By Cogan Schneier | Ross Todd | October 25, 2017
A federal judge in San Francisco found that the Trump administration has so far put forth the more convincing legal argument and that an injunction would be “counterproductive."
By Tony Mauro | October 25, 2017
New research shows women are significantly underrepresented in the elite ranks of advocates who argue before the court. Tony Mauro asked practitioners why and what can done about it.
By C. Ryan Barber | October 25, 2017
Four prominent law firms courted at least one top-level official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this summer. Between June and July, the firms Sidley Austin, Ballard Spahr, Goodwin Procter and Manatt Phelps each requested meetings with one or more CFPB officials, according to documents The National Law Journal obtained through a public records request.
By Cogan Schneier | October 25, 2017
The controversy surrounding the salacious dossier has made its way to the courtroom and brought some prominent attorneys with it.
By Mike Scarcella | October 25, 2017
Andrew Wheeler, nominated on Oct. 5 as deputy administrator under Secretary Scott Pruitt, revealed his law firm compensation and clients in an ethics pledge and a financial disclosure posted by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
By C. Ryan Barber | October 25, 2017
"What the legal system is terrible at is remedying individual injuries because it's so expensive," Mayer Brown partner Andrew Pincus said Wednesday at a U.S. Chamber litigation conference. Pincus was a lead attorney in a suit the Chamber filed to challenge a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule to restrict the use of mandatory arbitration clauses that keep consumers out of court. The U.S. Senate late Tuesday blocked the rule.
By Lizzy McLellan | October 25, 2017
The Perkins Coie partner paid for research on Trump and Russia while representing the DNC and the Clinton campaign.
By Roy Strom | October 25, 2017
President Donald Trump's first Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is headed back to Michael Best as the firm's president and chief strategist. He'll also serve as chair to the firm's lobbying arm, Michael Best Strategies.
By Marcia Coyle | October 25, 2017
The gathering this week will put on full display the Ivy League dominance on the current court. Indeed, the justices have faced criticism—and expressed their own concern—about the lack of law school diversity on the high court.
By Cogan Schneier | October 24, 2017
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says there's a lack of oversight for drug and medical device lawsuit advertising that must be addressed.
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