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Trump Organization Seeks Extension to Review New Cohen Material for Privilege

Colby Hamilton | June 24, 2018

According to private attorney Alan Futerfas, one of the document productions from Michael Cohen's team at McDermott Will & Emery last week was the largest yet.

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Will Trump's Space Force Open a New Frontier for Lobbyists?

Ryan Lovelace | June 22, 2018

In this week's Washington Wrap: D.C. firms look to the heavens, and partner moves from around the capital.

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Full US Appeals Court Will Look at Scope of Federal Age-Discrimination Law

Erin Mulvaney | June 22, 2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc, will take up Dale Kleber’s case against CareFusion Corp. The longtime attorney sued the company after he wasn’t hired for a senior counsel position that included a seven-year experience cap.

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Kagan Gives UVA Prof Shoutout for Provoking 'Good and Hard Thinking'

Marcia Coyle | June 22, 2018

“As I hope readers of today’s decision will agree when they read all the opinions in this case, including a concurrence and a dissent, Professor Bamzai provoked some good and hard thinking on all sides,” Justice Elena Kagan said Friday.

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Paul Manafort’s Losing Streak Deepens in Washington Court

C. Ryan Barber | June 22, 2018

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District of Columbia sent Trump's former campaign manager to jail last week, pending trial, and in the span of two days refused to dismiss several charges.

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Arbitration Agreements Don't Get Rubber Stamp, Even After 'Epic Systems'

Erin Mulvaney | June 22, 2018

“There is a bit of a push, pull that you will continue to see,” says Michael Phillips of McGuireWoods. “The Supreme Court is knocking down obstacles and other judges are not as enthusiastic from a policy point of view. That dynamic won’t end anytime soon.”

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Supreme Court Expands Patent Damages Beyond US Borders, Narrowly

Scott Graham | June 22, 2018

Sidestepping the presumption against extraterritoriality, Justice Clarence Thomas' 7-2 opinion OKs damages under narrow overseas inducement statute.

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California Ballot Initiative May Bring GDPR Stateside

Gabrielle Orum Hernández | June 22, 2018

A new proposed ballot initiative wants to bring a strict data privacy law to California, but some of California’s largest tech companies are against it.

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Justices, in Nod to Privacy, Restrict Police Power to Obtain Mobile Phone Data

Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle | June 22, 2018

The 5-4 decision in Carpenter v. United States marks a win for privacy interests in the ongoing tug-of-war over data privacy in the digital age. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote the majority opinion.

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US Justice Dept. Resists Broad 'Special Prosecutor' in Arpaio's Contempt Appeal

Mike Scarcella | June 22, 2018

"The separation-of-powers concern would be particularly severe if the special prosecutor were able to challenge the validity of the pardon itself," Justice Department lawyers said in their court filing in the Ninth Circuit. The government is backing Arpaio's bid to vacate his criminal contempt conviction.

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From the Bench to the Hot Seat: A Look at 6 Judges Who Faced Legal Trouble

Raychel Lean | June 21, 2018

When the federal grand jury Wednesday indicted West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Allen Loughry, the judge became the latest jurist to find himself facing criminal or ethics charges.

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NY Federal Judge Strikes at CFPB in Case Targeting Lit Funder to 9/11 and NFL Concussion Claimants

Colby Hamilton | June 21, 2018

In a partial win for the defendants in the case, U.S. District Senior Judge Loretta Preska pulled from the dissents in a recent en banc ruling by the D.C. Circuit to find the consumer watchdog organization was unconstitutionally constructed.

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Lawyer in Kansas AG Race Defends Candidacy After Wonder Woman Controversy

Ryan Lovelace | June 21, 2018

Sarah Swain said she's still running to be the state's attorney general after her poster of Wonder Woman lassoing a police officer helped cost her the support of her party.

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Dropbox Hits Back at Synchronoss in Cloud Storage Patent Brawl

Ross Todd | June 21, 2018

Dropbox's three-patent offensive comes in the wake of Synchronoss' own three-year-old three-patent suit, which is pending in Oakland federal court.

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Reality Winner Reaches Plea Deal With Government Over Leaked Document

R. Robin McDonald | June 21, 2018

The mother of U.S. Air Force veteran Reality Winner says her daughter intends to enter a guilty plea next week after more than a year in jail without bond.

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A Kennedy Concurrence Fuels Speculation on Chevron’s Future—And His

Tony Mauro | June 21, 2018

Justice Anthony Kennedy sharply criticized the Chevron doctrine, raising questions about the future of judicial deference to federal agencies, and adding to the buzz in Washington about whether he will stay or leave the court.

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Dallas Law Firm Registers the Nation's 10 Millionth Patent at the USPTO

John Council | June 21, 2018

For some perspective, Raytheon’s patent comes 228 years after the country’s first patent was issued on July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for a process for making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer.

