Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 16. The US Senate opens its session at 9 AM ET today, when it will consider S. Con. Res. 18 , the FY 2006 budget resolution. Watch a live webcast of the session. In committees, the Senate Foreign [...]

2004 Judicial Business of the United States Courts, Administrative Office of the US Courts, March 15, 2005 . Read the full text of the report as posted here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Cabello, et al. v. Fernandez-Larios, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, per curiam opinion, March 14, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Circuit Judge Melloy, March 14, 2005 . Excerpt: Wal-Mart did not put forth any evidence of special circumstances akin to those present in Fabri-Tek that would justify the prohibition of Shieldnight's t-shirt. Although Shieldnight's shirt may have been [...]

The US Judicial Conference Tuesday recommended a complete review of judicial security inside and outside the courtroom after recent high-profile killings of a Georgia state judge and a federal district judge's family members . In its biannual meeting, the group headed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist adopted a a resolution emphasizing a grave concern with [...]

The insurgency in Iraq is increasingly made up of organized crime and hired criminals, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers said Tuesday after visiting the country. Myers acknowledged that Saddam Hussein loyalists and insurgents from other countries are still a threat, but more of those arrested by US and Iraqi forces are criminals. [...]

In Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board official website] has announced it has upheld a petition by railroad company CSX Co. that contends a Washington DC City Council prohibition on hazardous materials within two miles of the Capitol building should be ruled invalid . The Board's ruling has no [...]

The insurgency in Iraq increasingly is made up of organized crime and hired criminals, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers said Tuesday after visiting the country. Myers said that Saddam Hussein loyalists and insurgents from other countries are still a threat, but more of those arrested by US and Iraqi forces are criminals. [...]

Paul Clement is awaiting confirmation by the Senate after President Bush nominated him Friday as US Solicitor General, a position he has filled on an acting basis ever since predecessor Theodore Olson's departure for the private sector eight months ago. Clement has been with the US Solicitor General's Office since 2001, and served as deputy [...]

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has filed a lawsuit against former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio and six other former executives alleging they filed false financial statements that led to a massive financial fraud on investors. The scheme caused Qwest to fraudulently report about $3 billion of revenue and [...]