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  • Documents: Feds Hit Wells Fargo for $1B Penalty for Consumer Abuses

    Mike Scarcella |April 20, 2018

    The $1 billion penalty imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the largest in the agency's history.

  • Trump Turns to Florida Lawyers; Speaker Shuffle; Martin on the Move

    Ryan Lovelace |April 20, 2018

    Washington Wrap is a weekly look at the biggest legal industry news and Big Law moves shaping the legal business in Washington, D.C.

  • Riley Safer's New Managing Partner Could Be a First for Law Firm Diversity

    Meghan Tribe |April 19, 2018

    Schiff Hardin spinoff Riley, Safer, Holmes & Cancila has appointed co-founding partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its new managing partner, making her potentially the first female black leader of a national law firm.

  • News

    Exxon Mobil Appeals Dismissal of Bid to Derail State AGs' Climate Change Actions

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    The energy company, facing probes into whether it deceived shareholders and the public over climate change, saw its suit against the attorneys general tossed in late March.

  • News

    Tex McIver Jury Calls it a Week—Without a Verdict

    R. Robin McDonald | April 20, 2018

    Jurors deliberating the fate of former Fisher & Phillips partner Tex McIver said they were going home at 4 p.m., apparently changed their minds, then changed them back. At 4:10 p.m., the jury said, buh-bye.

  • News

    Law Grad Employment Rate Improves Thanks to Smaller Class

    Karen Sloan | April 20, 2018

    The class of 2017 posted gains in jobs requiring a law degree, but the number of jobs in which a law degree offers an advantage declined significantly.

  • News

    DNC Files Civil Suit Against Trump, Russia Over Election Hacking

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    The suit, drawing on the volume of reporting over the issue, seeks to subject Trump campaign officials, as well as Russia, to the civil discovery process.

  • Analysis

    Higher Law: Your 4/20 Update on Cannabis as a Practice

    Cheryl Miller | April 20, 2018

    What do President Trump's statements on marijuana might mean for state-legalization efforts? Plus, California is trying—again—to find a banking solution for cannabis businesses and a marijuana law boutique expands to meet demand.

  • News

    Transgender Professor, Denied Reinstatement After Jury Win, Plans to Appeal

    Erin Mulvaney | April 19, 2018

    “We think the court was wrong,” Ezra Young said. “This was a situation where Dr. Tudor had a rare job, a tenure-track job, where you don’t lose it no matter what. They tried to strip her of that and a jury agreed.”

  • News

    Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team, Takes Leave from Greenberg Traurig

    Christine Simmons | April 19, 2018

    The former New York mayor will serve as a personal lawyer for the president.

  • News

    Alexander Hamilton Gets Honorary Degree From Albany Law School

    Karen Sloan | April 19, 2018

    The Founding Father never attended a formal law school, but Albany Law School plans to give him an honorary degree next month to recognize his influence in the city and his contributions to the country.

  • News

    A Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower’s Challenge to Social Media Collection

    Ian Lopez | April 19, 2018

    A veteran of data collection for political campaigns and social media, Brittany Kaiser says technologies like smart contracts can help build a framework for personal data as personal property.

  • News

    Mueller's Appellate Specialists Make Debut, Defending Manafort Charges in Trial Court

    C. Ryan Barber | April 19, 2018

    Michael Dreeben and Elizabeth Prelogar, both from the U.S. Solicitor General's Office, teamed up with Adam Jed, another Justice Department appellate specialist, to defend the criminal charges against Paul Manafort at a hearing Thursday in Washington's federal trial court.

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  • News

    Stris & Maher, the LA Boutique, Claims 'Total Victory' in Settlement About Alleged Trump Affair

    Marcia Coyle | April 19, 2018

    Peter Stris, who has argued seven U.S. Supreme Court cases, called ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal's settlement "probably the most rewarding result I ever got in my career."

  • News

    The Supreme Court's 'Little Pink House' Case Hits the Silver Screen

    Tony Mauro | April 19, 2018

    The film recounts the 2005 eminent domain case "Kelo v. New London."

