Election and Political Law

  • National Law Journal

    About That Furniture CIA Lawyer Courtney Elwood Retained From Kellogg Hansen

    By Marcia Coyle | July 12, 2017

    Financial disclosure reports can be fairly routine. A lawyer leaving a firm reveals annual compensation, a list of clients who received legal services, and maybe some investments. But that wasn't all Courtney Elwood, now general counsel to the CIA, put in her report recently. She noted something else: office furniture that she planned to retain from her former firm Kellogg Hansen.

  • National Law Journal

    High-Profile Team Sues Trump Campaign, Alleging Role in DNC Hack

    By Cogan Schneier | July 12, 2017

    A group of prominent lawyers is behind a new lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of Democratic donors against President Donald Trump and Roger Stone, who has advised Trump in an informal capacity.

  • National Law Journal

    Mayer Brown Partners to Congress: Don't Play 'Kiddie Soccer' on Russia Investigation

    By Cogan Schneier | July 12, 2017

    In a rare glimpse of what it might be like to be their clients, Mayer Brown partners Richard Ben-Veniste and Andrew Frey offered some words of wisdom for lawmakers Tuesday on their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

  • National Law Journal

    What the Election-Law Camp Is Saying About Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails

    By Marcia Coyle | July 12, 2017

    Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Donald Trump Jr., said the disclosure of his client's emails about Russia's work to share dirt on Hillary Clinton was "much ado about nothing." Comments from veteran election law attorneys, however, suggest otherwise—or at least raise more questions for Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's team. What follows is a snapshot of some of what lawyers are telling us and saying around the web about the legal significance of the newly disclosed emails.

  • National Law Journal

    Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, Trump Pick for NLRB, Discloses Clients, Compensation

    By Erin Mulvaney | July 10, 2017

    Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, identified 49 former clients in a financial disclosure and said he would recuse himself, for up to a year, if any of the companies appear before the agency. Emanuel and fellow NLRB nominee Marvin Kaplan are set for confirmation hearings Thursday.

  • National Law Journal

    Trump's FBI Pick Christopher Wray Earned $9.2M Partnership Share at King & Spalding

    By Katelyn Polantz and Mike Scarcella | July 10, 2017

    Christopher Wray, the King & Spalding white-collar partner who was nominated to replace fired FBI director James Comey, reported earning $9.2 million in his partnership share from 2016 and so far this year, according to financial documents made available Monday. Wray, a King & Spalding partner for nearly 12 years in the firm's Washington and Atlanta offices, also revealed numerous big-name clients in the required disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Wray is set to appear Wednesday for his confirmation hearing.

  • National Law Journal

    Is the CEO Pay Disclosure Rule Still Alive? And: SEC Takes On 'Fake News'

    By C. Ryan Barber | July 7, 2017

    CEOs are getting antsy about complying with an SEC rule that would expose compensation divides at companies. The SEC recently took on a "fake news" scheme. Federal trade regulators this week adopted an indemnity policy to protect its employees who get sued. And the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's taking heat from an unlikely source: the National Credit Union Administration. This is a roundup of regulatory and compliance news from ALM and around the web.

  • National Law Journal

    How Walter Shaub, Trump Antagonist Over Ethics, Wants to be Remembered

    By C. Ryan Barber | July 6, 2017

    The federal government's chief ethics watchdog resigned Thursday after clashing for months with President Donald Trump over his refusal to divest business interests and confronting the administration's initial resistance to publicly disclose waivers that allowed staff to interact with their former private employers.

  • National Law Journal

    Did Trump's Voting Commission Break Privacy Laws? We'll Find Out Soon

    By Cogan Schneier | July 5, 2017

    A federal judge may decide by Friday whether to block President Donald Trump's newly created voting commission from asking states to hand over voters' personal data.

  • National Law Journal

    Janet Dhillon, Ex-Big Law Turned Longtime GC, Lands Trump Nod for EEOC

    By Erin Mulvaney and Mike Scarcella | June 29, 2017

    Janet Dhillon, a veteran corporate in-house lawyer who led the legal departments at US Airways and JCPenney and now oversees Burlington Stores Inc.'s team, was picked Wednesday for a seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In a recent talk, Dhillon, who got her start at Skadden Arps, gave advice to law firms that want to do business with her company. Here are the highlights.

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