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April 03, 2017 | International Edition

German automaker continues efforts to move past multibillion-dollar emissions scandal

By C Ryan Barber

3 minute read

April 03, 2017 | Legal Week

German automaker continues efforts to move past multibillion-dollar emissions scandal

By C Ryan Barber

3 minute read

April 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

A fog hangs over regulatory Washington, dissolving the bright-line borders drawn and policed by the Obama administration.

By C. Ryan Barber and Cheryl Miller

43 minute read

March 31, 2017 | National Law Journal

Robert Kelner, the leader of Covington & Burling's political and election law team, once described congressional investigations as the "Wild West," an area that lacked any set of defined rules. "A lot of this in the Wild West is about rapport and credibility," Kelner said in 2009, speaking on a panel in Washington. As the lawyer for Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser who resigned in February, Kelner's rapport and credibility are about to be tested.

By C. Ryan Barber

17 minute read

March 30, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Volkswagen Group has named Kurt Michels as the German automaker's new chief compliance officer, a hire that comes as the company seeks to move past its multibillion-dollar emissions scandal.

By C. Ryan Barber

8 minute read

March 30, 2017 | National Law Journal

CFPB director Richard Cordray, speaking on Thursday at a U.S. Chamber event in Washington, defended the consumer agency against an oft-made charge: That the Obama-era bureau engages in "regulation by enforcement."

By C. Ryan Barber

11 minute read

March 29, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The Association of Corporate Counsel on Wednesday released its first set of model cybersecurity practices to help corporate legal departments ensure that outside firms safeguard their company's confidential information. Since 2014, the percentage of top in-house lawyers characterizing data breaches as "extremely" important rose from 19 percent to 26 percent this year.

By C. Ryan Barber

9 minute read

March 28, 2017 | The Recorder

Makan Delrahim, a former top lobbyist for tech and health care companies who now serves as a deputy White House counsel, is the Trump administration's pick to lead the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division, a key post that would put him, and his front-office staff, in the spotlight of in-house legal departments looking to win approval for mergers and acquisitions.

By C. Ryan Barber

25 minute read

March 24, 2017 | National Law Journal

Health insurer Anthem Inc. pressed Friday to salvage its proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp., arguing before a Washington federal appeals court that the deal would drive down costs for consumers.

By C. Ryan Barber

23 minute read

March 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Fending off questions about his lucrative law practice and potential conflicts of interest, Jay Clayton, the Sullivan & Cromwell partner who was nominated to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday defended his private sector experience as an asset and said he was "committed to showing no favoritism to anyone in this position."

By C. Ryan Barber

20 minute read