NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Cheers to Antitrust Work in Contested Glass Company Merger • Study Urges Judges to Address Jurors' Social Media Use • CEOs Say Regulations Hurting Hiring and Investment • Lobbying Firm Faces Fine up to $5.2 Million • Justice Kagan to Set Sight on New Target • U.S. Cites Porn Precedent in Screening Boston Bomb Photos With less than a month before trial, two glass makers and the Federal Trade Commission are on the verge of settling the agency's suit challenging the companies' pending $1.7 billion merger—a transaction that's involved dozens of antitrust lawyers from more than 20 firms. Read More » Jury misconduct didn't start with Twitter, but reports of jurors behaving badly via social media are on the rise. In a new study, two Illinois judges urged their colleagues to tackle the problem head-on in jury instructions. Read More » Almost nine out of 10 chief executive officers of major companies agree that new U.S. government regulations are having a substantial effect on investment and hiring, according to a Business Roundtable (BRT) survey released Tuesday. Read More » An Alexandria, Va., firm and its owner face a fine of up to $5.2 million for allegedly failing to submit more than two dozen lobbying reports to Congress on time, according to a civil complaint the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia filed. Read More » Justice Elena Kagan remarks on Supreme Court advocacy style, the value of oral argument -- and hunting with Justice Antonin Scalia. Read More » Boston prosecutors asked a federal judge to bar accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from viewing autopsy photos of bombing victims, except for those designated as trial or sentencing exhibits. Read More » |
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