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Blog Post Archive
Lawyers Saddle Up for Bike to Work Day
Cyclists fill Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington. More than 14,000 bicyclists—including a few lawyers—saddled up for Washington's annual bike to work day. The event is meant to encourage cyclists of all skill levels to commute by bike and raise awareness...
Mali Hires Davidoff Hutcher Lobbyists
As Mali fights to keep its northern territory and legendary city of Timbuktu out of rebels' hands, the West African nation has hired Davidoff Hutcher & Citron to lobby for it in Washington. The firm is planning to meet with...
Labor Secretary Nomination Moves to Full Senate
Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez's bid to be the next Labor secretary might have passed the first hurdle in the Senate, but Republicans are still strongly opposed to the nomination. The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...
D.C. Court: Judges Can Investigate Juror Racial Bias
Judges confronted with allegations of racial or ethnic bias among jurors are allowed to investigate the claims, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. The opinion created a new exception to case law historically barring judges from questioning...
The Morning Wrap
Immigration Reform: Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill have improved after a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday declared they had reached a tentative deal, Reuters reports. Smear Campaign?: Months after the FBI...
Unsealed Opinion Offers Few Clues on Mayoral Probe
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today unsealed a ruling in a dispute that features a prominent Washington businessman who’s caught up in an investigation of corruption in the 2010 mayoral campaign. Jeffrey Thompson, who has not...
At D.C. Circuit, Contractor Case Merits Take Backseat
Lawyers for the Federal Election Commission and government contractors on Thursday argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over a law that forbids the contract holders from making federal campaign donations. The merits of the case,...
Prosecutor, Two Judges Recommended for Superior Court
A federal prosecutor, magistrate judge and administrative law judge are being considered by the White House for a vacancy on the District of Columbia Superior Court. The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, a local body that vets applicants for...
Senate Judiciary Approves Sri Srinivasan for D.C. Circuit
The Senate Judiciary Committee gave unanimous approval to Sri Srinivasan to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, clearing the way for him to be the first new judge on the panel since 2006. Srinivasan’s nomination...
Cool Music Soothes Supreme Court
If there is any tension among Supreme Court justices as they tackle the tough pending cases of their current term, it was nowhere to be seen Wednesday afternoon at the court's spring musicale. As they have off and on since...
The Morning Wrap
Hearing: Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, and Congress had its choice of scandal to choose from. Our own Todd Ruger reports on the four-hour hearing. Resignation: The acting commissioner of the IRS resigned Wednesday amid the...
D.C. Superior Court Nominees Testify in the Senate
Two lawyers who spent most of their careers on opposite sides of a courtroom testified today before a U.S. Senate committee in the hopes of serving together on the District of Columbia Superior Court bench. Washington solo practitioner Michael O'Keefe,...
Daily D.C. Lateral Roundup
A former associate at Williams & Connolly has moved to The Kaiser Law Firm’s Washington office. Rebecca LeGrand has joined as a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation practice. She focuses on intellectual property, securities matters and white collar criminal...
FTC Warns Companies of Children's Privacy Violations
Don't say they didn't warn you. The Federal Trade Commission today sent letters to more than 90 businesses, informing them that they could potentially be in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act when changes to the law go...
Business Roundtable Enlists Wilmer to Lobby on Trade
The leading association of U.S. chief executive officers has turned to an international trade lawyer at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr for lobbying assistance in Washington, according to lobbying registration paperwork filed with Congress on Tuesday. Business Roundtable has...
Federal Courts Ask for Emergency Funding
Federal courts officials have asked the White House for emergency funding, saying the judiciary does not have the budget flexibility to absorb the large mandatory budget cuts that have caused furloughs in the nation's federal public defender and court offices....
Benin Ambassador Fires Back at Arent Lobbying Client
Benin's ambassador to the United States has fired back at an Arent Fox client who is accused of plotting to assassinate the West African nation's president and overthrow its government. In a May 7 news release, Benin Ambassador Cyrille Oguin...
The Morning Wrap
Defending: Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. says he's confident prosecutors didn't botch any guidelines in the collection of phone records from The Associated Press, telling reporters that the investigation of a leak required "very aggressive" action. The National Law Journal...
Q&A: Latham & Watkins' Alice Fisher
In the 35 years since Latham & Watkins established its Washington presence, the firm has grown from an outpost to one of the 10 largest offices in the District. At the helm is Alice Fisher, managing partner of Washington office...
AG Holder ‘Confident’ DOJ Followed Rules in AP Phone Review
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. revealed Tuesday he was not involved with a controversial decision to subpoena Associated Press phone records as part of an investigation into a leak of classified information. Holder, addressing reporters at a press conference about...