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Zuckerman Lawyer Counsels IRS Official in Congressional Probe
It's not every day a witness testifying on Capitol Hill invokes the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. But that's what IRS official Lois Lerner did this morning at the advice of her attorney, William Taylor III, a Zuckerman Spaeder white-collar...
Legal Services Corp. Adds Sidley Pro Bono Chairman
The head of Sidley Austin's pro bono and public interest law committee is heading to the Legal Services Corp. in Washington, the firm and the federal agency announced Tuesday. The LSC's board of directors yesterday unanimously approved Sidley senior counsel...
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Taking the Fifth: Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Lerner is the chief of the IRS tax-exempt unit, which targeted conservative groups...
Evidence Raises New Questions in Chandra Levy Case
Updated at 4:39 p.m. Federal prosecutors are again under fire for their handling of evidence in a high-profile case, with defense lawyers saying they never received critical evidence about a prosecution witness in the Chandra Levy murder case. After months...
Senators Question IRS Over Targeting Conservative Groups
"Unacceptable." "Intolerable." "Almost unbelievable." Both Democrat and Republican members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in a hearing today piled on the Internal Revenue Service for subjecting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status to heightened scrutiny. But some committee members also...
Judgments Pile Up
Congress approved legislation five years ago to raise the stakes in civil terrorism lawsuits and make it easier to collect on judgments. Since then, the dollar amounts have gone up, but judgments remain largely unsatisfied.
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Lobbyists Press Legal Fight
Lawyers for six lobbyists fighting what they call a "constitutionally problematic" Obama administration policy want a federal appeals court in Washington to revive their lawsuit. The challengers, represented by a team from Mayer Brown, argue in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that a judge got it wrong when she upheld the administration's ban on lobbyists serving on agency boards and committees.
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Latham Fights Disqualification In Freight Rail Class Action
Latham & Watkins is fighting an attempt to disqualify the firm as lead trial counsel for Union Pacific Railroad, a defendant in multidistrict litigation over freight rail fuel surcharges.
Federal Judiciary Seeks Funding
Federal courts officials have appealed to Congress for emergency funding, saying the judiciary lacks the budget flexibility to absorb the large mandatory spending cuts that have forced furloughs in the nation's federal public defender and court offices.
High Court Embrace For Seed Patent
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court that is often skeptical of patents embraced a key seed patent on Monday in the case of a Monsanto Co. soybean variety that was being replicated by savvy farmers.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 'Company Doe' Asks Fourth Circuit to Keep Records Sealed
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - Scandal Could Leave IRS 'Gun Shy' With Political Groups
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INADMISSIBLE: Cool Music Soothes Supreme Court
The occasion of the Supreme Court's spring musicale saw Broadway great Barbara Cook belting out jazz and oldtime favorites. Plus: Skadden and News Corp., Arent Fox reps the 49ers, Boasberg clears the way for school closures, a circuit judge runs, and shoe business in this week's column.
