New Leader for DOJ Pardon Office Amid Clemency Overhaul

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • New Leader for DOJ Pardon Office Amid Clemency Overhaul • Blackwater Guard's Lawyers Want Feds to Pay Legal Fees • Sotomayor's Affirmative Action Dissent Was 'Courageous,' Holder Says • D.C. Federal Judges Honor Law Firm Pro Bono Service • Congressional Dems Push SEC on Conflict Minerals Rule • Aereo Case Prompts Supreme Court Debate on TV, Technology New Leader for DOJ Pardon Office Amid Clemency Overhaul The U.S. Department of Justice has replaced the embattled head of the pardon office amid a new push to review and expedite clemency applications related to drug crimes, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said today.Deborah Leff will take over the Office of the Pardon Attorney from Ronald Rodgers. Read More » Blackwater Guard's Lawyers Want Feds to Pay Legal Fees Lawyers for a former Blackwater guard charged in a fatal shooting in Iraq want the federal government to pay their legal fees now that a judge has dismissed the case against him. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Expand Your Knowledge and Network Attend American University Washington College of Law's specialized summer programs in D.C. and experience intensive training that will give you a competitive advantage. Practitioners and students from around the country and the globe benefit from expert instruction and networking opportunities with some of the most influential leaders in law. Programs qualify for CLE and academic credit. Learn more and apply online: wcl.american.edu/champion/summer Sotomayor's Affirmative Action Dissent Was 'Courageous,' Holder Says Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. on Wednesday described as "courageous and personal" the dissent from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the Michigan affirmative action case. Read More » D.C. Federal Judges Honor Law Firm Pro Bono Service Federal judges in Washington gathered Wednesday to honor 30 law firms where at least 40 percent of all lawyers performed at least 50 hours of pro bono service last year. Read More » Congressional Dems Push SEC on Conflict Minerals Rule A dozen congressional Democrats are pushing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to move ahead with a new rule that orders companies to report whether their goods have "conflict minerals" from the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a federal appellate court ruling that cut some of the regulation. Read More » Aereo Case Prompts Supreme Court Debate on TV, Technology The upstart technology company Aereo Inc. forced the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday into a wide-ranging debate not just about the future of television but also the fate of cloud computing and other innovations. Read More »

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