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Cogan Schneier is a Washington, D.C.-based litigation reporter covering D.C. courts, national litigation trends, the Justice Department and the federal judiciary. She is the author of Trump Watch, an email briefing that covers the Trump administration and its imprint on the law.
April 30, 2018
"I believe that the state will ultimately come to embrace a remedial order in this case, when they find themselves with HBCUs that are the envy of the nation in terms of academic programs and diversity." — Mike Jones
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April 01, 2018
At the Oscars in March, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand made “inclusion rider” go viral. But Kalpana Kotagal, a partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll had already worked for months to write the language for such provisions. Kotagal was developing legal language for contract provisions that Hollywood’s elite could use to require studios and other partners to employ diverse workers on set.
March 30, 2018
The lawyers say the area they are required to live and work in at Guantanamo Bay could be contaminated and unsafe.
March 29, 2018
A group of student-athletes challenged the NCAA's limits on student-athlete scholarships as anti-competitive.
March 28, 2018
It's a question that's top of mind for DC lawyers: Why won't anyone represent the commander in chief?
March 28, 2018
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the attorneys general have standing to bring their lawsuit claiming the president is in violation of the Constitution's emoluments clauses.
March 28, 2018
Alex van der Zwaan told a federal judge that his career is destroyed, and that his extended stay in the U.S. has essentially been the equivalent to serving time. The Justice Department counters that he "presents a scarcity of mitigating factors, and several aggravating circumstances."
March 27, 2018
The law firm filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Aaron Rich, whose brother Seth was murdered in 2016 and has become the subject of various right-wing conspiracy theories.
March 27, 2018
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Tuesday that he will "lead a multi-state lawsuit" over the citizenship question added to the 2020 census, a day after California sued the Trump administration over the issue.
March 27, 2018
New York and other states are also expected to sue.
March 26, 2018
The Archdiocese of Washington argues the Washington, D.C., transit system illegally refused to run its Christmas-themed ads on city buses.
March 23, 2018
U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle will decide whether PACER is charging inordinately high fees and putting the revenue toward unauthorized uses.
March 22, 2018
Justice Department lawyers say they're seeking to prove that AT&T's proposed merger with Time Warner will stifle competition.
March 21, 2018
Scudder's home-state senators, both Illinois Democrats, back his nomination.
March 20, 2018
Lawyers for the Department of Justice say some witnesses will need to testify in a closed court, because they will present confidential information about AT&T competitors.
March 19, 2018
Lawyers for AT&T have filed hundreds of objections to the government’s proposed evidence in its case against the telecom giant's merger with Time Warner.
March 08, 2018
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia has set a start date of July 10 for the first of Manafort's two trials.
March 07, 2018
An analysis from the Pew Research Center shows an increase in senators' opposition to judicial nominations.
March 07, 2018
Hunt, a career DOJ attorney who served as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' chief of staff last year, was asked by lawmakers about the special counsel's Russia investigation, the AG's almost-resignation, the firing of U.S. attorneys last year and more.
March 06, 2018
The lawsuit alleges certain provisions in three recently-passed California laws violate the Constitution's supremacy clause.
March 06, 2018
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, should face disciplinary action for using television appearances to promote the Republican candidate in Alabama’s special U.S. Senate election last year, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said in a report to the White House on Tuesday.
March 05, 2018
Hunt will face the Senate Judiciary committee Wednesday for his nomination hearing.
March 05, 2018
Frances McDormand endorsed the contractual provisions during the Oscars Sunday night.
March 02, 2018
Things have gotten testy enough that Jeff Sessions publicly fired back at the president’s criticism.
February 28, 2018
Immigrants’ rights advocates square off against the government on whether the ban violates the U.S. Constitution and immigration law.
February 28, 2018
Manafort pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a five-count superseding indictment returned last week.
February 27, 2018
In the 2016 election, Trump said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel was biased against him because of his Hispanic heritage.
February 27, 2018
Matthew LeFande was held in contempt by a magistrate judge last year for "obstructing the administration of justice."
February 27, 2018
Sessions criticized the Second Circuit's decision Monday that employment discrimination against LGBT people is illegal.
February 26, 2018
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss wrote the plaintiffs, two advocacy groups and a union, did not have standing to bring the challenge, but his opinion may not be the end of the case.
February 23, 2018
Rick Gates pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy and another of lying to federal investigators.