  • News

    February Bar Exam Performance Hits Record Low

    Karen Sloan | April 19, 2018

    A decline in the average MBE score from the February 2018 bar exam does not bode well for pass rates, which are beginning to trickle out.

  • News

    SEC OKs Best-Interest Proposal for Brokers

    Melanie Waddell| April 19, 2018

    The proposal will go out for a 90-day comment period; Commissioner Kara Stein dissented.

  • News

    Reed Smith Snags Steptoe & Johnson Trio for Pension Practice

    Xiumei Dong | April 18, 2018

    Reed Smith has hired a three-lawyer group for its public pension fund and tax wealth planning practices.

  • News

    Southwest Airlines Passengers Looking to Lawyer Up After Emergency Landing

    Samantha Joseph | April 18, 2018

    Less than 24 hours after a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Philadelphia Tuesday, attorney Ladd Sanger had already fielded two calls from passengers.

  • News

    Atlanta Law Firm Presses Fee Fight in US Supreme Court Bankruptcy Case

    Marcia Coyle | April 18, 2018

    The law firm Lamar, Archer & Cofrin claims that a client’s fraudulent statement about a single asset does not allow his debt to the firm—more than $104,000 in legal fees—to be discharged in a bankruptcy.

  • News

    Navient Seeks Dismissal of Securities Suit Over Student Loan Reporting

    Tom McParland | April 18, 2018

    Navient Corp. is challenging assertions in a securities class action that top executives at the Wilmington-based Sallie Mae spin-off knew the firm was underreporting to investors the number of delinquent accounts in its student loan portfolio.

  • News

    Gibson Dunn's Ted Olson Puts New Squeeze on Consumer Bureau

    C. Ryan Barber | April 18, 2018

    A team from Gibson Dunn fought the CFPB in the D.C. Circuit—and now they're in the Fifth Circuit challenging the agency's single-director design. Will one of these cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court?

  • News

    Judge Rejects Class Action Settlement Despite DOJ's 'About-Face'

    Amanda Bronstad | April 18, 2018

    A federal judge has rejected approval of a class action settlement that drew an unusual objection from the U.S. Justice Department, but one that it withdrew.

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  • News

    Federal Judiciary Updates Congress on Workplace Misconduct Review

    Mike Scarcella | April 18, 2018

    “What we’ve been hearing—and what’s supported by all the studies we’ve examined up to this point—employees need and want a less formalistic process," James Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, told members of Congress on Wednesday.

  • News

    Plaintiffs Bar Looks to Cash In on #MeToo

    Meghan Tribe | April 18, 2018

    In an effort to capture legal work emanating from the #MeToo movement, plaintiffs firms across the country are registering website domain names and funding television commercials in their quest for big paydays.

  • News

    How Lawyers Used CFIUS Review to Defeat Broadcom’s Takeover of Qualcomm

    MP McQueen | April 18, 2018

    The White House blocked Broadcom’s $117 billion bid to take over Qualcomm by issuing an executive order in March, citing national security concerns. Could it be the "poison pill" of the future?

  • News

    Proposed Student Loan Cap Could Devastate Law Schools

    Karen Sloan | April 18, 2018

    Experts worry that provisions within the pending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act will exacerbate legal education's diversity challenges and put a J.D. out of reach of low-income students.

  • News

    Trial Pro Billy Martin Jumps to Barnes & Thornburg

    Ryan Lovelace | April 18, 2018

    Less than three years after joining Miles & Stockbridge, Billy Martin is on the move again.

  • News

    One Challenge of Being a Career Government Official: Fall in Line or Quit?

    Erin Mulvaney | April 18, 2018

    “If you are in any organization, whether it's the government or a corporation or a law firm and you believe that what's going on around you is illegal, I think that changes your calculus," Wilmer's David Ogden says.

  • News

    DLA Piper Notches $45M Win in Maryland Landfill Fight

    Greg Land | April 18, 2018

    In a dispute going back nearly 30 years, the Harford County in Maryland was hit with a verdict of more than $45 million for its successful efforts to block construction of a rubble-fill project the county originally asked for.

