Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

July 24, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Chambers is a very private space," retired U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin said. "Each judge has five or six employees in their own private space, and there's no one supervising a judge. They are on their own. It's hard to take on such a person."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

6 minute read

July 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

"It's no secret that a future Republican administration is widely expected to seek to rein in the aggressiveness of antitrust enforcement from the past four years, particularly on the part of the FTC," said Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Winston Y. Chan.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

5 minute read

July 19, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Due to the worldwide Microsoft outage, all Maryland courts, offices, and facilities will be closed to the public today but will remain open for emergency matters," a spokesperson for the state's judiciary said. "All clerks' offices are closed."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

July 18, 2024 | National Law Journal

The SEC seeks disgorgement of any alleged "ill-gotten gains" from Miami businessman Patrick Orlando and civil penalties on allegations he gave false statements concealing a plot to acquire Trump Media.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

July 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The court properly recognized that the Republic of Iraq and its Ministry of Defense are immune from suit in this country because this contract had nothing to do with the United States," Boaz S. Morag of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton said of the D.C. Circuit's ruling overturning a $120 million damages award.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

July 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

The senator's objection to April Perry's nomination as US attorney--based on "weaponization" of the DOJ--may have unintentionally strengthened the White House's hand.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

July 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

The majority opinion for the D.C. Circuit upheld a National Labor Relations Board administrative order, but Judge Neomi Rao in a dissenting opinion described the administrative order as "arbitrary and capricious and unsupported by substantial evidence."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

July 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Prison conditions, which became of focus of the fight over Sarah Netburn's nomination, may have been a motivating factor in the Georgia Democrat's vote, said a leading observer of federal judicial selections.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

July 11, 2024 | National Law Journal

Liz Magill resigned as the University of Pennsylvania's president last December after providing controversial testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education. Magill suggested "context" would determine whether calling for the "genocide of the Jewish people" violates Penn's code of conduct.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

July 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

Republicans questioned Noёl Wise—a state court judge who is the White House's choice to serve on the Northern District of California federal bench—over her writings, which some argued veered into political commentary.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

6 minute read