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.
By Ross Todd | July 6, 2017
A federal judge in Oakland has turned back the Justice Department's request to end Twitter's lawsuit seeking to publish information about the number of requests it receives as part of national security investigations.
By Todd Cunningham | June 29, 2017
ABC-TV and a food producer in South Dakota have agreed to an undisclosed settlement in a case stemming from television news reports that allegedly called the meat company's product "pink slime."
By Cogan Schneier | June 22, 2017
The lawyers represent nonprofit group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive at George Washington University, which claim Trump and his executive office are violating the Presidential Records Act.
By Cogan Schneier | June 15, 2017
Roughly ten days after ditching Holland & Knight due to the firm's alleged moratorium on challenging President Donald Trump, Tobin filed a lawsuit Thursday against the FBI on behalf of CNN.
By Todd Cunningham | June 5, 2017
Robert Barnes, a California attorney best known for celebrity tax defense, is representing Cassandra Fairbanks in a defamation suit that centers on a tweet.
By C. Ryan Barber | May 26, 2017
The National Law Journal obtained several responses from companies that received letters from the FTC this year urging greater disclosures of any paid relationships that involve so-called social media "influencers." The agency and consumer advocacy groups have raised concern that influencer advertising can give the impression of an organic endorsement when, in fact, there is a business relationship behind the product promotion.
By David Ruiz | April 28, 2017
Former commissioner for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Julie Brill will be deputy general counsel and report directly to Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith. Brill joins the company after roughly a year with Hogan Lovells.
By Marcia Coyle | April 28, 2017
In the U.S. Supreme Court term that ended last June, Justice Samuel Alito turned to books most often to bolster his opinions, while Justice Anthony Kennedy—the court's most influential voter—made least use of the wisdom embodied in books. Justices cite books for a variety of reasons, Yale Law School's Linda Greenhouse, a veteran high court observer, writes in "The Books of the Justices" in the latest Michigan Law Review.
By Sue Reisinger | April 25, 2017
A panel sponsored by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security explored those lines in a webcast Tuesday. "Whistleblowers, Leaks and the Media: The Legal Rules" included lawyers and journalists who have been caught up in national security issues.
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