Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

January 31, 2025 | National Law Journal

"It would be risky to try to consolidate antitrust enforcement over to one house," Sheppard Mullin partner John Carroll said of the One Agency Act bill that would merge the FTC's Bureau of Competition into the U.S. Department of Justice.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

5 minute read

January 30, 2025 | National Law Journal

"This proposed acquisition risks substantially lessening competition in a critically important technology market and thus poses the precise threat that the Clayton Act was enacted to prevent," U.S. attorneys alleged in a complaint seeking to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's proposed merger with rival Juniper Networks Inc.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 30, 2025 | National Law Journal

Latham & Watkins on behalf of Apple transmitted dozens of documents to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit seeking to overturn U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta's order denying its request to intervene alongside Google.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 29, 2025 | National Law Journal

"The district court had no general discretion to excuse civil contempt," Judge Neomi Rao wrote for the D.C. Circuit. "Although there is no general discretion to excuse violations of the 2007 injunction, the district court has discretion in assessing whether a violation has occurred."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 24, 2025 | National Law Journal

"By accepting the terms of the Engagement Letter, Sierra Leone impliedly waived its immunity," U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan wrote in a memorandum opinion allowing Jenner & Block's breach-of-contract lawsuit to proceed against the West African nation in D.C. federal court.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 24, 2025 | International Edition

"By accepting the terms of the Engagement Letter, Sierra Leone impliedly waived its immunity," U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan wrote in a memorandum opinion allowing Jenner & Block's breach-of-contract lawsuit to proceed against the West African nation in D.C. federal court.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

January 24, 2025 | National Law Journal

The appeals court upheld a Virginia state law allowing only lawyers and authorized agents to access certain online court records remotely. The majority upheld the measure, reasoning that it was aimed at protecting privacy. A dissenter said strict scrutiny should have applied since the rule implicated First Amendment rights.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 22, 2025 | National Law Journal

"This Executive Order, which generally reinstates the one issued in 2020, is intended to cover as many as 50,000 employees, leaving them vulnerable to being fired for any reason, including political agenda," counsel for the National Treasury Employees Union alleged in a complaint challenging President Donald Trump's workforce policy.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 22, 2025 | National Law Journal

"Release of Volume II to Congress under the proposed conditions … presents a substantial and unacceptable risk of prejudice to [the remaining co-defendants]," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order blocking the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the now-abandoned classified records retention case against President Donald Trump.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 21, 2025 | National Law Journal

"KKR complied with the HSR Act for each transaction the Antitrust Division has investigated," co-counsel for KKR wrote in a refiled complaint against the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission seeking exoneration in Manhattan federal court.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read