NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Justice Department to Investigate High-Frequency Trading • Security at Fort Hood Could Become Litigation Focus • Legislation Follows Supreme Court's Campaign Finance Ruling • Wilmer Partner Nominated to D.C. Federal Trial Bench • US Patent Office Goes International • Obstacles to U.S. Lawsuits in Malaysia Airlines Mystery Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today told federal lawmakers that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether "high-frequency trading" violates insider-trading laws. Read More » An attorney suing the federal government over the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, said he expects plaintiffs lawyers are paying close attention as the investigation into this week's fatal shooting at the base unfolds. Read More » Two lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that requires stricter reporting of political donors to the Federal Election Commission, a response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week striking limits on aggregate campaign contributions. Read More » Randolph Moss, head of the regulatory and government affairs practice at Wilmer Cuter Pickering Hale and Dorr, is President Barack Obama's newest nominee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Read More » Looking to reduce costs in the international patent system, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has established a new division intended to facilitate collaboration between the United States and other countries on patents, the agency announced Thursday. Read More » The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is unlikely to lead to lawsuits in the United States because, unlike the Asiana Airlines crash last year, there’s no potential case against the American manufacturer, The Boeing Co., according to lawyers with aviation litigation expertise. Read More » | 
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