January 31, 2014
Federal District Judge Emmett Sullivan signed and approved a settlement between CIR client DynaLantic Corp. and the defendants, the Department of Defense, the Navy, and the Small Business Administration (SBA), ending a 19-year battle. Under the terms of the settlement, defendants agreed to not to award any prime contracts in
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January 29, 2014
A three-judge panel of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals heard oral argument on January 29, 2014 in CIR’s appeal of its motion to quash a subpoena issued by prominent attorney Susan Burke to the Wikimedia Foundation. At issue is the question whether anonymous internet speech is protected by
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Judges in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals grappled today with the question of when a lawyer involved in high-profile litigation crosses the line to becoming a “public figure” herself.
Washington lawyer Susan Burke of Katz, Marshall & Banks sued anonymous Wikipedia editors she believed were responsible for
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