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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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By Cogan Schneier | May 5, 2017
If confirmed, Kirkland & Ellis' Brian Benczkowski will lead a DOJ division he spent the last few years defending companies from.
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By Katelyn Polantz | May 5, 2017
No fewer than 11 major firms announced additions to their D.C. offices in the first five days of May.
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By Jenna Greene | May 4, 2017
The same day that Justice Department lawyers won a criminal conviction against Desiree Fairooz for laughing during the confirmation hearing of Attorney General Jeff Session, they also announced that they didn't have enough evidence to bring charges against the Louisiana police officers involved in the shooting death of Alton Sterling. Is this how it's going to be, Mr. Attorney General?
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By Brian Baxter | May 4, 2017
In a move that could dwarf the massive municipal bankruptcy of Detroit, Puerto Rico indicated Wednesday that it would begin a bankruptcy-type process to restructure $70 billion in debt. Proskauer Rose, Quinn Emanuel, Kirkland & Ellis, Dentons and Cleary Gottlieb have been involved in the island's mounting debt crisis in recent years.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 4, 2017
A federal judge in Harrisburg has ordered the United States to pay $42 million to a family whose baby suffered brain injuries during delivery because of a federally employed doctor's unnecessary use of forceps.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | May 4, 2017
Some health care practice lawyers weren't ruffled by the passage of the Obamacare repeal bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, mainly because they give it little chance of making it through the Senate. But they offered some guidance on what lawyers should be thinking through with clients right now.
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By Cogan Schneier | May 4, 2017
J. Harvie Wilkinson III may have to recuse himself, but he's not considered the most vocal of the court's conservative judges.
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By Katelyn Polantz | May 3, 2017
Steptoe & Johnson LLP announced this week that Brian Egan, the top lawyer at the U.S. State Department during the last year of the Obama administration, has joined the firm as a partner.
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By Cogan Schneier | May 3, 2017
That's according to an ethics disclosure form Steven Engel filed in March, which, along with an ethics pledge, outlines Engel's possible conflicts of interest if confirmed as assistant attorney general at the Office of Legal Counsel.
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