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READ: Justice Department Goes to Court on Family Separation Crisis

Ellis Kim | June 21, 2018

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday in an effort to stem the continued public outcry over the separation of families at the United States’ southwest border. The order directs Attorney General Jeff Sessions to “promptly” ask the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to modify the 1997 settlement agreement.

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5th Circuit Issues Order to Kill DOL Fiduciary Rule

Melanie Waddell | June 21, 2018

U.S. District Court for the 5th Circuit cited groups’ objections on “multiple grounds” to Labor’s fiduciary rule.

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SEC's Jay Clayton Raises Fresh Concern About SCOTUS Ruling on Disgorgement

C. Ryan Barber | June 21, 2018

“I think the SEC should be in the business of getting money back for investors who are subject to that kind of fraud—a Ponzi scheme and whatnot. A possible way to do that is to give us restitution authority in those circumstances,” Clayton told members of a U.S. House committee on Thursday.

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Data Shows Female Lawyers Are Moving Up Faster in #MeToo Era

Miriam Rozen | June 21, 2018

Statistics show that since allegations against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein surfaced last year and subsequently launched the #MeToo movement, women have ascended into Big Law's partnership ranks at a faster pace than before.

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Meet Dolly Gee, the Judge Who Will Consider DOJ's Request on Family Detentions

Ellis Kim | June 20, 2018

All eyes are on Judge Dolly Maizie Gee, the Los Angeles-based federal judge who will consider the Justice Department’s request to modify the Flores consent decree.

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Southern Poverty Law Center Pays $3.4M to Resolve Defamation Case

Scott Flaherty | June 20, 2018

Notching a win for Kirkland & Ellis expatriates now at litigation boutique Clare Locke, a well-known civil rights group also agreed to apologize for a report that listed a Muslim activist as an anti-Islamic extremist.

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Federal Circuit Zeros Out Coke Zero Trademark Win

R. Robin McDonald | June 20, 2018

The Federal Circuit gave new impetus to a long-running battle between Atlanta's The Coca-Cola Co. and rival Royal Crown Cola/Dr. Pepper Snapple over the use of the word Zero in no-calorie sports and soft drinks.

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Judge Appoints Special Master in Flint Water Contamination Case

Amanda Bronstad | June 20, 2018

A federal judge in Michigan has refused to remove lead attorneys in the Flint water contamination case but plans to bring in a special master to review their fees and expenses.

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Merck CEO Ken Frazier Stresses Need for 'Moral Leadership,' Decries 'Hyperpartisanship'

Max Mitchell | June 20, 2018

The former Drinker Biddle & Reath attorney said he received numerous "off-the-record" calls from prominent business leaders and politicians expressing support when he resigned from President Donald Trump's business advisory council.

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This Reed Smith Partner Knows All About Yodeling, Especially for Young Stars

Miriam Rozen | June 20, 2018

News of an emerging talent “spreads like wildfire” these days, said the leader of Reed Smith's entertainment practice, who is advising an 11-year-old yodeler, the music industry's latest sensation.

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Here's How Litigators are Pushing Back Against Trump's Border Policy

Jenna Greene | June 20, 2018

As everyone from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the ACLU recoils at the separation of migrant children from their parents, the legal community is eager to fight.

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DC Circuit Sides With Pharma Company in Battle With FTC Over GC's Documents

Katheryn Tucker | June 19, 2018

Judge Brett Kavanaugh took a dispute that involved more than 10,000 documents and dispatched it in a simple seven page order affirming the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in holding that a company does not have to surrender certain requested files to the Federal Trade Commission.

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How a Fee Inquiry Led to Hints of Public Corruption That Have Labaton Fighting

Amanda Bronstad | June 19, 2018

What began as a judge's inquiry into a $75 million attorney fee has morphed into hints of public corruption, with one of the top securities plaintiffs firms in the nation on the defensive.

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Judge Appoints Leadership in Intel Security Flaw Cases

Amanda Bronstad | June 19, 2018

A federal judge in Oregon has appointed 11 lawyers to lead more than 40 class actions brought over alleged security flaws in Intel Corp.’s microprocessor chips.

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Sorry, Securities Lawyers, There Won't Be a SCOTUS Ruling on These Fraud Claims

Marcia Coyle | June 19, 2018

The justices, who had granted review in March 2017, dismissed Leidos v. Indiana Public Retirement System on Monday after the parties notified the court they had agreed to settle their dispute. The case attracted widespread amicus attention, including a brief from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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White-Collar Duo With Fantasy Sports Ties Leaves Dentons for Arent Fox

Roy Strom | June 19, 2018

A former leader of Dentons' U.S. white-collar practice also brings to Arent Fox a bustling business in advising fantasy sports companies, one that could become more lucrative after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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Canadian Producer Claims Disney/Pixar's 'Inside Out' Ripped Off His Student Film

Ross Todd | June 19, 2018

Damon Pourshian, the Toronto-based creative director of the production company Deviate, has sued Pixar and Disney, claiming that their 2015 hit animated feature "Inside Out" infringed his copyrighted 2000 student film of the same name.

