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The BLT Has Moved
The Blog of Legal Times has moved to a new home as part of American Lawyer Media’s redesign of its news websites. Access The BLT’s new page here: http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/blog-of-legal-times. Sign up for an ALM digital membership—just a few steps, at... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Blog of Legal Times is Moving
The Blog of Legal Times is moving to a new home as part of American Lawyer Media’s redesign of its news websites. Access The BLT’s new page here: http://www.nationallawjournal.com/legaltimes/blog-of-legal-times. Sign up for an ALM digital membership—just a few steps, at... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Surveillance reform: President Obama this morning will deliver a speech at the U.S. Department of Justice that outlines reform of government surveillance efforts. Obama is expected to announce an overhaul of the controversial National Security Agency bulk phone data collection... Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Quiet times: "The surprising silence coming from the Supreme Court over the last week on a challenge to Obamacare by a group of Colorado nuns suggests justices are divided over what to with the complicated dispute," the Los Angeles Times... Continue reading
Posted Jan 10, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Prosecutors Fight to Keep Documents Secret in Lobbyist's Case
Federal prosecutors are fighting a request by convicted lobbyist Kevin Ring to unseal plea negotiation documents in his case. Ring's lawyers at Miller & Chevalier in December asked a federal trial judge in Washington to unseal portions of a PowerPoint... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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DOJ Surveillance Law Memo Can Remain Secret, Court Says
The U.S. Department of Justice can keep secret a legal memo that addresses the authority and legality of the FBI's ability to acquire phone records without legal process, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled today. A three-judge panel of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 3, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Defended: The U.S. Department of Justice is expected this morning to defend the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate in a dispute that reached the U.S. Supreme Court on New Year's Eve. Justice Sonia Sotomayor then granted a temporary injunction in... Continue reading
Posted Jan 3, 2014 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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State Bar Investigates Former Office of Special Counsel Chief
The State Bar of California is investigating possible ethics violations against Scott Bloch, who led the Office of Special Counsel during the George W. Bush administration, court records in Washington show. The pending disciplinary proceeding, which began in August, is... Continue reading
Posted Dec 23, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Legalized: New Mexico became the 17th state to allow same-sex marriage. The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously concluded the equal-protection clause of the state constitution guarantees marriage rights for gay couples. Read the ruling here. Shelved: "Five years after Wall... Continue reading
Posted Dec 20, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Obama Commutes Prison Terms For Eight Drug Offenders
The prison terms of eight drug offenders who were sentenced "under an unfair system" were commuted today, President Barack Obama said. "If they had been sentenced under the current law, many of them would have already served their time and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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NSA Review Panel Recommends Surveillance Court Reforms
The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court should not hold the sole authority to appoint judges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, an Obama administration review group said today in a lengthy report that offers reforms to better protect... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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This Week in The National Law Journal
Court Revives Claim to Art: Amanda Bronstad looks at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling that breathed new life into a dispute over claims of art taken by the Nazis. "A panel concluded the claims, brought... Continue reading
Posted Dec 16, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Watching: "In an unusual move that raised the stakes in a major copyright battle between broadcast television networks and the upstart Aereo service, Aereo Inc. on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the dispute, even though it won... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Leahy: Tech Industry Supports NSA Reform Measure
National Security Agency monitoring has received significant backlash from major technology companies—most recently over reports the agency is snooping around in the virtual world of online video games. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today explored the tension between the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Litigator Immelt Set to Become Hogan Lovells' Sole CEO
Hogan Lovells co-CEOs J. Warren Gorrell Jr. and David Harris will vacate their posts when their current terms expire next summer, and the firm's partners are in the process of voting to approve their proposed successor, global litigation cohead Stephen... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Air Force G.C. Heads to Arnold & Porter
A former general counsel for the U.S. Air Force who previously served as the top lawyer in the U.S. Army is headed to Arnold & Porter, the firm announced today. Charles Blanchard is joining as partner the firm’s government contracts... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justice Dept. Fights $2M Fee Request in Voting Rights Case
The U.S. Department of Justice is fighting a request from the lawyers for Shelby Co., Ala., for more than $2 million in legal fees and costs tied to their challenge of the constitutionality of a provision of the Voting Rights... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Justice Dept. Sued Over Access to Non-Prosecution Agreement
The U.S. Department of Justice is being sued over its refusal to publicly disclose a $2 million non-prosecution agreement prosecutors reached with a Houston-based tree services company that employed undocumented workers. The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of... Continue reading
Posted Dec 2, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Nuked: The Senate's rule change restricting filibusters smooths the path to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for President Obama's picks to fill three vacancies. Democrats resorted to the "nuclear option" to curb the minority's power... Continue reading
Posted Nov 22, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Shunning Politics, John Edwards Returns to the Law
By Jenna Greene Renouncing any further political ambitions, former U.S. senator and two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has returned to the practice of law, confident that potential clients and juries will look past the personal transgressions that pushed him... Continue reading
Posted Nov 19, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Amid Merger Talks, Patton Boggs MP Touts Strategic Plan
By Brian Baxter Patton Boggs managing partner Edward Newberry told The Am Law Daily on Thursday that his firm's decision to conduct another round of layoffs and engage in preliminary merger talks with Locke Lord are part of broader strategy... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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The Morning Wrap
Touting: The Am Law Daily reports today: "Amid Merger Talks, Patton Boggs MP Touts Strategic Plan." Patton Boggs managing partner Edward Newberry says the firm's at the "due diligence" stage in talks with Locke Lord. Increasing the firm's presence in... Continue reading
Posted Nov 15, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Kind Words for 'No Admit' Securities Settlements
Posted Nov 13, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Government Contractors Prepare For Rough Regulatory Roads
Posted Nov 13, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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This Week in The National Law Journal
The Abortion Docket: Senior Washington correspondent Marcia Coyle reports: "In the past two years, anti-abortion groups have seeded state laws with abortion restrictions. Challengers to court rulings for and against those laws now are knocking on the doors of the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2013 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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