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Bookmark or Share- Former Section Chief Sues D.C. Attorney General's OfficeNancy Johnson was fired in January, according to the complaint she filed on July 26 in District of Columbia Superior Court. Johnson was section chief of the legal services section of the child support services division from Nov. 2005 through Sept. 2011. According to the complaint, Johnson supervised attorneys and non-attorney employees.
- Father of Chief Justice Dies - The BLT: The Blog of Legal TimesJohn Roberts Sr., the father of the chief justice, died on Tuesday after a long illness, the Supreme Court announced on Tuesday. But in the manner of local newspapers everywhere, the headline on the Johnstown (Pa.) Tribune-Democrat story on his death today focused on how he was known in his community: "Former Bethlehem Steel Manager Dies."
- Romanette, Revisited - The BLT: The Blog of Legal TimesFootnote: In researching this important blog post, we came across another use of the word: Kirkland & Ellis' legal trivia team is called "The Romanettes," and it won second place in a match recently, according to this blog. We contacted K&E appellate head Christopher Landau, who acknowledged the team name was inspired by the November Supreme ...
- Court Strikes 1892 Case Law on Contracts with Mentally IllJulie Becker of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, who was part of an amicus brief in favor of replacing Sullivan, said the new interpretation would offer more protection to incapacitated persons.
- June 06, 2013 - The BLT: The Blog of Legal TimesThe D.C. Council made it legal in the early 1990s to carry pepper spray for self-defense. In the underlying case, the defendant challenged her conviction of attempted possession of a prohibited weapon, arguing pepper spray shouldn't fall into the category of "other" unspecified dangerous weapons covered by the statute.
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