Updated 4:01 p.m. Reflecting increased intellectual property business in Washington, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner earned $342 million in gross revenue in fiscal 2011, a 7.4% increase from 2010, according to our reporting. The firm also boasted a 9.2%...
The chair of Patton Boggs? political and election law practice in Washington is one of three finalists vying to become the next dean of Brooklyn Law School. Patton Boggs partner Nicholas Allard is competing against dean of the University of...
A freeze on promotions and pay increases among federal court employees is being lifted, according to an internal memorandum (PDF) distributed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. A better than expected appropriation from Congress for fiscal year 2012...
Hewlett-Packard Co. has hired a law firm in Washington to lobby for it, paperwork filed with Congress this week shows. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is advocating on "[g]overnment information technology policy and acquisitions" for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based...
A federal judge in Washington has ordered a businessman charged in a stock price manipulation scheme to disclose documents that his defense lawyers claimed the attorney-client privilege protected. Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of U.S. District Court for the District of...
In August 2009, boutique international law firm ShawnCoulson settled a $2.2 million fee dispute in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with former client PowerTrain Inc. Late last year, the Mississippi-based engine parts importer moved to reopen the case, seeking sanctions for an allegedly false affidavit filed in the case.
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In recent years, Washington's top law offices have been hit hard by the recession. As a result, many have shed lawyers at an unprecedented pace. But that hasn't been the case for Lerch, Early & Brewer, the Bethesda, Md.-based firm that quickly but quietly has become the fourth-biggest law office in D.C.'s suburbs.
Survivors of the firm's collapse are breathing sighs of relief now that they've by large settled into other firms.
Earlier this month, two D.C. Council members introduced legislation to correct the disorderly conduct statute, adding language aimed at demonstrations.
The next Citizens United, in the view of some of that decision's most vigorous critics, may have nothing to do with campaign finance or the First Amendment. Instead, corporations in a case the justices will hear this month seek not to spend their money but to avoid doing so by arguing that they have no liability under a 1789 statute for torts committed abroad in violation of international law or U.S. treaties.
For two hours, Republicans pounded home their objections to Cordray's Jan. 4 recess appointment by President Barack Obama while the Senate was in pro forma recess.
For his use of the machine gun during a months long crime spree in 2004, Bryan Burwell received an additional 30 years behind bars. A provision in federal law sets out a mandatory 30-year term for any person who uses an automatic weapon during a robbery. But questions remain.
A high Overton ceiling; deja vu all over again for Holder; new lobbyist at the White House Project; DENSO and Yazaki on the hook; Lamberth the labyrinth guide; King & Spalding partner to run for West Virginia attorney general; and a writing award for an internal memo in this week's column.