought by members of the National Rifle Association of America to halt its enforcement. Read More » American farmers who sued Monsanto Co. after discovering a genetically modified wheat strand in Oregon plan a "tight and aggressive timeline" to attempt mediation with the company. Read More » Following a nearly two-year investigation that began as Dewey & LeBoeuf spiraled toward death, its former chairman, Steven Davis; its former executive director, Stephen DiCarmine; and its ex-chief financial officer, Joel Sanders, were accused Thursday of "concocting and overseeing a massive effort to cook the books" at the firm. Read More » The legal industry has struggled to adapt to a globalized economy, advances in technology and the blurring lines between traditionally separate areas such as law and business. That was the central idea behind a daylong conference at Harvard Law School dubbed "Disruptive Innovation in the Market for Legal Services." Read More » | 
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