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Raytheon Is Owner of Landmark 10 Millionth Patent From USPTO

Dan Clark | June 19, 2018

Tanuja Garde, the vice president for intellectual property and licensing at Raytheon, said the landmark patent has both defense and commercial purposes.

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In a First, Yale and Stanford Law Journals Team Up for #MeToo Project

Karen Sloan | June 19, 2018

The two schools fast-tracked a joint symposium in a bid to help activists, lawmakers and scholars better understand the multifaceted nature of sexual harassment.

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USC Brings In Top-Tier Legal Team to Handle Gynecologist Scandal

Jenna Greene | June 19, 2018

Facing at least 20 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse, the University of Southern California and its board of directors have retained lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

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State AGs, ex-U.S. Attorneys to Sessions: Stop Separating Families at the Border

Ellis Kim | June 19, 2018

Two letters, one signed by state attorneys general and one from former U.S. attorneys, urged the Trump administration to pull back from its policy Tuesday.

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4 Things Government Buyers Want In Their E-Discovery Tech

Gabrielle Orum Hernández | June 19, 2018

A set of recent government agency e-discovery contracts reveals a couple of key lessons about what government groups are looking for in an e-discovery match.

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Greenberg IP Team Decamps for Goodwin Procter

Scott Graham | June 18, 2018

The moves boost Goodwin's ITC practice, and come a few weeks after Greenberg hired a new leader to head its ITC group.

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14 Years Later, Progress Is Elusive for Supreme Court on Partisan Redistricting

Marcia Coyle | June 18, 2018

Justice Elena Kagan offered a path forward on resolving disputes over partisan redistricting, but Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. took a narrow road—calling his colleague's concurring opinion "speculative" and "advisory."

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Delaware Class Action Folded into Facebook, Cambridge Analytica MDL

Tom McParland | June 18, 2018

A federal judicial panel on Monday added a Delaware class action against Facebook Inc. and Cambridge Analytica to multidistrict litigation in a California federal court.

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Korean University Backed by Irell Wins $400 Million From Samsung

Scott Graham | June 18, 2018

A team led by partner Jason Sheasby accused the electronics giant of scoffing at a superstar inventor, then profiting from his semiconductor breakthrough.

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US Justice Dept. Returns to SCOTUS to Challenge Another National Injunction

Marcia Coyle | June 18, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to restrict the injunction in a sanctuary cities case to Chicago. Last week, DOJ lawyers told the Seventh Circuit it would turn to the high court if the appeals court did not rule to limit the breadth of the injunction.

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Government Ethics Office Says Executive Nominees Must Disclose Crypto Holdings

Ross Todd | June 18, 2018

In a legal advisory letter released Monday, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics clarified that virtual currency is “property held ... for investment or the production of income” and therefore must be disclosed by executive branch employees under the Ethics in Government Act.

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Justices Add Key Cases on Apple’s Antitrust Woes, Asset Forfeiture and Securities Fraud

Tony Mauro | June 18, 2018

U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco also urged the justices to grant review in the Apple antitrust case, which will be argued this fall. “The importance of the question presented will only grow as commerce continues to move online,” he wrote. The Apple dispute was one of five case the justices added to their argument docket for the 2018-2019 term.

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Lines Are Drawn in New Appeals Court Case Confronting LGBT Workplace Rights

Erin Mulvaney | June 18, 2018

Major U.S. companies including Microsoft Corp., Airbnb Inc., eBay Inc., and Viacom Inc. are backing the worker. Meanwhile, conservative states lined up against liberal-leaning states, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission threw its support to the employee, Mark Horton, whose dispute is playing out in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Justices Skirt Conclusive Ruling on Partisan Gerrymandering

Marcia Coyle | June 18, 2018

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said about the Wisconsin redistricting case: "It is a case about group political interests, not individual legal rights. But this court is not responsible for vindicating generalized partisan preferences. The court’s constitutionally prescribed role is to vindicate the individual rights of the people appearing before it."

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Labaton Sucharow Wants State Street Judge Recused After He Hinted at 'Public Corruption'

Amanda Bronstad | June 15, 2018

Labaton Sucharow has moved for a federal judge reviewing its billing records to recuse himself from a securities class action settlement, citing a “serious conflict” raised by statements from the judge, which the firm said implied that the New York law firm was engaged in public corruption.

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Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Indicted in Alleged Wire Fraud Scheme

Ross Todd | June 15, 2018

The indictment alleges a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors, doctors and patients.

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