The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ruled that a Washington-based software industry trade group can keep the identity of an anonymous informant secret, denying enforcement of a subpoena by a company that claimed the John Doe defamed them.

After a lengthy court fight with the District of Columbia, attorneys led by Alan Gura of Gura & Possessky were awarded just over $1.1 million for winning D.C.

An organization that sprouted in 1968 to defend Vietnam War protesters who had taken over Columbia University is offering free initial legal representation — regardless of financial need — to the hundreds of activists netted in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has approved a public censure for former Saul Ewing and Venable partner Sheryl Robinson Wood after she admitted to “intimate contact” with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick while serving as a court-appointed monitor of the city’s police department.

A group of mentally disabled women was given the green light on Friday to file new claims of constitutional violations against the District of Columbia over abortions and other medical procedures performed on the women without the consent of legal representatives or a court order.