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July 30, 2012 | National Law Journal

DOJ fights over privacy

The dispute over the alleged creation — and swift destruction — of improper records about job candidates' personal lives is now in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, where a dark chapter at Main Justice will get renewed scrutiny.
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January 15, 2013 | National Law Journal

Michigan bank settles 'shameful' housing discrimination charges

A bank in Michigan has settled Justice Department charges that it discriminated against African-Americans in its lending practices, agreeing to invest $165,000 in financing programs and other services and to open a loan production office in a predominantly black neighborhood.
3 minute read
February 11, 2013 | National Law Journal

New life for old anti-fraud law

For more than two years, a team of federal prosecutors had their eyes trained on the largest credit rating agency in the world: Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC.
5 minute read
July 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

Court tells Obama administration to state its position regarding DADT's constitutionality

The move by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit came five days after a motions panel of the same court effectively barred enforcement of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military.
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February 23, 2009 | National Law Journal

The Intel Wars

Antitrust laws are the bulwark to a competitive marketplace. Where antitrust enforcement is effective, dominant firms cannot engage in exclusionary practices that dampen the ability of rivalry to emerge and keep the marketplace honest. In the current economic downturn, antitrust enforcement becomes even more vital to economic growth.
8 minute read
August 23, 2010 | National Law Journal

Off-Brand Battle

In a closely watched case that could have major implications for the future of drug competition, Sanofi-Aventis has sued the Food and Drug Administration in bid to halt a generic version of one of its top-selling drugs, a blood thinner made from pig intestines.
7 minute read
December 27, 2012 | National Law Journal

Appeals court finds for feds in work product immunity case

The government did not waive work product immunity for information used in consent decrees to help resolve $1 billion in environmental contamination, according to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling.
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October 29, 2012 | National Law Journal

Campaign lawyers are girding their loins

With the presidential and other contests so close, 'Nobody's going to go into this election not prepared.'
6 minute read
July 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

Predicting Varney's replacement; Cuban's other victory; is that election different from all other elections; LSC facing millions in cuts; the patent controls by Bayh; Patton Boggs backs rebels in Libya; and a new Brady Center president in this week's column.
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September 17, 2012 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

Brown rejoins Bunnell at O'Melveny; memoir of bank-robber-turned-lawyer; legal profession still lacks diversity; four Afghan women judges visit D.C. Court of Appeals; Akin Gump's honor; Arnold & Porter's pro bono work applauded; and starting lobbyists early in this week's column.
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