C. Ryan Barber

August 04, 2020 | Law.com

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our weekly snapshot of white-collar enforcement, regulatory and compliance, and big trends. Thanks for reading, and your feedback is appreciated!

By C. Ryan Barber

9 minute read

July 30, 2020 | National Law Journal

The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit prolongs a clash between the Justice Department and U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington.

By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

July 28, 2020 | Law.com

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our dispatch on the latest developments in compliance, enforcement and government affairs. We'll be tuned in to today's landmark tech antitrust hearing, and scroll down for Who Got the Work and all the new headlines. Thanks for reading!

By C. Ryan Barber | Mike Scarcella

9 minute read

July 28, 2020 | National Law Journal

Major U.S. law firms, including King & Spalding; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr; Covington & Burling; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; and Jenner & Block, were involved in preparing executives at Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook for a U.S. House of Representatives antitrust hearing.

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 28, 2020 | National Law Journal

"Do you think that it's fair for a 67-year-old man to be sent to prison to seven to nine years?" Barr asked one Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.

By Jacqueline Thomsen | C. Ryan Barber

6 minute read

July 21, 2020 | Law.com

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, and thanks for reading. Reporting this week on new lobbying numbers ties to the pandemic, and we've got links to all the big new compliance headlines, including a report on leadership in the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia.

By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber

11 minute read

July 20, 2020 | National Law Journal

"The panel followed established precedent from this court and the Supreme Court to stop an intrusive process that would usurp the core executive power to decide whether to continue a prosecution," Justice Department lawyers said in their new brief.

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 20, 2020 | National Law Journal

The reshuffling has deepened a sense of disarray and upheaval that, combined with the coronavirus outbreak, has drained morale within the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the country.

By C. Ryan Barber

17 minute read

July 16, 2020 | National Law Journal

Barr delivered the policy speech as the Trump administration has intensified its efforts to check China's growing global influence.

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 15, 2020 | National Law Journal

"Our practices have remained busy, even into the pandemic. So we've got a lot of matters still chugging along, but it's definitely been different kinds of work," James Garland, co-leader of Covington's white-collar practice, says.

By C. Ryan Barber

10 minute read