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26 States File Brief to Get Health Care Overhaul Struck Down

26 States File Brief to Get Health Care Overhaul Struck Down

On Wednesday, May 4, 26 states filed a motion with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is located in Atlanta, in order to try and uphold US District Judge…

Small Firms to Pay Higher Payroll Tax?

Small Firms to Pay Higher Payroll Tax?

Under a new proposal making its way through the House, small law firms could find themselves paying higher payroll taxes.  Targeted by the legislation is the so-called “John Edwards” loophole,…

Federal Courts Seek to Hire 13 Bankruptcy Judges

Federal Courts Seek to Hire 13 Bankruptcy Judges

The Judicial Conference, the policymaking arm of the US Federal Courts, is urging Congress to fill 13 new permanent bankruptcy judgeships in 10 judicial districts; convert 22 existing temporary judgeships…

CJA Attorneys Get Pay Raise

CJA Attorneys Get Pay Raise

Attorneys working assignments under the federal will see their fees bumped up from $100 to $110 per hour, with funds recently appropriated by Congress. The CJA was enacted in 1964…

UC Law Students Benefit from DC Interships

UC Law Students Benefit from DC Interships

Two top California law schools have created a DC internship program to expose law students to the intricacies of law- and policy-making. The for-credit UCDC Law Program brings students to…

Former Congressman Joins K & L Gates in DC

Former Congressman Joins K & L Gates in DC

One month after retiring from a 20-year stint in Congress, former Representative James Walsh has begun work as a government affairs counselor for the DC office of K&L Gates. Walsh…

Congressional Staffer Sopko Joins Akin Gump

Congressional Staffer Sopko Joins Akin Gump

Congressional staffer and counter-terrorism expert John Sopko has left the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he was chief counsel for oversight & investigations since 2007, to join Akin Gump…

Blago’s Lawyer to Challenge “Illegal” Wiretaps

Blago’s Lawyer to Challenge “Illegal” Wiretaps

Indicted Governor Rod Blagojevich’s attorney will challenge the lawfulness of the court-ordered wiretaps offered as evidence in federal corruption allegations against the Illinois Democrat. Chicago attorney Ed Genson criticized FBI…