  • News

    Fox News Backs Hannity, Who Says Cohen 'Never Represented' Him

    Colby Hamilton | April 17, 2018

    While the Fox News host downplayed his relationship to Cohen on Monday, the network stated Tuesday that Hannity continues to have its "full support."

  • News

    'Not Worried About Blowback': Lawyers for Sandy Hook Families Discuss Suit Against InfoWars' Alex Jones

    Robert Storace | April 17, 2018

    Two families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting sue InfoWars host Alex Jones for defamation.

  • News

    With DOJ Asking to Vacate Joe Arpaio's Contempt Record, Ninth Circuit to Appoint Special Prosecutor

    Ross Todd | April 17, 2018

    In dissent from the motion panel's order, Circuit Judge Richard Tallman wrote that Perkins Coie, which has represented amici pushing for a special prosecutor, should be precluded from getting the nod since the firm "represented President Trump’s former political rival, Hillary Clinton."

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  • News

    Justices Eye Congress, 'Massive' Lawsuit Potential in Online Sales Tax Case

    Marcia Coyle | April 17, 2018

    "I'm concerned about the many unanswered questions that overturning precedents will create," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said at one point during the argument Tuesday.

  • News

    Read the Documents: Sandy Hook Families Sue InfoWars' Alex Jones

    Robert Storace | April 17, 2018

    Two families that lost children in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have sued Infowars and two of its employees, claiming the media outlet defamed them.

  • News

    Conservative Law Prof Heckled by CUNY Protestors Warns of Troubling Trend

    Karen Sloan | April 17, 2018

    Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, says "there is a lot of silence from people who should be speaking out about this."

  • News

    NFL Sued by 9 Former Security Reps for Age Discrimination

    Colby Hamilton | April 17, 2018

    The plaintiffs allege issues arose after the NFL hired Cathy Lanier, the former Washington, D.C., chief of police, as its new security chief in 2016.

  • News

    Morris Manning Adds 8 Lawyers in DC Growth Spree

    Meredith Hobbs | April 17, 2018

    Managing partner Louise Wells said the Atlanta firm aims to double the size of its Washington office in the next five years.

  • News

    Supreme Court Ruling Ends Microsoft Email Privacy Case

    Tony Mauro | April 17, 2018

    “No live dispute remains between the parties over the issue with respect to which certiorari was granted,” the court stated in a three-page order.

  • News

    Sotomayor On the Bench After Breaking Her Shoulder at Home Monday

    Tony Mauro | April 17, 2018

    "Justice Sotomayor plans to continue with her schedule as usual,” a Supreme Court spokesperson said in a statement.

  • News

    Judge Certifies Class of Illinois Facebook Users in Privacy Suit Over Facial Recognition

    Ross Todd | April 16, 2018

    The lawsuit, set to go to trial in July, confronts the company with billions in potential damages.

  • News

    Supreme Court Eyes Relaxing Rule on Foreign Patent Damages

    Scott Graham | April 16, 2018

    Despite possibility of "chaos," presumption against extraterritorial application may give way to simple proximate cause test, justices suggest.

  • News

    Squire Hires Ex-Boehner Aide Who Helped Pass Trump Tax Reforms

    Ryan Lovelace | April 16, 2018

    David Stewart, who was House Speaker John Boehner's policy director before becoming staff director for the House Ways and Means Committee's GOP majority, is joining his old boss at Squire Patton Boggs later this month.

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  • News

    Yale Law's James Forman Jr., Former O'Connor Clerk, Wins Pulitzer

    Tony Mauro | April 16, 2018

    “Clerking exposed me to the dreary state of criminal defense representation in trial courts around the country," Forman said in a recent interview with The National Law Journal.

  • News

    An Exxon Mobil In-House Leader Looks Back: A Q&A With JoAnn Lee

    Rebekah Mintzer | April 16, 2018

    Lee, a veteran of the legal department at Exxon Mobil, has a lot to say about the law and the legal profession's persistent diversity problem.

