Senior administration officials today defended the proposed $1.4 billion settlement to resolve a long-running Indian trust dispute, telling skeptical members of a House committee that the resolution, which requires congressional authorization, is fair and appropriate. Members of the House Natural...
The D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission has a new executive director in Kim Whately, and she has announced that there are two new members of the commission. The most recent addition is Woody Peterson, an appellate litigator at Dickstein Shapiro, who...
The D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended to the D.C. Court of Appeals that former White House aide Claude Allen, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to one misdemeanor count of theft of property under $500, be suspended from the...
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 23, giving Republicans who have criticized his performance an opportunity to question him directly. The committee regularly holds oversight hearings for the U.S. Department of...
Updated 12:45 p.m. Arnold & Porter is beefing up its white-collar criminal defense practice with the addition of three lawyers from Arent Fox. Partners John Nassikas III and Baruch Weiss and counsel Laura Lester started working in the firm's Washington...
A multibillion-dollar federal program to provide loan guarantees for renewable and other clean energy projects is powering work for a select group of law firms. Chadbourne & Parke, in particular, appears to be a big winner.
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A lack of communication and consent at dissolved DeLay committee sends Williams & Jensen to the brink of trial.
Four legal business power players discuss the current market for lateral partners. Their verdict: It may be the most active period of movement in recent memory. Plus, a look at lateral numbers in 2009 at the nation's largest law frms and in regional legal markets.
Analysis of court records shows that D.C. Court of Appeals judges sometimes took as many as 1,000 days to reach decisions.
When it comes to trademark disputes, few can rival the fierce battle over the rights to Havana Club rum. The latest chapter in the long-running saga came before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The topic: how to reconcile a U.S. law that effectively ended the case with a World Trade Organization ruling that it violates an international trade agreement.
DLA wines and dines Kelly; Wone murder suspects want three, not one; coming to the defense of Guantanamo defenders; Craig gives thumbs-up to cameras in Supreme Court; jumping ship for flexibility; GM gets three lobbying shops in as many months; and legalizing gay marriage makes a memo unnecessary in this week's column.