The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
"Law and lobbying in the nation's capital." While the BLT's law firm news for the most part stays inside the Beltway, its concise and timely original reporting on all three branches of the federal government gives it national appeal.
Author: The BLT is a regularly updated legal news blog written primarily by Legal Times reporters and editors, including Tony Mauro, the U.S. Supreme Court correspondent; editor-in-chief Tony Brown; executive editor Tom Schoenberg; federal courts reporter Joe Palazzolo; legal business reporters Brian Katkin and Marisa McQuilken; courts reporter Mike Scarcella; Capitol Hill reporter David Ingram; associate opinion editor Robert Rogers; editorial assistant Jeff Jeffrey, and others.
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Recent Posts from The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Norton Introduces Bill to Elect D.C. Prosecutor
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has yet again introduced legislation to create an elected prosecutor in the District of Columbia. The bill, HR 4009, would create a local district attorney capable of conducting criminal prosecutions…
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In Robert Wone Case, Defense Lawyers Lodge Attack on Indictment
The defense lawyers in the Robert Wone case are urging a D.C. Superior Court judge to dismiss obstruction and conspiracy charges, saying the government's evidence doesn’t support the allegations. Victor Zaborsky, Dylan Ward and former…
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Deputy White House Counsel to Leave for Anti-Poverty Job
Cassandra Butts is leaving her job as a deputy in the White House Counsel's Office to become a senior adviser to a federal agency fighting global poverty. It's among the most high-level departures this year…
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State Department Official Worked on Behalf of Pakistan Immediately Before Taking Job
Newly filed lobbying disclosure documents show that Robin Raphel, the State Department's nonmilitary aid coordinator for Pakistan, attended meetings to help Pakistan craft lobbying strategy less than a week before her government appointment was publicly…
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JNC Releases List of Judgeship Applicants
The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission has released the names of the 28 contenders applying to take the place of retiring Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Alprin. The list includes two lawyers whose names were…
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DOJ Pushes 'Comprehensive Approach' to Discovery Reform
Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia says he's "radicalized" when it comes to prosecution disclosure obligations. He is a proponent of a federal rule that clearly spells out…
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Senate Confirms Two DOJ Nominees
The Senate late Thursday signed off on two pending nominees for top positions in the U.S. Justice Department. Ignacia Moreno, a former environmental counsel at General Electric, was confirmed 93-0 as assistant attorney general for…
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The Morning Wrap
Jobless: The U.S. unemployment rate reached 10.2% last month, topping the 10% mark for the first time in 26 years. See Market Watch for more of the numbers breakdown. Fort Hood: An Army doctor is…
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Baker Hostetler Names New DC Managing Partner
Jeffrey Paravano is the new managing partner of Baker Hostetler's Washington office, the firm said Thursday. Paravano, 43, who previously headed the firm's tax group, will continue to practice while managing partner of the office,…
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Note to Justices: Specter Saw You on TV
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) has been a longtime advocate of televising sessions of the U.S. Supreme Court, a quest that has repeatedly fallen on deaf ears across First Street NE. But Specter noted today that…