The latest from National Law Journal - Washington
- Signature Issues
- Redefining 'prevailing party'
- Companies play the RICO card vs. unions
- Protests & Pileups
- INADMISSIBLE
- Federal Circuit sanctions lawyer for improper confidentiality markings in briefs
- Another campaign finance law appears ready to fall
- Don't Ask foes cite implicit reversal by Obama administration
- Courtside: Justice Scalia — a legendary lead foot?
- Tough sale for plaintiffs in Wal-Mart case
- Courtside: In drug case, a lawyer corrects the record
- Fee fight headed for courtroom
- Firm seeking payback from Abramoff pal
- Cobell attorneys seek $223 million
| Signature Issues | Top |
| Lamar Smith is at the apex of his career, as the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a position he's waited 24 years to reach. And because he knows he could lose it in two years, he's in a dash to cover as much legal landscape as he can. | |
| Redefining 'prevailing party' | Top |
| Chicago's quick action to amend its firearm laws has called into question whether Gura, the lead attorney in the McDonald case, was the "prevailing party" and entitled to recover attorney fees from the city. The dispute is more than about whether Gura gets paid. | |
| Companies play the RICO card vs. unions | Top |
| Sodexo Inc., the giant food services company, is in the middle of an unappetizing battle with one of the nation's largest unions. And to gain the upper hand, it's trying a legal tactic that's had a mixed record in the courts | |
| Protests & Pileups | Top |
| Last week's U.S. Supreme Court sessions were dominated by headline-making oral arguments and decisions. | |
| INADMISSIBLE | Top |
| A tour segues into a suit; representing both sides in a bribery case; Republicans air DOMA grievances at confirmation hearing; Homeland Security faces scrutiny from Issa; Georgetown professor to argue at the Circuit; and Senate approval may no longer be needed in this week's column. | |
| Federal Circuit sanctions lawyer for improper confidentiality markings in briefs | Top |
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sanctioned Katten Muchin Rosenman partner Daniel Shapiro with a $1,000 fine for the "extensive use of improper confidentiality markings." | |
| Another campaign finance law appears ready to fall | Top |
| The justices heard spirited arguments in two consolidated cases challenging the matching funds trigger in the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Act. By the end of the hour-long session, the same justices who prevailed in last year's blockbuster Citizens United v. FEC, striking down a major federal restriction on corporate spending, had voiced strong skepticism about the Arizona provision. | |
| Don't Ask foes cite implicit reversal by Obama administration | Top |
| The Justice Department has made an implicit "about face" regarding the constitutionality of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy in court — even though government lawyers are seeking to overturn a ruling that struck down the military's ban on open homosexuals, argue the Log Cabin Republicans. | |
| Courtside: Justice Scalia — a legendary lead foot? | Top |
| At the Court, few were surprised to hear about Justice Scalia's car accident Tuesday. Scalia has a reputation for having a lead foot that activates when he is running late getting to Court from his home in suburban Virginia. A skit by Court clerks once mocked his driving habits. And colleague Justice David Souter even joked during an oral argument about Scalia's fast driving. | |
| Tough sale for plaintiffs in Wal-Mart case | Top |
| The massive gender discrimination class action against retail giant Wal-Mart ran into strong resistance at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, after surviving lower court challenges ever since it was launched 10 years ago. | |
| Courtside: In drug case, a lawyer corrects the record | Top |
| In an unusual move, a lawyer in a pending Supreme Court case has informed the justices that there is an error in his brief — a mistake that was pointed out to him by his adversary. | |
| Fee fight headed for courtroom | Top |
| A $4 million jury award for a man savagely beaten outside a Washington nightclub is at the center of a rare court fight over fees between attorneys who represented the plaintiff. | |
| Firm seeking payback from Abramoff pal | Top |
| Lawyers for Greenberg Traurig are demanding that Abramoff business partner Michael Scanlon make restitution to the firm to cover its losses. | |
| Cobell attorneys seek $223 million | Top |
| They say the judge isn't bound by their pledge to accept $99.9 million or less. | |
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