On February 13, 2012, two amendments to the Superior Court Rules of Procedure for the Landlord and Tenant Branch (“Landlord and Tenant Rules” or “SCR-LT”) became effective. The amendments govern all newly commenced landlord and tenant proceedings and, to the extent just and practicable, all pending landlord and tenant proceedings as well. The first amendment amends
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On February 2, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia decided 3m Co. v. Boulter, No. 11-CV-1527, Slip Op. (D.D.C. Feb. 2, 2012). The District Court’s opinion considered, inter alia, whether the District of Columbia’s recently enacted Anti-SLAPP Act applies to a federal court sitting in diversity jurisdiction, an issue of first impression.
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On January 26, 2012, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals decided Companhia Brasileira Carbureto de Calcio v. Applied Industrial Materials Corp., No. 11-SP-500, Slip Op. (D.C. Jan. 26, 2012). In that case, the Court of Appeals considered the following question on certification by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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