The Supreme Court has recently unanimously ruled that isolated and naturally occurring human genes cannot be patented.

Tomorrow, October 17th, marks the deadline to extend the $16.7 trillion "ceiling" on additional borrowing by the United States government.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says Pentagon and administration lawyers are looking for ways to expand the number of Defense Department civilians who are exempt from furloughs, amid worries that the government shutdown is damaging U.S. credibility among its international allies.

A mechanism for providing funding or other changes for a program that would otherwise not receive funding or continue in its current form under a continuing resolution.

On Friday, September 27, 2013, the Senate passed a short-term continuing resolution that would keep the government operating through November 15, 2013.

Thursday, December 12, 2013, promises to be a busy day for physician groups and other stakeholders interested in Congressional action to repeal and replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system.

Yesterday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) met and subsequently announced that they were working toward a deal.

The monthly jobs report for September, due out last Friday, has been delayed due the shutdown.

Yesterday evening, the President of the United States delivered his yearly State of The Union address to both chambers of the 113th Congress.

The long ELNY saga continues, at least for the time being, with two recent developments.

The U.S. Court of Appeals handed down an opinion that may have a significant impact on future countervailing duty investigations conducted by the DOC.

President Obama issued an Executive Order authorizing sanctions against certain persons found responsible for the recent violence in South Sudan.

Today, March 6, 2014, President Obama signed a new Executive Order in response to the threats Ukraine is facing to its peace and stability.

We previously discussed the growing trend of moving for TCPA class certification at the outset of litigation in order to prevent a defendant from trying to moot a named plaintiff’s claims by making a Rule 68 offer of judgment.

Philadelphia partner Kate Deal wrote a brief for the Keep a Breast Foundation which played an important role in the Third Circuit’s en banc decision, upholding the First Amendment rights of junior high schoolers to raise breast cancer awareness by wearing "I ♥ boobies (KEEP A BREAST)" bracelets to school.

Senator Jay Rockefeller has introduced legislation in Congress to authorize research on the impact of violent video games and programming on children.

As we previously reported, Plaintiff David Emanuel recently took an appeal from the Central District of California’s dismissal of a class action asserting that the Los Angeles Lakers violated the TCPA by sending text messages without the recipients’ consent.

Senate and House negotiators reached an agreement yesterday, December 10, 2013, on top line numbers for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and FY 2015 spending and partial replacement of the sequester cuts.

The IRS has recently pushed back FATCA effective dates due to further delays in the process of finalizing FATCA materials.

The Indian Tribal Governments practice published its latest edition of the Tribal Business Journal recently, dedicating the edition to federal tax issues.