Election and Political Law

  • Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, Trump Pick for NLRB, Discloses Clients, Compensation

    By Erin Mulvaney | July 10, 2017

    Uber, one of the Los Angeles shareholder's clients, has clashed with the labor board.Littler Mendelson's William Emanuel, one of President…

  • National Law Journal

    Trump's FBI Pick Christopher Wray Earned $9.2M Partnership Share at King & Spalding

    By Katelyn Polantz and Mike Scarcella | July 10, 2017

    Christopher Wray, the King & Spalding white-collar partner who was nominated to replace fired FBI director James Comey, reported earning $9.2 million in his partnership share from 2016 and so far this year, according to financial documents made available Monday. Wray, a King & Spalding partner for nearly 12 years in the firm's Washington and Atlanta offices, also revealed numerous big-name clients in the required disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Wray is set to appear Wednesday for his confirmation hearing.

  • National Law Journal

    Is the CEO Pay Disclosure Rule Still Alive? And: SEC Takes On 'Fake News'

    By C. Ryan Barber | July 7, 2017

    CEOs are getting antsy about complying with an SEC rule that would expose compensation divides at companies. The SEC recently took on a "fake news" scheme. Federal trade regulators this week adopted an indemnity policy to protect its employees who get sued. And the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's taking heat from an unlikely source: the National Credit Union Administration. This is a roundup of regulatory and compliance news from ALM and around the web.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Ali v. McClinton, PICS Case No. 17-0997 (E.D. Pa. June 14, 2017) McHugh, J. (14 pages).

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017

    Plaintiff's whistleblower and §1983 suit against the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and a state representative in her official capacity was barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity but his action against representative in her personal capacity for firing him after he reported the alleged misuse of state funds to promote representative's church was not barred. Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.

  • National Law Journal

    How Walter Shaub, Trump Antagonist Over Ethics, Wants to be Remembered

    By C. Ryan Barber | July 6, 2017

    The federal government's chief ethics watchdog resigned Thursday after clashing for months with President Donald Trump over his refusal to divest business interests and confronting the administration's initial resistance to publicly disclose waivers that allowed staff to interact with their former private employers.

  • National Law Journal

    Did Trump's Voting Commission Break Privacy Laws? We'll Find Out Soon

    By Cogan Schneier | July 5, 2017

    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.

  • The Recorder

    Why Dentons' Jeff Bleich Decided to 'Lace Up' for Lt. Gov. Run

    By Cheryl Miller | July 3, 2017

    Dentons partner Jeffrey Bleich is criss-crossing California these days, introducing himself to voters who will decide next year whether he should be the state's next lieutenant governor. The Recorder recently caught up with the Democratic candidate before he took his campaign to Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

  • Texas Lawyer

    Texas Supreme Court Sides With Democrats in Upholding Corporate Campaign Ban

    By John Council | July 3, 2017

    The all-Republican Texas high court said it was bound to follow U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence allowing restrictions on corporate campaign contributions.

  • National Law Journal

    Janet Dhillon, Ex-Big Law Turned Longtime GC, Lands Trump Nod for EEOC

    By Erin Mulvaney and Mike Scarcella | June 29, 2017

    Janet Dhillon, a veteran corporate in-house lawyer who led the legal departments at US Airways and JCPenney and now oversees Burlington Stores Inc.'s team, was picked Wednesday for a seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In a recent talk, Dhillon, who got her start at Skadden Arps, gave advice to law firms that want to do business with her company. Here are the highlights.

  • National Law Journal

    Meet the Kirkland Partner in Line to Shepherd Trump's Judicial Nominees

    By Marcia Coyle | June 28, 2017

    If President Donald Trump gets to fill another U.S. Supreme Court seat, he will have an experienced hand in Kirkland & Ellis partner Beth Williams guiding any nominee through confirmation. Williams is Trump's pick to head the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy. Here are six things to know about Williams, whose nomination was considered Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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