NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Supreme Court Acknowledges Protest Audiotape was Redacted • Covington's Profits Per Partner Dip • Akin Gump 'Firing on All Cylinders' • D.C. to Pay $80K to Settle Suit Over Lawyer's Arrest • Justice Department Wants Petraeus Scandal Lawsuit Dismissed • Plaintiffs' Hot List The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday acknowledged that a spectator's outburst during an oral argument Feb. 26 was "redacted" from the audio posted on the court's website late last week. Read More » Covington & Burling's annual financial numbers for 2013 show a mix of growth—in both revenue and number of lawyers—and a decline in profits. Gross revenue for the firm grew by 1 percent, or $7 million to $657 million. Read More » Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld saw a bonanza in profits last year, according to our reporting. Profits per partner increased almost 20 percent, by about $300,000 per partner, to $1.835 million in 2013 compared with 2012. Read More » The District of Columbia will pay $80,000 to resolve a suit by a lawyer who challenged the District's "post and forfeit" process after he was arrested. Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge in Washington to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Florida woman caught up in the 2012 scandal surrounding former Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus. Read More » The firms on this year's list landed groundbreaking verdicts, negotiated big settlements and, in many cases, paved the way for the resolution of other disputes. Read More » |
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