PAGE BREAK --- POLICY & REGULATION DC Circ. Asks Why Gov't Legal Opinions Are FOIA-Exempt The U.S. Justice Department faced pointed questions from D.C. Circuit judges Tuesday about its rationale for keeping legal advice to federal agencies from public view. Read full article » SECURITIES Fla. Broker To S

ral judge Monday of hijacking his criminal prosecution by refusing to immediately grant the government's request to end his case and urged the full D.C. Circuit to allow a recent ruling ordering his case's dismissal to stand without a review. Read full article » Avenatti Is Out Of Money For Legal Fees, Law

ice providers. Read full article » DC Circ. Asks Why Gov't Legal Opinions Are FOIA-Exempt The U.S. Justice Department faced pointed questions from D.C. Circuit judges Tuesday about its rationale for keeping legal advice to federal agencies from public view. Read full article * Hilton Sued Over Secret Film

unfair that the courts should intervene. Read full article » POLICY & REGULATION DC Circ. Questions Trump Fight To Defy Financial Subpoenas Two D.C. Circuit judges seemed highly skeptical of President Donald Trump's arguments Friday that his personal financial and hotel business records are off limits t

sion Monday morning to hear a handful of cases being closely followed by environmental and employment lawyers after sexual assault claims derailed D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh's hopes for a speedy confirmation. Read full article » FBI Investigating Kavanaugh Allegations After Panel Vote The FBI over

sted the government in taking down his cohorts. Read full article » DC Circ. Judges Criticize Advisory Firm's Ties To Fund Broker Two members of a D.C. Circuit panel on Wednesday derided a Houston- based investment advisory firm that recommended investments without fully disclosing it was being paid by the

ng presence inside the halls at 1 St. Andrew's Plaza. Williams, who would be the first Black person to head the office, is a former law clerk for D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick B. Garland, Biden's nominee for attorney general who is slated for a Feb. 22 confirmation hearing in the Senate. The Garland clerk

ng presence inside the halls at 1 St. Andrew's Plaza. Williams, who would be the first Black person to head the office, is a former law clerk for D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick B. Garland, Biden's nominee for attorney general who is slated for a Feb. 22 confirmation hearing in the Senate. The Garland clerk

udge has ruled. Read full article » FERC Won't Reconsider NY Pipeline Authority Ruling The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relied on a recent D.C. Circuit decision Tuesday when it upheld its conclusion that New York state environmental regulators waived their authority to deny a Clean Water Act permi

Garland Succeeded By Srinivasan As DC Circ. Chief Judge Merrick Garland was replaced by Sri Srinivasan on Wednesday as chief judge of the powerful D.C. Circuit after completing a seven-year term marked by widely praised transparency initiatives, a crippling government shutdown and, of course, an unsuccessf

e company said Thursday. Read full article » Female Lawyers Group Slams 'Patronizing' Kavanaugh The National Association of Women Lawyers has rated D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh "not qualified" for the U.S. Supreme Court over his record on women's rights issues such as abortion, calling one of his rece

ng presence inside the halls at 1 St. Andrew's Plaza. Williams, who would be the first Black person to head the office, is a former law clerk for D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick B. Garland, Biden's nominee for attorney general who is slated for a Feb. 22 confirmation hearing in the Senate. The Garland clerk

ncor- rect.' ") (internal citations omitted). The Court bears in mind that it is bound by Sec- ond Circuit precedent while Judge Robertson applied D.C. Circuit law. Morowitz v. Brown, 991 F.2d 36, 40-41 (2d Cir.I993) (explaining transferee court is to apply its interpretation of federal law, not that of t