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May 01, 2018 | National Law Journal

“Congress has actually moved fairly quickly in confirming our U.S. attorneys, in contrast to some of our Main Justice and other D.C.-based officials,” Rosenstein says.

By C. Ryan Barber |

4 minute read

April 30, 2018 | National Law Journal

While some have described the CFPB as in a state of “radio silence” since late November, others said the agency's attorneys have perked back up and are pushing forward with investigations begun before Mick Mulvaney took control.

By C. Ryan Barber

7 minute read

April 30, 2018 | National Law Journal

The penalties come a year after Panasonic Avionics disclosed the California-based subsidiary was being investigated by two federal agencies for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

By C. Ryan Barber |

4 minute read

April 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

Or is it the BCFP? The agency's Trump-appointed interim director says he's just sticking to the statute.

By C. Ryan Barber |

7 minute read

April 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, turning down Paul Manafort's civil suit against Robert Mueller, declined to reach the merits of the legitimacy of his appointment order leading the Russia investigation.

By C. Ryan Barber |

4 minute read

April 26, 2018 | National Law Journal

Richard Hertling, who joined Covington & Burling in 2013, is a lobbyist who's advocated for some of the country's biggest companies.

By C. Ryan Barber |

4 minute read

April 25, 2018 | National Law Journal

“The best answer for me, having given it some thought, is that I shouldn't announce that,” the U.S. attorney general said in testimony Wednesday about whether he had recused in the probe of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

By C. Ryan Barber |

4 minute read

April 25, 2018 | Law.com

Regulators seem to have tunnel vision when it comes to corporate recidivists. Is there a better way? Plus, Wells Fargo turns to Sullivan & Cromwell for $1 billion settlement with the CFPB.

By C. Ryan Barber |

9 minute read

April 23, 2018 | National Law Journal

Apple's latest U.S. lobbying disclosure showed the company's $2.14 million in the first quarter was the second-highest ever spent.

By C. Ryan Barber |

5 minute read

April 20, 2018 | The American Lawyer

“We always try to play absolutely straight with the regulators,” H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell's senior chairman and a lawyer for Wells Fargo, told The American Lawyer last year.

By C. Ryan Barber |

4 minute read