Todd Ruger

November 05, 2013 | National Law Journal

A controversy over the federal civil discovery process reached Capitol Hill on Tuesday, when senators and litigation experts warned that rules changes intended to reduce legal costs would instead harm plaintiffs in discrimination cases.

By Todd Ruger

4 minute read

November 04, 2013 | The American Lawyer

"We will either have an agreement or we will be filing a lawsuit," Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. told reporters on Monday.

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

November 04, 2013 | National Law Journal

As a new patent reform bill moves quickly on Capitol Hill, some legislators, patent lawyers and judges have warned it contains sweeping and sometimes unintended changes to the nation's intellectual property landscape.

By Todd Ruger

5 minute read

October 29, 2013 | National Law Journal

The Senate confirmed Richard Griffin to serve as the top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, just three months after legislators struck a deal that removed him of the agency's board.

By Todd Ruger

2 minute read

October 29, 2013 | Law.com

The day before a Senate vote on the first of President Barack Obama's three nominees to a key federal appeals court, Republicans and Democrats held dueling events on Capitol Hill about whether top appellate lawyer Patricia Millett should be confirmed to the bench.

By Todd Ruger

1 minute read

October 29, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

As the House Judiciary Committee launched expedited hearings on a comprehensive patent reform bill on Tuesday, the former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had a different message: "Proceed with caution."

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

October 29, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reached settlements worth $5.1 billion with JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with residential mortgage-backed securities and single-family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the agency announced today.

By Todd Ruger and Matthew Huisman

2 minute read

October 28, 2013 | National Law Journal

A key federal appeals court returns to the spotlight this week on Capitol Hill, where Republicans will take aim at the administration's nominations and Democrats will elevate their call for the confirmation of a top lawyer to the bench.

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

October 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reached settlements worth $5.1 billion with JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection with residential mortgage-backed securities and single-family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the agency announced Friday.

By Todd Ruger

3 minute read

October 01, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Department of Justice would curtail or postpone civil litigation during a government shutdown and would furlough 17,742 employees, or about 15 percent of its workforce, starting today, according to a contingency plan.

By Todd Ruger

2 minute read