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Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman is a Litigation Reporter at ALM covering antitrust complaints, federal judicial nominations and legal matters in the Washington, D.C., metro area. He’s an alumnus of Temple University and longtime journalist who previously worked for publications in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He also performed writing gigs at Babson College and SoFi Technologies Inc. before joining ALM in 2024.

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June 20, 2024 | National Law Journal

Pa. US District Court Nominee Touts Phila. Legal Community Support

"Everyone has been encouraging me to do this, because they believe I can do it, they believe I can be a good judge," Henry, a career public defender, said during her nomination hearing. "I am thrilled at even being considered for this position."

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June 18, 2024 | National Law Journal

District Court Nominees Vow to Apply Supreme Court Precedent

Dobbs, Brown v. Board and a gun-rights decision were among the cases President Joe Biden's federal trial court nominees in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania were asked to comment on in written responses.

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June 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

DC Circuit Sides With Casino Magnate Stephen Wynn in Foreign Lobbying Case

Judge Patricia Millett, writing for the appeals court, rejected the government's bid for force Wynn to register as a foreign agent. Wynn's Paul hastings attorneys denied the government's assertion that he engaged in lobbying.

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June 14, 2024 | National Law Journal

Antitrust Class Action Targets Amazon for Alleged Suppression of Authors' Earnings

"The effect of Amazon's anticompetitive conduct is a collection of quintessential antitrust injuries: for authors, the effect is reduced output, total sales, and income. For rivals, the effect is foreclosure of access to the wide range of audiobooks needed to compete effectively. And for consumers, the effect is less choice, less innovation, and less output," the complaint alleges.

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June 14, 2024 | National Law Journal

Maryland Appeals Court Rules for Morgan Stanley, Reverses Workers' Comp Claim

The court held there was no evidence that the claimant's infection, even if it resulted from mold exposure, was attributable to his employment as a financial adviser, the appeals court said.

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June 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Bulldog' DC Trial Lawyer Honored for Challenging Caps and Hurdles for Plaintiffs

Allan Siegel has collected over $30 million on behalf of injured clients over the last two years and continues going to bat for injured parties in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, according to his colleagues.

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June 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Biden Picks Nominees for US District Judgeships in Pennsylvania, California and Minnesota

Biden is expected to formally submit his nominees to the U.S. Senate for confirmation hearings in the very near future, where the nominees appear to have immediate support from their home-state senators.

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June 11, 2024 | National Law Journal

4th Circuit Finds Baltimore Violated Evicted Tenants' Due Process Rights

"In sum, we think it eminently fair to hold a municipality responsible for harm caused by a failure of due process when it passes a confiscatory ordinance that fails to provide for the process due," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in affirming a district court's summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.

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June 11, 2024 | National Law Journal

Arnold & Porter Defends Baby Formula Company Perrigo in Antitrust Class Action

Ian S. Hoffman, Matthew Tabas and C. Scott Lent of Arnold & Porter represent Perrigo in the antitrust class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, according to the case docket.

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June 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

Google Prevails in South Carolina Subpoena Fight Amid State-Led Antitrust Lawsuit

"When South Carolina, through its attorney general, joined the action against Google, it voluntarily invoked federal jurisdiction," Judge G. Steven Agee wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. "That invocation, Supreme Court precedent plainly instructs, resulted in a complete and irrevocable waiver of the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity as to all matters arising in that lawsuit, including the State-endorsed Rule 45 subpoena issued to SCPRT."

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