Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Zip Code Collection by Retailers

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Zip Code Collection by Retailers • Senate Moves for Votes on More Judicial Nominees • D.C. Legal Services Groups Awarded $3.4 Million • 'Sue & Settle' Cases Under Fire • Nominee Muscled Aside • California Grumbling at U.S. News Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Zip Code Collection by Retailers Two national retail stores did not violate District of Columbia law when they asked customers for their zip codes during checkout, a federal judge in Washington ruled Friday. Read More » Senate Moves for Votes on More Judicial Nominees Senate Democrats have moved to extend a recent streak of votes on judicial nominations, including a possible vote next week for Covington & Burling partner Christopher "Casey" Cooper for a slot on Washington's federal trial court. Read More » D.C. Legal Services Groups Awarded $3.4 Million Twenty legal services projects across the District of Columbia will receive more than $3.4 million this year in publicly funded grants. Read More » 'Sue & Settle' Cases Under Fire When the Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado in 2012 for violating the Endangered Species Act, government lawyers didn't put up a fight. Read More » Nominee Muscled Aside The Senate had just voted to block the nomination of veteran voting-rights lawyer Debo Adegbile to lead the nation's federal civil rights enforcement when the president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police wrote a thank-you note to the group's members. Read More » California Grumbling at U.S. News Only three of California's 19 law schools accredited by the American Bar Association improved on the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings this year, and the long view looks even worse. Read More »

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