August 01, 2016 | National Law Journal
Former Big Law Associate Convicted of Voyeurism Fights DisbarmentThe D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility issued a report Friday recommending that an attorney who secretly filmed a man changing clothes be disbarred, rather than suspended.
By Zoe Tillman
11 minute read
July 29, 2016 | National Law Journal
DOJ Can't Shield Names of All Immigration Judges Who Face Complaints, DC Circuit RulesThe U.S. Department of Justice cannot indiscriminately keep secret the names of immigration judges who are the subject of misconduct complaints, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled on Friday.
By Zoe Tillman
7 minute read
July 28, 2016 | National Law Journal
D.C. Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Fee Fight ArbitrationThe court on Thursday rejected the latest challenge to a local rule that requires lawyers and their clients to resolve fee fights in arbitration, if the client asks for it.
By Zoe Tillman
5 minute read
July 28, 2016 | National Law Journal
A Look at 30 Years of Lawyering That Helped Free John HinckleyThe man who in 1981 shot President Ronald Reagan made his first request to leave the psychiatric hospital without help from a lawyer, but since 1991 he's been represented by Barry Wm. Levine, a partner at Blank Rome.
By Zoe Tillman
7 minute read
July 25, 2016 | National Law Journal
Federal Judge Chastised for Remarks About Baltimore ProtestsA Seventh Circuit panel said "irrelevant" and "troubling" comments last year from a Milwaukee federal judge tainted his sentencing of a drug defendant.
By Zoe Tillman
7 minute read
July 22, 2016 | National Law Journal
Walmart Defeats Shareholder Suit Over Mexico Bribery ScandalThe Eighth Circuit on Friday sided with the mega-retailer and shut the door on a shareholder class action.
By Zoe Tillman
9 minute read
July 21, 2016 | National Law Journal
Seventh Circuit Denies Terror Victims' Claim to Persian ArtifactsBy Zoe Tillman
11 minute read
July 21, 2016 | National Law Journal
D.C. Federal Magistrate Judge Alan Kay to RetireHaving spent a quarter century on the bench in Washington, D.C., U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Key plans to retire from the post as soon as a replacement is sworn in.
By Zoe Tillman
4 minute read
July 19, 2016 | National Law Journal
D.C. Circuit Won't Force DOJ to Disclose Prosecution ManualAn internal prosecution guide developed by the U.S. Department of Justice in the aftermath of the failed case against the late Sen. Ted Stevens is exempt from public records requests, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled on Tuesday.
By Zoe Tillman
9 minute read
July 18, 2016 | National Law Journal
U.S. Navy Faces $596M Infringement Suit Over Virtual Reality SoftwareBy Zoe Tillman
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