  • News

    LSAT's Grip on Law Schools Loosens With ABA's Latest Move

    Karen Sloan | April 16, 2018

    An American Bar Association committee has recommended axing the accreditation standard mandating that schools use a standardized test in admissions.

  • News

    How the Supreme Court's Online Sales Tax Case Could Affect Law Firms

    Marcia Coyle | April 16, 2018

    "States are actively looking for opportunities to expand their sales taxes to cover a broad-base of services, including services performed in other states," tax attorney David Fruchtman, chair of the state and local taxation practice at New York's Rimon, writes in an amicus brief in the Wayfair case at the Supreme Court.

  • Analysis

    Questions Over Collection and Review Pile Up in Mueller Investigation

    Ian Lopez | April 16, 2018

    In the ongoing investigation involving evidence of varying data types from various sources, questions over evidence production and review loom.

  • News

    Newt Gingrich Leaves Dentons, Eyes Relationship With New Law Firm

    Ryan Lovelace | Meredith Hobbs | April 16, 2018

    Gingrich, who joined Dentons' public policy and regulatory group in 2015, said he has been in talks with "various other global law firms."

  • Analysis

    Does Cyberinsurance Cover Phishing Scams? Ask Your Local Federal Court

    Rhys Dipshan | April 16, 2018

    Federal courts are split on whether computer fraud provisions in cyberinsurance policies cover the actions of employees tricked into sending funds to cybercriminals.

  • News

    Video: Marcia Coyle Catches Up With Georgetown Law's Joshua Geltzer

    ALM Staff| April 15, 2018

    Marcia Coyle catches up with Joshua Geltzer, founding executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • News

    Gorsuch Hires Native American Law Clerk, Likely First in SCOTUS History

    Tony Mauro | April 14, 2018

    "Justice Gorsuch has already brought a diverse group of clerks to the court and I am honored to deepen that diversity," says Tobi Young, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and general counsel to the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

  • News

    DraftKings, FanDuel in Settlement Talks Over Consumer Class Actions

    Amanda Bronstad | April 13, 2018

    Lawyers have asked a federal judge to halt consumer class actions against sports betting sites DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. while they hash out a possible settlement.

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  • Investigation

    Prosecutors Say Cohen Under Investigation, Rebut Privilege Claims

    Christine Simmons | April 13, 2018

    Documents disclosed in the Southern District of New York show that Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, is the subject of a criminal inquiry into his personal business dealings. He also received a $500,000 "alliance fee" from Squire Patton Boggs.

  • News

    Law Firms Rarely Have Policies About Lawyers Recording Phone Calls

    Miriam Rozen | April 13, 2018

    The legality of recording phone calls without permission is one thing. The ethics of doing so is another.

  • News

    Michael Cohen's Attorneys Claim Thousands of Privileged Documents Scooped Up in Raid

    Colby Hamilton | April 13, 2018

    Counsel for President Trump said she'd only been brought on board Wednesday—two days after the White House, and the world, learned of the government's raid on Trump's attorney's offices.

  • News

    Rod Rosenstein Set to Make Supreme Court Argument Debut This Month

    Tony Mauro | April 13, 2018

    That is, if he is still deputy attorney general. Rosenstein, who argued in federal appeals court as U.S. attorney for Maryland, has been the target of White House criticism in recent days regarding his oversight of Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the Russia investigation.

  • DC Big Law Leaders Judge Zuckerberg; V&E Bulks Up Antitrust Bench

    Ryan Lovelace | April 13, 2018

    As the social media giant reaps the benefits from its success on Capitol Hill, other law firms are expanding inside the Beltway, while the D.C. Bar inaugurates its new home.

  • News

    Wells Fargo in Talks With Regulators Seeking $1B in Sanctions

    Sue Reisinger | April 13, 2018

    The troubled bank reported in its first quarter financial results that it may be taking another big hit from regulators.

  • News

    China Hacks on US Corporations Rising, With Law Firms, GCs Prime Targets

    Ian Lopez | April 13, 2018

    While China has been largely compliant with an agreement with the U.S. to not hack for intellectual property, new data indicates M&A info and contracts are viewed as fair game.

