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Cogan Schneier

Cogan Schneier

Cogan Schneier is a Washington, D.C.-based litigation reporter covering D.C. courts, national litigation trends, the Justice Department and the federal judiciary. She is the author of Trump Watch, an email briefing that covers the Trump administration and its imprint on the law.

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May 19, 2017 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: A Giant of the Plaintiffs Bar—and a Giant Settlement

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll partner Joseph Sellers just won approval of a major settlement in a decades-old discrimination class action, for what he hopes is the last time.

By Cogan Schneier

12 minute read

May 19, 2017 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: A Giant of the Plaintiffs Bar—and a Giant Settlement

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll partner Joseph Sellers just won approval of a major settlement in a decades-old discrimination class action, for what he hopes is the last time.

By Cogan Schneier

5 minute read

May 18, 2017 | International Edition

WilmerHale partner to lead investigation into Russia's role in Trump's election as US president

Former FBI director Mueller among three WilmerHale partners leaving US firm for new probe

By Cogan Schneier and Katelyn Polantz

5 minute read

May 18, 2017 | International Edition

WilmerHale partner to lead investigation into Russia's role in Trump's election as US president

Former FBI director Mueller among three WilmerHale partners leaving US firm for new probe

By Cogan Schneier and Katelyn Polantz

5 minute read

May 17, 2017 | The Recorder

Mueller Leaves Wilmer, Steps In to Head Russia Probe

Robert Mueller III, a former FBI director who joined Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in 2014, is leaving his perch in private practice and stepping back into law enforcement. Mueller will take on the weighty and politically precarious role of special counsel investigating Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

By Cogan Schneier and Katelyn Polantz

27 minute read

May 17, 2017 | National Law Journal

Clinton Impeachment Lawyers Say Trump's Safe … For Now

Attorneys involved in the last impeachment this country saw, that of Bill Clinton nearly 20 years ago, cautioned that any talk of removing Trump is premature.

By Cogan Schneier

16 minute read

May 17, 2017 | National Law Journal

Clinton Impeachment Lawyers Say Trump's Safe … For Now

Attorneys involved in the last impeachment this country saw, that of Bill Clinton nearly 20 years ago, cautioned that any talk of removing Trump is premature.

By Cogan Schneier

16 minute read

May 16, 2017 | National Law Journal

DC Circuit Judge Derides $380M Cy Pres Decision as Slush Fund

The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allows the use of the controversial practice in a decades-old class action discrimination case.

By Cogan Schneier

11 minute read

May 16, 2017 | National Law Journal

DC Circuit Judge Derides $380M Cy Pres Decision as Slush Fund

The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allows the use of the controversial practice in a decades-old class action discrimination case.

By Cogan Schneier

5 minute read

May 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

6th Circuit Throws Faux Dr. Evil a Freakin' Bone on Extortion Sentence

The Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Michael Brown, but tossed out and remanded his four-year prison sentence for attempting to extort $1 million from local branches of the Republican and Democratic parties, and a major accounting firm.

By Cogan Schneier

6 minute read