NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Patton Boggs Says Latest Partner Departures 'Not Material to the Firm' • Clinton-Era Letter Gives Peek into Judicial Nominations Process • Twitter and Yahoo Silenced—For Now—in Subpoena Spat • Sen. Hirono to Chair Judiciary Subcommittee • Franken Introduces Bill on Smartphone, Internet Privacy • Fifth Circuit Finds Abortion Provisions in H.B. 2 Constitutional A handful of partners left Patton Boggs this month, including a Washington-based head of a litigation group and at least four lawyers in Dallas, as the firm continues to implement downsizing and explores a potential merger with Squire Sanders. Read More » The latest release of previously secret documents from the Clinton White House includes a letter that gives a behind-the-scenes look into the judicial nominations process. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Hospitality & Tourism Law ProgramJoin AUWCL's Hospitality and Tourism Law Program June 2-6, 2014 in Washington, DC. Learn about career paths from leading practitioners and network with titans of the hotel legal community. Study licensing and franchise rights, development, labor law, and more. The program is ideal for attorneys seeking careers in hotel law at firms or as in-house counsel and those interested in hotel development and operations. Scholarships available! Visit wcl.american.edu/htl | Twitter and Yahoo won't get a chance to respond to efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice to bar the companies from sharing information about grand jury subpoenas, at least for now. Read More » Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, will become the new chairman of the subcommittee that reviews agency rulemaking and actions, along with grant programs at the U.S. Department of Justice. Read More » Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has reintroduced legislation to ban companies' surreptitious collection of location data from smartphones and other electronic devices, rebooting a privacy-protection push the business community sought to squash. Read More » The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has blessed two new controversial abortion statutes in Texas. Read More » |
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