  • News

    AP Article on Another National Enquirer 'Catch & Kill' Trump Story Notes Role Played by Boies Schiller

    Scott Flaherty | April 12, 2018

    But the firm says it did not try to undermine The Associated Press story and its role was very different from its representation of Harvey Weinstein.

  • News

    Polster Sets Aggressive Discovery Schedule, Slating Opioid Trial for March 2019

    Amanda Bronstad | April 12, 2018

    With lawyers at an impasse over settling the national opioid litigation, a federal judge in Cleveland has set an aggressive discovery schedule that includes going to trial on March 18 of next year.

  • Ruling on Salary History Fuels Renewed Focus on Gender Pay Inequities

    Erin Mulvaney | April 12, 2018

    “Plaintiffs lawyers are taking notice,” a Seyfarth Shaw partner says. “Given the prominence of the #MeToo movement, this will certainly continue and increase risk for employers.”

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  • News

    Why Some Judicial Nominees Struggle When Asked About 'Brown v. Board of Education'

    Tony Mauro | April 12, 2018

    For some nominees, the concern is that by answering explicitly, they would be viewed as biased. For others, the decisions they are being asked to embrace are too controversial to touch.

  • Q&A

    Ex-Chadbourne Partner Kerrie Campbell Is Ready to Talk

    Vivia Chen | April 12, 2018

    With her pay discrimination suit behind her, the former Big Law partner has strong opinions about women in the legal profession and the #MeToo movement.

  • Analysis

    Facebook Collected Users' Text and Calls Logs. Will the FTC Act?

    Rhys Dipshan | April 12, 2018

    On Android mobile operating systems, Facebook could bundle its permissions requests, leaving users in the dark about exactly what data the mobile app was collecting.

  • News

    Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Celebrities, Including Jennifer Lawrence

    Robert Storace | April 12, 2018

    George Garofano pleaded guilty in federal court this week to a hacking scheme that targeted people, including numerous actresses, in Connecticut and California. He faces up to five years in prison.

  • News

    Inside the DC Circuit Tussle Over Consumer Watchdog's Rightful Leader

    C. Ryan Barber | April 12, 2018

    “Unless you can enjoin the president here,” Judge Thomas Griffith said at one point during oral argument, “I don’t see how she gets relief.” The bureau's deputy director, Leandra English, claims she is the proper acting head. The Trump White House installed Mick Mulvaney as interim after the departure of Richard Cordray in November.

  • News

    Deadline for The American Lawyer Awards Approaching

    Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 12, 2018

    Check out the categories in our American Lawyer Awards for which submissions are due week. Some exciting new opportunities for those in the industry to show how they are revolutionizing the way legal services are delivered.

  • News

    DOJ Policy Head Beth Williams Scolds 'Dogged Determination' to Enjoin Trump Administration

    Marcia Coyle | April 12, 2018

    "In President Trump’s first year in office, however, judges issued a whopping 20 nationwide injunctions—an eightfold increase," said Williams, a former Kirkland & Ellis partner who leads the DOJ's Office of Legal Policy.

  • News

    Legal Education in 'Perilous Moment' as Leaders Gather to Examine Its Future

    Karen Sloan | April 12, 2018

    Law schools have yet to embrace significant structural change despite years of financial and market pressures, said educators at the Summit on the Future of Legal Education and Entry to the Profession in Miami.

  • News

    Hogan Lovells Scraps 'Broken' Review System for Associates

    Ryan Lovelace | April 12, 2018

    When it comes to performance feedback from their law firms, lawyers "have different expectations than I had many years ago when I was a young associate," CEO Stephen Immelt said.

  • News

    King & Spalding Adds Ex-US Congressman, California AG

    Xiumei Dong | April 12, 2018

    Daniel Lungren, a veteran political operative, has joined the firm as senior counsel in its government matters group in three cities.

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  • News

    Wilson Sonsini Partner Talks About Other Kozinski Clerks 'Waiting, Dying' to Testify in Aborted Investigation

    Ross Todd | April 12, 2018

    Katherine Ku spoke as part of a discussion called "Making the Future #NOTMeToo" about how women can ward off and respond to sexual harassment in the legal profession.

