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Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel Announces Retirement

Chief Judge Paul Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit announced last night he is stepping down as chief and retiring from the judiciary effective May 31, 2010, the Federal Circuit Bar Association said today. Michel,...

Appeals Court Rules for D.C. in Protest Case

Updated Nov. 21 The police have no obligation to order a crowd to disperse before making arrests, a federal appeals court ruled today, marking a victory for the District of Columbia in a suit that alleges police unlawfully arrested a...

Perkins Coie Taps Marc Elias to Succeed Robert Bauer as Political Law Practice Chair

For Perkins Coie, the announcement that its own Robert Bauer had been named to replace Gregory Craig as White House counsel meant the firm needed to find someone else to chair its political law practice group. Enter Marc Elias. Elias,...

D.C. District Court Gets New Clerk

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has selected a new clerk of the court. Angela Caesar, a 19-year clerk’s office veteran, was appointed Tuesday to replace Nancy Mayer-Whittington, who retired on Oct. 30, according to a court...

Patton Boggs Picks Up New Partner From the Hill

Kristin Wells, formerly deputy chief counsel for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has joined Patton Boggs as a partner. Her first day was Wednesday. Wells, 42, was also previously a counsel to the House Judiciary Committee. She is subject...

Richard and Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty to charges related to the

Collateral Damage

Two very different cases are casting new light on a legal issue that has been simmering for years: when, whether and how defendants should be informed about the collateral consequences of pleading or being found guilty.

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Tom Daschle

With jump to DLA, Daschle going global

Former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle spoke with the NLJ about his jump from Alston & Bird to DLA Piper and his role in his new firm's global operations.

Patton Boggs' Edward Newberry

Patton Boggs shuffles its top managers

Longtime Patton Boggs managing partner Stuart Pape is planning to step down at the end of 2010, passing the job to current deputy managing partner Edward Newberry as the firm tinkers with the way the position is structured.

Kent Gardiner of Crowell & Moring.

Crowell-Folger deal hinged on benefits of big

Most litigators at San Francisco-based Folger Levin & Kahn looked at Crowell & Moring and saw a firm that functions like a midsized outsider despite having more than 400 lawyers worldwide. Crowell's partnership was much more receptive.

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Andre M. Davis, during his nomination hearing to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.

Four and counting for the 4th Circuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has emerged as a top priority for President Obama as he selects new federal judges, accounting for a third of his circuit court nominees so far. But lawyers who follow the appellate court say Obama's nominees are not necessarily going to remake its historically conservative outlook.

Bryan Cave's Daniel Prywes

GPS pushes the line on public vs. private

As electronic tracking becomes an increasingly cost-effective law enforcement tool, state and federal courts, grappling with privacy rights in public spaces, have divided over whether a warrant is necessary to secretly monitor movement of a vehicle.

Perkins Coie's Robert Bauer

Obama shakes up counsel's office

In the first senior-level shake-up of the Obama administration, White House Counsel Gregory Craig is stepping down, to be replaced by Perkins Coie partner Robert Bauer.

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