The latest from National Law Journal - Washington
- Exporter's scarlet letter
- A death in Iraq, a fight in D.C.
- THE INFLUENCE 50
- In D.C., judges' backgrounds are changing
- INADMISSIBLE
- Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit
- Securities lawyers praise CFPB plans to warn enforcement targets
- Judge finds tobacco companies likely to prevail in graphic labels case
- COURTSIDE: A Court with a human face
- An angry Court gives New Orleans prosecutors a scolding
- In passport clash, a question of the president's powers
- Legal Services braces for cuts
- For this firm, a bad breakup
- Rule sought for unsealing grand jury records
Exporter's scarlet letter | Top |
For more than 18 months, the U.S. State Department imposed a so-called "policy of denial" that blocked technology company AEM Inc. from exporting fuses used in satellites. Now the company's attorneys are fighting back to uncover an explanation. | |
A death in Iraq, a fight in D.C. | Top |
A case brought by the father of a woman killed in Baghdad has continued to wind through U.S. courts, and it again raises questions about the liability of private contractors in Iraq. | |
THE INFLUENCE 50 | Top |
Our annual special report on Washington lobbying reveals the industry kept a firm hand on the tiller last year as it navigated through health care and financial reform, reporting a steady rise in revenue in 2010. | |
In D.C., judges' backgrounds are changing | Top |
Six of Obama's nine D.C. Superior Court nominees confirmed to date have worked for the Public Defender Service in Washington. This marks a noticeable departure from the George W. Bush administration, whose nominees mostly worked in private practice or as prosecutors. | |
INADMISSIBLE | Top |
A tale of two Lannys; Moore waits some more; lawyers gather for the Federalist Society annual convention; Freedom Riders honored; news of courthouse abandonment greatly exaggerated; a Bush fundraiser for Obama; and honors for the local Hispanic legal community in this week's column. | |
Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit | Top |
Edward DuMont, an appellate litigation partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to withdraw his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. | |
Securities lawyers praise CFPB plans to warn enforcement targets | Top |
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau announced on Nov. 7 that in most cases, it plans to warn people or companies before filing an enforcement action against them, in order to give them a chance to respond. | |
Judge finds tobacco companies likely to prevail in graphic labels case | Top |
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon gave cigarette manufacturers contesting the Food and Drug Administration's new graphic warning labels a win Monday morning, finding that they were likely to succeed and granting their request for a preliminary injunction to delay enforcement. | |
COURTSIDE: A Court with a human face | Top |
Clare Cushman has compiled a treasure trove of colorful information about the Supreme Court and its justices, past and present, in her new book Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History. | |
An angry Court gives New Orleans prosecutors a scolding | Top |
The Supreme Court took the New Orleans prosecutor's office to the woodshed on Tuesday, scolding its lawyer for what one justice said was a long history of accusations that the office has ignored the right of defendants to receive exculpatory evidence before trial. | |
In passport clash, a question of the president's powers | Top |
A seemingly narrow-gauge dispute over the wording used on certain U.S. passports triggered a broad-ranging discussion at the Supreme Court on Monday about the separation of powers in matters of foreign policy. | |
Legal Services braces for cuts | Top |
Members of Congress are in the midst of negotiations that likely will lead to another cut in funding for the Legal Services Corp. Congress has decreased their budget by more than $20 million since fiscal 2010. | |
For this firm, a bad breakup | Top |
An Alabama-based law firm is suing two of its former Washington lawyers in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accusing the pair of stealing confidential client information. | |
Rule sought for unsealing grand jury records | Top |
For months, the U.S. Justice Department vigorously opposed the unsealing of former president Richard Nixon's 1975 testimony in the Watergate investigation, but they lost that dispute over the summer. Now, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is pitching a change in the rules to create tighter control over the release of historically significant grand jury material. | |
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