Trump Watch: Can a Trial Judge Gag Order Trump? And More Moves at the White House Counsel Office
Deputy White House counsel Stefan Passantino is the latest attorney to leave the office.
July 30, 2018 at 01:24 PM
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Another White House Lawyer Exits
Stefan Passantino signed onto Dentons head compliance eyeing an exit Uttam Dhillon now Drug Enforcement Administration Gregory Katsas Makan Delrahim James Burnham John Bash confirmed Jim Schultz Cozen O'Connor Michael McGinley Dechert Neil Eggleston President Barack Obama “Most people would stay two years, through the midterms,” “You just don't deal with those in private practice.”Gag Orders and the President
Buckley Sandler charges made a push remarked Ketanji Brown Jackson knocked down Erwin Chemerinsky Mississippi v. Johnson Andy Wright Just Security ➤ What do you think? Are there any Trump-related legal hypotheticals you want answered? Shoot me an email and let me know. Also, the Gavel Tracker is back next week! Thanks for reading, and hope you have a nice weekend, folks.This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
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J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
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Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
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Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
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Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
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