The District of Columbia has lost a recent attempt to end several decades-old class actions filed over the city’s failure to provide basic social services to residents. The D.C. Circuit found that city attorneys jumped the gun in appealing a trial judge’s denial of one half of a motion to end the case at issue.

Two sets of plaintiffs in the District of Columbia and Maryland have filed complaints in federal court against Google, accusing the company of unlawfully tracking users’ activity through the Safari Web browser.

Magistrate Judge John Facciola of the U.S.

A Maryland woman suing Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson pro se for legal malpractice survived a motion to dismiss today, although the District of Columbia Superior Court judge made it clear that he was doubtful of the case’s merits and that he’d like both sides to attempt to resolve the case.

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.