Headlines • CIA Acting GC at Center of Constitutional Battle • Disbarred Attorney Pleads to Stealing $2.5 Million • Judge Fines Ex-Goldman Trader Tourre but Nixes SEC Injunction Bid • Federal Circuit Hands a Quick Win to DNA Tester Promega • Government Errors Are Shrouded in Secrecy • Courts Should Seize the Opportunity To Disempower Public-Worker Unions • Health Care: A Special Report • Once Again, U.S. News Ranks Yale No. 1 Law School • D.C. Moves • Patton Boggs' 'Gray Cloud' The acting general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency is being accused of trying to intimidate Senate investigators. Read More » A disbarred California attorney who has been sued by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority over $2.5 million in allegedly stolen funds has pleaded no contest to two counts of grand theft. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Freedom of Information Day Attend the 7th Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration on Mar. 18, presented by Washington College of Law's Collaboration on Government Secrecy. Leading experts will discuss matters of current importance to the openness-in-government community, including in a 'legislative outlook' session featuring key congressional staff from all corners of Capitol Hill. LEARN MORE | Though mostly siding with the SEC, a federal judge refused to enjoin Fabrice Tourre from future securities violations, concluding that such "obey-the-law" injunctions are of dubious value and noting that the SEC has apparently never enforced one against an investment banker. Read More » But the panel has not yet ruled in a related dispute over a $52 million infringement verdict that pit Weil Gotshal partner Edward Reines against Wilmer's Seth Waxman. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Stop Shipping Profits Out The Door In 'Stop Shipping Profits Out the Door,' law firms will discover how leveraging innovative shipping solutions can improve their bottom line. This white paper explains how web-based tools prevent shipping mistakes, improve accountability, and inform decision-making, ultimately reducing labor costs and unallocatable expenses. Click here for more information. | The last two administrations have unfairly used state-secrets privilege to cover for their mistakes. Read More » Cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and in California should terminate closed shops. Read More » The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act remains the big news for health care practitioners, and we explore two aspects of the law in this special report — how it could expand access to mental health care and how employers can take advantage of a reprieve from the legal mandate to provide health insurance. We also examine the long struggle to ensure equal access to medical trials for women and minority groups. Read More » Another year, another U.S. News & World Report ranking naming Yale Law School as the best in the land. Read More » Legal industry job changes in our nation's capital. Read More » In a lengthy ruling for Chevron Corp. in a long and hard-fought battle over the blame for pollution in the Amazon, Washington law firm Patton Boggs came in for plenty of attention—17 mentions in the main text of the ruling, to be exact. Read More » | 
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