February 22, 2018
"Family reunification was a hallmark of the 1965 act. It's now been given a derogatory term of 'chain migration,'" New York immigration lawyer Michael Wildes, former mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, said in one TV appearance. Wildes is counsel to first lady Melania Trump and her parents, who were in the news this week amid questions about their U.S. residency status.
February 22, 2018
The superseding indictment came from a grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, separate from the Washington, D.C., grand jury that indicted the two men in Washington, D.C., last year.
February 22, 2018
McGahn spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday.
February 21, 2018
Alex Van der Zwaan, who worked in Skadden's London office, is the first lawyer charged in Mueller's investigation, and his involvement raises questions about Skadden's work.
February 21, 2018
"A suit attacking such insignificant harms does not warrant [$1.7 million] in compensation to class counsel," the DOJ contends.
February 21, 2018
Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand hinted last week that DOJ may become more involved in reviewing settlements.
February 20, 2018
Alex van der Zwaan, the son-in-law of a Russian oligarch, is accused of lying to investigators
February 20, 2018
Alex van der Zwaan, the son-in-law of a Russian oligarch, admitted he lied to investigators.
February 16, 2018
"Look, the president is unhappy with CNN. We don't dispute that. But AT&T wants to turn that into a get out of jail free card," a U.S. Justice Department lawyer told a Washington judge Friday in court.
February 16, 2018
The White House set a record in 2017 for the most circuit court nominees confirmed in the first year of a presidency and there's no sign of a slowdown.
February 16, 2018
A grand jury in Washington on Friday indicted the Russian organization Internet Research Agency, along with several other associated companies and individuals, on eight charges related to unlawful interference in the 2016 presidential election.
February 16, 2018
Five things to know about Chief Judge Roger Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
February 15, 2018
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partners Michele Maryott and Theane Evangelis scored a win for GrubHub in a bellwether case that could have a lasting impact on how gig-economy workers are classified.
February 15, 2018
The Justice Department's request seeks to add attorneys to the Federal Programs Branch, which defends lawsuits against federal agencies.
February 15, 2018
Rachel Brand, leaving soon for a top legal post at Walmart, said the attorney general plans to review more class action settlements, and may file statements of interest in cases where the department finds a settlement unfair or unreasonable.
February 14, 2018
Sidley Austin partner Tom Green made his first appearance after reports said he was working with Gates.
February 13, 2018
The NLJ sat down with the co-heads of Cozen O'Connor's state AGs practice, who said this year's AG elections will be "pivotal" for clients.
February 12, 2018
Greg Katsas, appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in December, served as deputy White House counsel before joining the court in December.
February 09, 2018
The lawsuit focuses on payments to Morgan Lewis from two pension funds the firm represents in litigation against the city.
February 09, 2018
Much of memo mania is purely political, but it's prompted broad discussions about the court that reviews FISA warrants.
February 08, 2018
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled that Grubhub properly classified a delivery driver as an independent contractor instead of an employee under California law.
February 08, 2018
The D.C. Court of Appeals issued the suspension Thursday for releasing confidential information.
February 07, 2018
The acting chief of the DOJ's Criminal Division called the bank's guilty plea a "warning to financial institutions."
February 06, 2018
The Trump administration suspended the Obama-era rule Tuesday, drawing the lawsuit from such states as California, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
February 06, 2018
The Trump administration suspended the Obama-era rule Tuesday, drawing the lawsuit from such states as California, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
February 06, 2018
A motion to dismiss Paul Manafort’s civil case against DOJ bore the names of three career DOJ lawyers, but no political appointees.
February 05, 2018
The publication argues the release of a memo drafted by House Republicans that reveals the Justice Department sought and received warrants to spy on Page means records of those warrants should be disclosed.
February 02, 2018
The much-anticipated release of a House Republican-drafted memo Friday left much to be desired, some legal thinkers said.
February 02, 2018
The memo outlines an FBI warrant for the surveillance of former Trump campaign associate Carter Page.
February 01, 2018
"Real friends don't have to bribe each other," said Norton Rose Fulbright's Abbe Lowell. "They help each other because they're friends."
February 01, 2018
The lawyers said the reason for their withdrawal would be explained in an upcoming motion to be filed under seal.
January 31, 2018
US Foods and Sysco sued major chicken producers in federal court in Illinois on Tuesday.
January 30, 2018
If the president authorizes the release of a House memo about the FBI, some plaintiffs suing for Justice Department records could get a boost.
