Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

January 14, 2025 | National Law Journal

Some of the high-profile cases U.S. District Senior Judge Peter J. Messitte presided over include emoluments clause litigation against President-elect Donald Trump and a defamation lawsuit against Amazon.com dismissed voluntarily by the plaintiff.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

January 14, 2025 | National Law Journal

The office of former Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded it had enough admissible evidence against President-elect Donald Trump to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial for Trump's alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 13, 2025 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found "insufficient basis" to prevent the Justice Department from releasing part of Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump in his now-dismissed D.C. election-interference case.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 10, 2025 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected an emergency motion seeking to block U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report in the federal prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 10, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Witness testimony may influence whether the jury finds the defendants liable for Sherman Act violations. The jury may view video depositions of key witnesses in the trial, including MLS Commissioner Don Garber and United Soccer League CEO Alec Papadakis.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

January 10, 2025 | National Law Journal

The trial court "erred" in dismissing the plaintiff's reasonable accommodation and disparate treatment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in a case challenging an employer's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

January 08, 2025 | National Law Journal

Latham & Watkins associate Alex Siemers applauded the appeals court decision reviving his client's civil rights complaint against the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina accused of ignoring student-on-student racial harassment.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

January 07, 2025 | National Law Journal

The amended complaint alleges RealPage coordinated with big landlord companies in an unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords and force tenants to pay higher rents for apartment housing.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

January 07, 2025 | National Law Journal

"The Attorney General will decide whether any portion of the report should be released to the public," Smith's office wrote in a federal court filing. "The Attorney General has not yet determined how to handle the report volume pertaining to this case."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

January 06, 2025 | National Law Journal

"My general reaction is that in the post-COVID world, courts and lawyers handle delays and closures pretty well," said Michael Sklaire, co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's Northern Virginia office.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read