The Federal Lawyer (2013)

To understand the realities of the unique challenges facing litigation with the SEC (and other governmental agencies), this article will discuss the unusually difficult task of getting a witness to testify on behalf of the SEC, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6).

Hon. Patti B. Saris
Chief U.S. District Judge
District of Massachusetts

Hon. Theodore R. Essex
Administrative Law Judge
U.S. International Trade Commission

Hon. Carl E. Stewart
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpí • Incoming FBA President
Andres Lopez • Chapter President-Elect
Manuel Pietrantoni • Immediate Past Chapter President
Carlos Valldejuly • 2013 Convention Committee Member

Given recent technological, environmental, and economic changes and stresses, the legal community is forced to re-evaluate its method of educating future lawyers and the norms of the practice of law.

Business with the federal government is not business as usual. The federal government contract disputes process begins with the filing of a “claim;” however, contract claims against the government are more than letters of disagreement because claims serve as both the basis for resolution and litigation. This article focuses on the technical aspects of a contractor claim against the government.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court issued two opinions regarding police officers’ use of drug detection dogs. In doing so, the Court not only weighed individual privacy rights against the government’s interest in law enforcement, it also revisited the analytical approaches underpinning its still-evolving Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.

To maintain a physician’s ability to practice medicine and provider status with public and commercial insurance networks after criminal charges, attorneys should develop a thorough plan for addressing the anticipated concerns of numerous entities. One should anticipate disciplinary “piling on” by other healthcare entities and insurers.

In many areas of federal Indian law, practitioners must understand substantive principles coupled with the unique relationship between tribal nations and the United States at the federal and state level of government.

The passage of The Criminal Justice Act of 1964, after 30 years of struggle, was hailed as a watershed moment in the history of federal criminal justice.

An overview of the current issue on Bankruptcy Law and a report of the work of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Federal Bar Association by the Honorable Alan Trust.