  • Analysis

    For Chamber, Replicating Wisconsin Win on Litigation Funding Transparency Won't Be Easy

    Ben Hancock | April 11, 2018

    Provisions requiring the disclosure of third-party litigation funding contracts in Wisconsin courts came together amid a unique set of circumstances on the ground.

  • News

    Cosby Accuser Cites #MeToo Movement as Jury Hears More Witnesses

    Lizzy McLellan | April 11, 2018

    “In hindsight, it was a stupid thing to do," one witness said about allegedly taking pills offered by Cosby. "But at that time I thought, well, if Bill Cosby says it’s OK, it must be alright to take these."

  • News

    PTO Director: 'Something Must Be Done' to Clarify Section 101

    Scott Graham | April 11, 2018

    In a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Andrei Iancu also promised wide-ranging review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board operations and standards.

  • News

    Ninth Circuit Peppered DOJ's Chad Readler About Cutting Sanctuary Cities Funding

    Cheryl Miller | April 11, 2018

    "So why do you care if there's an injunction against the actions that you're disavowing?" Chief Judge Sidney Thomas asked Readler, the acting head of the Justice Department's Civil Division in Washington.

  • News

    Reed Smith Wades Into Fight With Mueller for Russian Company

    Ryan Lovelace | April 11, 2018

    Eric Dubelier and Katherine Joanne Seikaly entered appearances for Concord Management and Consulting, one of the Russian companies charged with seeking to tinker with the U.S. election.

  • News

    On the Fair Housing Act’s 50th Anniversary: 5 Major Milestones

    MP McQueen | April 11, 2018

    The landmark Fair Housing Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson 50 years ago. Marking the occasion, The National Law Journal asked Ajmel Quereshi, senior counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., to list five major milestones in the legal fight against housing discrimination.

  • 4 Former Clarence Thomas Clerks Form Legal Team to Challenge Harvard’s Admissions Policy

    Tony Mauro | April 11, 2018

    Adam Mortara and John Hughes, partners at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, are joining William Consovoy and Patrick Strawbridge, partners at Consovoy McCarthy Park, in challenging Harvard's admissions processes.

  • News

    J&J, Imerys Hit With $80M in Punitives Over Claims Linking Talc to Mesothelioma

    Charles Toutant | April 11, 2018

    Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America were hit with an $80 million punitive damages verdict Wednesday in a suit by a New Jersey man who said he developed mesothelioma from using Johnson's Baby Powder. Total damages in the case rose to $117 million with the addition of today's verdict to last week's $37 million in compensatory damages.

  • News

    Here's What the US Supreme Court Has Said About Crime-Fraud Exception

    Marcia Coyle | April 11, 2018

    Since 1989, federal district and appellate courts have taken a variety of sometimes conflicting approaches to open questions concerning the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege.

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  • News

    Stormy Daniels Lawyer Avenatti Fights to Save Huge Punitive Award Against Kimberly-Clark

    Jenna Greene | April 11, 2018

    U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee whacked a $450 million award down to $20.7 million in a California class action over “leaky” surgical gowns.

  • Mick Mulvaney Defends Enforcement Record, or Lack Thereof, at CFPB

    C. Ryan Barber | April 11, 2018

    “Let me be very clear to everyone: We are still going after bad actors,” Mulvaney told lawmakers Wednesday in Washington, pushing back against criticism the agency has softened its enforcement approach.

  • News

    HHS Lawyer Now Agency's Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration

    Kristen Rasmussen | April 11, 2018

    HHS Principal Deputy General Counsel Heather Flick will fill the role until that position is filled permanently. She previously served as HHS’ acting general counsel.

  • News

    Illinois Biometric Privacy Law—and Effort to Carve Out Exceptions—Gets Moment in Spotlight at Facebook Hearing

    Ross Todd | April 10, 2018

    Business interests are aiming to roll back portions of an Illinois law meant to protect biometric identifiers such as fingerprints and facial structure.

