Cogan Schneier

July 14, 2017 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released a portion of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' security clearance documents in response to a public-records lawsuit, but at a subsequent court hearing, attorneys were still quibbling over the disclosure.

By Cogan Schneier

4 minute read

July 12, 2017 | National Law Journal

A group of prominent lawyers is behind a new lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of Democratic donors against President Donald Trump and Roger Stone, who has advised Trump in an informal capacity.

By Cogan Schneier

3 minute read

July 12, 2017 | National Law Journal

In a rare glimpse of what it might be like to be their clients, Mayer Brown partners Richard Ben-Veniste and Andrew Frey offered some words of wisdom for lawmakers Tuesday on their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

By Cogan Schneier

11 minute read

July 12, 2017 | National Law Journal

Questions of independence, loyalty and the firing of former FBI Director James Comey dominated Wednesday's Senate Judiciary hearing on the nomination of Christopher Wray to lead to the FBI.

By Cogan Schneier

12 minute read

July 11, 2017 | National Law Journal

Ask anyone to describe Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's writing style and you'll likely hear the word "fiery." But the flame is set to extinguish, at least at the D.C. Circuit, come August.

By Cogan Schneier

12 minute read

July 10, 2017 | National Law Journal

As a federal judge in D.C. weighs whether to rule against President Donald Trump's voter integrity commission, two new challenges against the commission have been filed in the same court.

By Cogan Schneier

3 minute read

July 07, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday declined a motion to clarify his March injunction against the president's travel ban executive order, deferring to the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Cogan Schneier

3 minute read

July 06, 2017 | National Law Journal

A group of 19 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to stop the Trump administration's rollback of an Obama-era regulation intended to protect student loan borrowers.

By Cogan Schneier

7 minute read

July 05, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal judge may decide by Friday whether to block President Donald Trump's newly created voting commission from asking states to hand over voters' personal data.

By Cogan Schneier

7 minute read

July 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's effort to roll back Obama-era regulations hit a legal roadblock Monday when a federal appeals court ruled the agency illegally delayed a rule to limit methane pollution.

By Cogan Schneier

6 minute read