http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/index.jsp Law & Lobbying in the Nation's Capital en-us Copyright 2013. ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/terms.jsp http://www.law.com/img/newswire/nlj_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/index.jsp Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT Eastman Kodak Co.'s bankruptcy case is providing a glimpse into the billing rates of one of Washington's biggest firms: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202601620762&rss=rss_nlj 1202601620762 Latham & Watkins is fighting to remain lead trial counsel for a freight rail company in a case billed as one of the largest antitrust matters of all time. Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202601584391&rss=rss_nlj 1202601584391 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. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202600625221&rss=rss_nlj 1202600625221 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. Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202600625037&rss=rss_nlj 1202600625037 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor presided over a re-enactment of Flood v. Kuhn, the 1972 decision that re-affirmed the court's much criticized position that pro baseball was exempt from antitrust laws. Plus: former adversaries work together, Cole's a no-show, questions about Apple tax, an IRS suit, Stovell's paternity case, and D.C. Circuit approves audio in this week's column. Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202601584190&rss=rss_nlj 1202601584190 The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Thursday, making him President Obama's first successful nomination to the court and the first new judge there since 2006. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:27:48 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202601448488&rss=rss_nlj 1202601448488 When Lois Lerner of the Internal Revenue Service invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a House committee on Wednesday, she did so after making a brief statement. Those remarks have triggered a debate over whether Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights. Thu, 23 May 2013 15:44:29 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202601440346&rss=rss_nlj 1202601440346 Oklahoma Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt is already cracking down on price gouging, identity theft and charitable fraud after a tornado destroyed an Oklahoma City suburb. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:13:39 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202601265745&rss=rss_nlj 1202601265745 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. Mon, 13 May 2013 15:23:29 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202599922230&rss=rss_nlj 1202599922230 The Supreme Court has been criticized for failing to heed the wake-up call of 9/11 and not making contingency plans for the continuity of the institution if disaster strikes. New historical research suggests that indifference goes back decades into Cold War days, when the court first embraced, than dropped, plans to relocate the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., in the face of a nuclear threat. Wed, 08 May 2013 15:33:46 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202599260313&rss=rss_nlj 1202599260313 The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the information industry and to open-government advocates on Monday, unanimously upholding a Virginia law that restricts the right of access to public documents to in-state residents. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:13:43 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202597985275&rss=rss_nlj 1202597985275 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. Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202599645003&rss=rss_nlj 1202599645003 Managing partners of Washington firms discuss the state of legal business. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202596719562&rss=rss_nlj 1202596719562 These 100 lawyers have shaped the legal world through their work in the courtroom, at the negotiating table, in the classroom or government. They have taken on major legal battles, orchestrated the biggest corporate deals, tackled unpopular causes and helped run giant international companies. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:45:09 EDT http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202593197565&rss=rss_nlj 1202593197565