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The article reports the decision of Washington D.C. court to implore the U.S. treasury to redesign the dollar bills in order to help blind people to distinguish different bills. It explains that the government lawyers admitted that U.S. money do not have different sizes or raised markings unlike bills from other countries. The article also mentions that this ruling will stop the discrimination felt by blind people on the dollar bills.

Reports on a complaint filed in the United States District Court concerning racial discrimination in the Library of Congress (LC). Charges brought by Congressional Research Service employee William Ellis; Claims made against the LC; Impact of the case on discussion in the LC over purchasing the papers of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

The article focuses on the effort of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to cut legal paperwork. In the legal challenge filed against a set of clean air regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the court faces a more manageable task than many simpler cases they have considered because of a civil appeals management plan that the court is testing on multiparty cases. Information on how the court's chief staff counsel, Michael Davidson, implements the plan is offered.

Reports that the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) is consulting with attorneys regarding the purchase by the Library of Congress of an archive of microfilmed CPUSA documents from a Russian archive. Questions regarding the legality and ethics of the acquisitions; Comments by Sam Webb, chair of CPUSA.

Looks at how a lawsuit against the University of Michigan could end racial preferences in college admissions. How documents, which are in the possession of philosophy professor Carl Cohen are at the heart of the lawsuit; The documents as indicating the criteria for minority applicants; The representation of white students by Center for Individual Rights, who were turned down by the university, who, it contends would have been admitted under the standards applied to minority applicants.

This article reports that the U.S. appeals court has announced that it will hear oral arguments on April 15, 2005, in a case in which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is challenging a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would require mutual funds to have independent chairmen. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order dated November 29, 2004 setting the date for oral arguments and stating that those arguments will be made before Judges Douglas H. Ginsburg, Judith W. Rogers, and David S. Tatel.

Recounts the speech by Anita Hill at the Georgetown University Law Center conference, `Race, Gender and Power in America,' marking the anniversary of the Hill-Thomas hearings. Her central argument was that much of the public failed to believe her accusations against Thomas because she was an outsider, an unmarried woman with no protector/patron among the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Hill could become a major voice on harassment issues, her speech was not a good sign.

The article offers information on the lawyers hired by former U.S. presidential adviser John Ehrlichman to represent him. John J. Wilson was hired by Ehrlichman to represent him in the Watergate trial in Washington, D.C. Joseph A. Ball represented Ehrlichman in his trial related to perjury and complicity in the office break-in of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist in Los Angeles, California. It mentions that Ehrlichman chose the best lawyers in the country as Wilson and Ball are known to be experts. When asked about the case facing Ehrlichman, Ball explains that his client is innocent. Wilson, on the other hand, lectured Senate Watergate investigators during the hearing.

Reports that Washington D.C. art scholar and biographer Charles Merrill Mount was found guilty of transporting historic documents stolen from the U.S. Library of Congress and the National Archives. Mount's attempt to sell papers signed by former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to Goodspeed's, a bookstore in Boston, Massachusetts; Prison term faced by Mount.

The article reports on a broadside lawsuit filed by the State National Bank of Big Spring in Texas against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Dodd-Frank Act. The lawsuit was filed by the bank, together with non-profit co-plaintiffs, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. According to the lawsuit, the creation of the CFPB by the by the Dodd-Frank and the Financial Stability Oversight Council violates the separation of powers stated in the U.S. Constitution.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by drugmaker Allergan Inc. in Washington D.C. on October 1, 2009 against the U.S. Food and Drug Authority (FDA). It notes that Allergan sues FDA due to the latter's decision to ban on off-label marketing of Botox. The lawsuit argues that FDA violates the company's rights for free speech. It also mentions that under the federal law, drug companies cannot market their products off label for the therapeutic purposes that have not been approved by the FDA.

The article discusses a court case wherein the Register-Guard newspaper disciplined an employee for sending union-related e-mails. It notes the company policy that prohibits the use of communication systems for non-job-related solicitations. It mentions the decision of the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit that the discipline was discrimination as opposed to the ruling of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). It cites that the policy does not prohibit non-job related communications.

The article presents the court case Allworth v. Howard University wherein teacher Ann Allworth sued Howard University in Washington, D.C. for breach of contract after her application for tenure was denied by the university. The U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit held that the plaintiff failed to present evidence for the arbitrary and capricious action of the university and ruled in favor of Howard University. A test for the reader to evaluate the decision of the trial court on the case is presented.

Reports that the district government has agreed to pay in and out-of-court settlement to the Related Cos. in New York. Claims of the company against Washington D.C.; Investigation of the lawsuit.

Reports on the decision of judge Henry Kennedy Jr. to deny the motion of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the pediatric testing rule suit filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in Washington D.C. Complaints of CEI against FDA; Legality of the complaints of CEI.

Presents news briefs related to the construction industry, for the week of May 14, 2001. Judicial decision involving a lawsuit on a design-build work project; Creation of a public agency in California to speed up powerplant construction; Construction of a wastewater reclamation plant in Kuwait; Infrastructure upgrades in Budapest; Controversy on the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.; Merger of companies.

Presents developments related to municipal bonds in the Northeastern States as of October 16, 2000. Suit filed by American Tower Inc. against the District of Columbia government; Upgrades received by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority; Endorsement for the transportation bond act of New York.