By Jenna Greene | April 17, 2017
Here's a travel ban case with a twist: live witnesses in court. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. will allow testimony from witnesses including a Sheppard Mullin partner. The move seems distinctly advantageous to the plaintiffs, represented by an army of lawyers from Arnold & Porter.
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By Cheryl Miller | April 17, 2017
California's approval of recreational marijuana in November launched a process that requires the state to have regulations on the books by Jan. 1, 2018. The sprint to develop new rules starts in earnest in the Legislature this week, where committees are scheduled to take up for the first time many of the nearly 40 related bills introduced this year.
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By C. Ryan Barber | April 17, 2017
For the second time this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has accused a law firm of using overly aggressive debt collection tactics.
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By Katelyn Polantz | April 14, 2017
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By COGAN SCHNEIER | April 14, 2017
The decision to have a live broadcast would mark the first time the appeals court has done so. Audio recordings of hearings are generally available the following day.
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By Jason Grant | April 14, 2017
Jacquelyn Kasulis, the lead prosecutor of Martin Shkreli, has a history of prosecuting white-collar crime.
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By Sue Reisinger | April 14, 2017
Although the U.S. Justice Department's FCPA pilot program has publicly declined prosecution in five cases based on similar criteria, the outcomes were varied. Here at a glance are the results of the five cases resolved under the program so far.
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By Sue Reisinger | April 14, 2017
Weighing the risks of self-reporting a bribery violation, or hiding it, has always been a thorny issue for companies. That's the dilemma at the heart of the U.S. Justice Department's pilot program for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Justice Department is mulling whether to continue the pilot program or to modify it. Most lawyers who have participated in the program said it should be continued, but with more clarity for companies.
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By C. Ryan Barber | April 13, 2017
The question hanging over the CFPB's arbitration rule—a proposal that drew tens of thousands of comments from consumer and business advocates—is less now about the finer points of the final rule than about whether the regulations will ever see the light of day at all. For the agency, the threat of a congressional override is not abstract. Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate proposed bills to tear up the CFPB's prepaid card rule.
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By C. Ryan Barber | April 13, 2017
In 2014, as general counsel to the U.S. Transportation Department, Katie Thomson shared a piece of advice she often gives to young lawyers: "What you do in your life is important but who you work with is equally important." Less than a year after leaving the Obama administration to join Morrison & Foerster, where she was chairwoman of the firm's transportation group, Thomson is now moving on to a newly created position at Amazon.com Inc.
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