  • News

    Flint Water Lawyer Calls Removal Attempt ‘Blatant Money Grab’

    Amanda Bronstad | April 10, 2018

    A lawyer accused of unethical conduct in the Flint water case called an attempt to oust him from his leadership appointment “nothing but a retaliatory smear campaign” and a “blatant money grab.”

  • News

    Crime-Fraud Exception Raises Questions for Cohen Raid

    Colby Hamilton | April 10, 2018

    The application of the exception follows rigorous rules, but don't let it distract you from the peril the FBI's raid more broadly puts Trump's attorney in.

  • News

    Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Was Discreet Presence at Squire Patton Boggs

    Christine Simmons | April 10, 2018

    Between the start of his unusual relationship with the firm and this week's raid on his office, the nature of Cohen's work at Squire Patton Boggs was a mystery to many there.

  • Trump's EEOC General Counsel Pick Wants New Focus on Individual Cases, Not Systemic

    Erin Mulvaney | April 10, 2018

    “I believe one of the best ways to get a higher level of compliance or get a better handle is to go after the small, individual claims and never let up,” Gustafson told a U.S. Senate panel Tuesday at her confirmation hearing.

  • News

    Mark Zuckerberg Brings In-House Legal, Lobbying Entourage to Capitol Hill

    C. Ryan Barber | April 10, 2018

    As he testifies before nearly half the U.S. Senate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has his company’s in-house legal and lobbying teams at his back.

  • News

    Covington, McGuireWoods Partners Among New Slate of Judicial Nominees

    Ryan Lovelace | April 10, 2018

    The White House offered up 20 new names this week as it looks to fill judicial vacancies around the country.

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  • News

    Neil Gorsuch Loves His 'Dream Job,' Ignores the Criticism, Friends Say

    Tony Mauro | April 10, 2018

    "He is not paying attention to the newspapers, he's paying attention to briefs, and cases, and laws. He's not one for the D.C. cocktail circuit, as it were. Just not his scene, never has been," says Jamil Jaffer, a former Gorsuch clerk.

  • News

    New Stradley Ronon Group to Help Advisors Navigate Fiduciary Rules

    Melanie Waddell| April 10, 2018

    The group, staffed with ex-SEC officials, will help advisors and BDs comply with 'multiple and conflicting' fiduciary standards.

  • Health Care Fraud Recovery Dips to $2.6B, Federal Report Shows

    MP McQueen | April 10, 2018

    Federal agencies recovered more than $2.6 billion in health care fraud and abuse judgments, settlements and impositions in 2017, according to a new annual report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • Commentary

    After the Driverless Fatality, Insurance and Litigation Will Be Forever Changed

    Randy Maniloff| April 10, 2018

    Unlike an inconsequential glitch with your office computer, in the case of driverless cars it's control, alt and someone’s life is deleted.

  • News

    Ex-King & Spalding Partner Robert Hur Follows Rosenstein as Maryland US Attorney

    Mike Scarcella | April 10, 2018

    Robert Hur is among several King & Spalding alums to decamp for posts in the Trump administration and associated executive agencies.

  • News

    Sanford Heisler Adds Baltimore Office, Boosts Sexual Violence Practice

    Ryan Lovelace | April 10, 2018

    The growing plaintiffs firm now has six offices around the country.

  • News

    Red-Handed Rip-off? Retailers Hit With RICO Lawsuit Over Shoplifting Program

    Ross Todd | April 09, 2018

    A federal RICO lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern District of California claims a group of seven retailers, including Walmart and Abercrombie & Fitch, participated in a scheme to extort accused shoplifters.

  • News

    After FBI Raid, Squire Says It Severed Ties to Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen

    Ryan Lovelace | April 09, 2018

    Squire Patton Boggs said Monday that it no longer had a strategic alliance with embattled Michael Cohen, who had been working out of the firm's offices in New York.

  • News

    Posthumous Judging: Appeals Courts Allow It, but Not the Supreme Court

    Tony Mauro | April 09, 2018

    By long tradition, the U.S. Supreme Court discounts the votes and opinions of justices upon death.

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