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Supreme Court Will Rule on Affordable Care Act

It’s official – today is the day the Supreme Court justices consider the widely debated challenge to the Obama administration's…

SEC Veteran John H. Walsh Joins Sutherland Asbill & Brennan

In recent days, the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced John H. Walsh, a veteran of the…

Senator Carl Levin Calls Goldman Sachs a “Financial Snake Pit”

The finger of blame for the 2008 market collapse is pointing squarely in Goldman Sachs direction. Banks earned billions by…

IRS Pays Out First Award Under New Provisions of Whistleblower Program

In recent days, the IRS paid an accountant a $4.5 million award – the first under the new provisions of…

Global Law Firm K&L Gates Adds Retired U.S. Congressman Bart Gordon to D.C. Office

Retired U.S. Congressman Bart Gordon has joined K&L Gates LLP as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. based…

House Votes to Cut Funding for NPR

Congress voted today to cut funding for National Public Radio in a mostly party line vote.  House Republicans said the…

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone!  Today is Wednesday, March 2, and this is a quick look back at this week's news... The…

Congress Agrees on Stopgap Budget Measure

Without an agreement on spending, the Federal Government would shut down on Thursday.  It appears that this will be avoided…

Democrats Introduce Supreme Court Ethics Bill

Under current law, the Supreme Court is exempt from certain ethics rules that govern judges on lower courts, including rules…

Bracewell & Giuliani’s Shocking Client

Bracewell & Giuliani, an international law firm that bears the name of former New York Mayor and Republican presidential candidate…

Morning Roundup

Good morning!  Today is Wednesday, February 23, and here's a quick look back at yesterday's news... Zuckerman Spaeder absorbed a…

House Votes to End Payments for ‘Equal Access to Justice’

Under a 1980 law designed to ensure equal access to justice, individuals and businesses or other organizations that successfully sue…