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  • National Law Journal

    Deborah Feinstein, FTC's Top Antitrust Enforcer, Returns to Arnold & Porter

    By C. Ryan Barber | July 12, 2017

    After nearly four years as the Federal Trade Commission's top antitrust enforcer, Debbie Feinstein is returning in September to Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, where she will lead the global antitrust group, the firm said Wednesday.

  • The Recorder

    Facebook, Shutting Down Pot Pages, Still Won't Like Marijuana

    By Cheryl Miller | July 11, 2017

    Facebook Inc. has taken down the pages of marijuana businesses operating legally in Alaska, continuing a practice that has targeted dispensaries in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Jersey.

  • The Recorder

    Calif. Pushes Internet Privacy Rules That Trump Repealed

    By Cheryl Miller | June 19, 2017

    California on Monday joined more than a dozen other states that have introduced internet privacy legislation after Republicans in Washington and the Trump administration repealed Obama-era rules limiting what AT&T, Comcast and other broadband providers can disclose about their customers' online habits.

  • National Law Journal

    The Justices Don't Have Much Guidance for Handling Trump's Tweets

    By Marcia Coyle | June 14, 2017

    Lower courts don't offer much guidance on how to resolve clashes between presidential speech and the U.S. Justice Department's litigation positions, Kate Shaw of Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law found in a forthcoming article. In "Beyond the Bully Pulpit: Presidential Speech in the Courts," Shaw undertook what she called "the first systematic examination of presidential speech in the courts." Shaw talks about her review in this Q&A with senior Washington correspondent Marcia Coyle.

  • National Law Journal

    Trump's Tweets Are 'Authority' in Advocates' New Travel Ban Filings

    By Marcia Coyle | June 12, 2017

    In what may be a first at the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump's Twitter account was identified Monday as an "authority" along with the cases, law review articles and news citations that lawyers typically use to bolster their arguments.

  • National Law Journal

    Will the Supreme Court Follow Trump's Tweets?

    By Tony Mauro | June 5, 2017

    The president attacked the courts and his own Justice Department in a flurry of early-morning tweets regarding his travel ban order.

  • National Law Journal

    Meet the Government Lawyer Who Tweets '@SCOTUSplaces'

    By Marcia Coyle | May 30, 2017

    Jack Metzler, a government appellate lawyer in Washington, took to Twitter in 2013 to share his fascination with the U.S. Supreme Court and places connected to it—giving rise to the handle @SCOTUSplaces. Along the way, he picked up more than 4,200 followers and discovered a surprisingly growing and engaging appellate practitioner community. We caught up with Metzler this week about his account and the growing and engaging appellate practitioner community on social media.

  • The Recorder

    Labor, Civil Rights Lawyers Press Anti-Discrimination Claims Against Facebook

    By Erin Mulvaney | May 29, 2017

    Employee-rights lawyers are pressing a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. that alleges the social media company's advertising platform unlawfully permits businesses to promote job, credit and housing opportunities to white, wealthy users and exclude people of color or those in less affluent zip codes.

  • National Law Journal

    How In-House Lawyers Responded to the FTC's 'Influencer' Letters

    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.

  • National Law Journal

    Who Got Those Social 'Influencer' Letters From the FTC? Read the Full List.

    By C. Ryan Barber | May 5, 2017

    Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Polizzi, the "Jersey Shore" star better known as Snooki, and the former baksetball star Allen Iverson were among the celebrities the Federal Trade Commission recently sent letters to as part of the agency's push to promote clearer disclosures of business relationships in endorsement deals. The FTC in its announcement last month about the letters did not name any of the celebrities and stars who received them. The National Law Journal obtained the FTC letters through a records request.

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