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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

MORE, PLEASE - The Fifth Circuit in New Orleans today will hear a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, a case that pits the DOJ against the Democratic-led states and the U.S. House. As Angela Morris reports, President Trump's DOJ reversed course in the middle of the case and stopped defending the signature healthcare initiative in the wake of a Texas judge declaring the whole law unlawful. California and other states, as well as the Democratic leadership of the U.S. House, want the Fifth Circuit panel to overturn the Texas judge's decision.

RESIDENCY REQUIRED? - The U.S. Senate is set to take up President Trump's nomination of Kirkland & Ellis litigation partner Daniel Bress for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a court the president has frequently criticized for ruling against his administration. Bress, whose nomination to the California-based seat has been opposed by the state's two Democratic senators since he's largely based in D.C., is poised to become the seventh judge appointed by Trump to take the Ninth Circuit bench. The court has one more current opening and two more seats set to come open as additional judges take senior status.

ATTRACTIVE - Greenberg Traurig has joined the list of firms expanding in Amsterdam, prompted by the impact of Brexit on financial institutions interested in moving there and the city's corporate tax and investment incentives. Simon Taylor reports that Greenberg Traurig's hiring of labor and employment partner Thomas Timmermans from Norton Rose Fulbright follows additions at Dentons, Baker McKenzie and Scott+Scott.

EDITOR'S PICKS

Here's the New DOJ Team Leading Trump's Census Case Maneuvering

US Attorney Berman Says SDNY Prosecutors Aren't Bound by Epstein's Nonprosecution Agreement in Florida

Trump Wants DC Circuit to Stop 'Distracting' Emoluments Suit

Skadden Snags Wilson Sonsini Dealmaker in Silicon Valley

French Bar Group Now Wants a Data Analytics Ban That Applies to Lawyers

Franklin Financial Network Hires 40-Year Banking Veteran as First General Counsel

Former Nokia In-House Attorney Sues Company for Sex, Age Discrimination

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

AUSSIE EXPANSION - U.K. law firm Clyde & Co plans to continue its aggressive growth strategy in Australia. Christopher Niesche reports that the firm's Australian arm has experienced double-digit growth in revenue since it was established in 2012, with an increase of 33% in the last fiscal year and 28% the previous year. Globally, Clyde & Co's revenue increased by more than 11%, to $775 million over the past year. The firm focuses on infrastructure and construction, transport, energy, insurance and cybersecurity in Australia.

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