UPDATE: 2:43 p.m. Try this for a role reversal: Oil giant Exxon Mobil is seeking more than $45 million dollars from the federal government to cover the cost of a toxic waste cleanup. The case involves a refinery complex the... Continue reading

Fight at the Fed: As the Federal Reserve attempts to prevent Congress from chipping away at its role as the nation's bank regulator, the central bank is also experiencing dramatic internal changes. "Though partly a turf war, the fight over—and... Continue reading

Government officials are still weighing the possibility of using Washington, D.C.'s federal courthouse as a site for prosecuting Guantanamo detainees, the court's chief judge said this morning. Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of... Continue reading

A conservative legal group has filed suit against the Secret Service, challenging the Obama administration’s policy on releasing White House visitor logs. The move comes just months after the administration settled several similar cases by agreeing to post portions of... Continue reading

A Chinese businessman accused a former high-ranking administrative law judge of committing legal malpractice yesterday in the opening statements of a bench trial at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Kevin So, a cosmetics manufacturer from Hong... Continue reading

John Yoo, the controversial former Justice Department official whose legal opinions authorized the use of aggressive interrogation tactics such as water boarding, has withdrawn from a scheduled appearance at the annual Federalist Society convention in Washington this week. Yoo, a... Continue reading

Courts in Montgomery County, Md. are launching a new program to safeguard domestic abuse victims. The pilot project will allow victims to file to temporary protective orders without ever stepping foot in court, where they can be at risk of... Continue reading

A federal judge today ordered the Justice Department to release records of interviews with former Vice President Dick Cheney conducted during its investigation into the Valerie Plame leak. Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of... Continue reading

Federal prosecutors say a former payroll worker stole $1.2 million dollars from the small Washington, D.C. law firm where she was employed. According to a criminal information entered Monday at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the... Continue reading

The attorneys for three former Fannie Mae executives were in court today trying to convince a federal judge to let them depose a government official that they argued would help them prove that their clients were victims of biased regulators.... Continue reading

A federal appeals court in Washington today struck down several campaign finance rules that restrict the ability of non-profits to fund election-related activities such as voter registration, get-out-the-vote efforts and advertisements. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit... Continue reading