January 29, 2018
In recent weeks, Rosenstein has faced criticism from House Republicans and the president.
January 26, 2018
This week brought a series of reports on the progress of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Here's what we know—and what we don't.
January 25, 2018
Over the course of oral arguments that lasted nearly six hours, a federal judge in Maryland appeared likely to allow an emoluments lawsuit against President Donald Trump survive a motion to dismiss.
January 24, 2018
Observers argue that state attorneys general are the only litigants who can plausibly claim standing in lawsuits over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's ongoing ownership of his vast business holdings.
January 24, 2018
One lawyer who represents qui tam relators said the memo represents a major "sea change" in how the agency handles FCA cases.
January 24, 2018
One lawyer who represents qui tam relators said the memo represents a major "sea change" in how the agency handles FCA cases.
January 23, 2018
Harmon and FBI Director Christopher Wray worked together for years at the firm King & Spalding.
January 22, 2018
A couple in California claims one of their surrogate-carried twin sons was denied citizenship unconstitutionally.
January 22, 2018
Plaintiffs on both coasts claim their children were denied citizenship because their parents are in a same-sex marriage.
January 19, 2018
James Hurlock died of injuries sustained after a car accident in February 2016.
January 18, 2018
The Justice Department said an injunction would persist for months if the appeal is allowed to go through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit first.
January 18, 2018
While courts will remain open, furloughs at the Justice Department would likely slow litigation.
January 17, 2018
While his client was interviewed by the House lntelligence Committee, Quinn Emanuel's Bill Burck was reportedly relaying questions in real time to the White House for instructions.
January 17, 2018
Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a challenge to the repeal of the Obama-era rules.
January 16, 2018
The Justice Department supports a lawsuit against the Washington, D.C., subway system over its refusal to run religious ads.
January 16, 2018
Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a challenge to the repeal of the Obama-era rules.
January 16, 2018
Attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia filed a challenge to the repeal of the Obama-era rules.
January 16, 2018
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it would both appeal a California federal judge's ruling from last week and seek direct review from the U.S. Supreme Court.
January 16, 2018
In a hearing Tuesday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the criminal trial for the former Trump campaign chairman and his deputy might not begin for months.
January 12, 2018
The judge held the defendant in contempt for blatantly violating his order and making repeated "frivolous" arguments.
January 12, 2018
Patient Services Inc. alleges HHS barred the organization from communicating with donors, which include pharmaceutical manufacturers, about diseases and treatments for those diseases.
January 11, 2018
The charity alleges HHS issued an advisory opinion that prohibits it from communicating with companies about treatment options for patients.
January 11, 2018
A jury returned a $3.5 million verdict in the lawsuit against a large apartment complex in Los Angeles.
January 10, 2018
Senators repeatedly asked U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt about his decisions tossing several sexual harassment cases.
January 09, 2018
Sens. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker are only the second and third African-Americans to be appointed to the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees judicial nominations.
January 09, 2018
Sens. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker are only the second and third African-Americans to be appointed to the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees judicial nominations.
January 09, 2018
Media reports Monday indicated President Donald Trump may sit down for a voluntary interview with the special counsel's team within weeks.
January 08, 2018
Lawyers for the firm behind the so-called Russia Dossier want Judge Trevor McFadden to consider recusing from their subpoena battle in a defamation case.
January 05, 2018
A report Friday said Dhillon withheld his conclusion that Trump had the authority to fire the former FBI director because he feared the repercussions of such a move.
January 05, 2018
A report Friday said Dhillon withheld his conclusion that Trump had the authority to fire the former FBI director because he feared the repercussions of such a move.
January 04, 2018
The firm behind the so-called Trump dossier argued the subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee was overly broad.
January 04, 2018
A lawyer for President Donald Trump sent a letter to a publisher Thursday demanding that Michael Wolff's new book on the White House not be published.
January 02, 2018
With 148 judicial vacancies as of Jan. 2 and an increasingly aging federal bench, President Donald Trump could remake the federal judiciary on a scale that hasn’t been possible in decades.
January 02, 2018
In a case spanning 10 years, a Maryland federal judge ruled in November that the state had to remedy its practices with respect to historically black universities.
December 28, 2017
From the travel ban to Robert Mueller's investigation, here are five ways President Donald Trump rattled legal institutions in 2017.
December 22, 2017
The court, which heard oral arguments in the case last month, ruled that Trump exceeded his authority in issuing the Sept. 24 travel ban proclamation.
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