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National Law Journal

Ropes & Gray Bags Baker Botts International Trade Partner

Amid a stream of lateral departures from the Boston-based Am Law 100 firm, Baker Botts international trade partner Ama Adams is joining Ropes & Gray's business and securities litigation practice in the nation's capital.
19 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Department, in Court, Argues Mick Mulvaney Is 'Proper' Interim CFPB Leader

Main Justice says in a court filing: "The confusion that presently exists surrounding the CFPB's acting directorship stems from plaintiff's meritless claims. The president, OLC, and the CFPB's general counsel all agree that Mulvaney is the acting director of the CFPB, and Acting Director Mulvaney has begun work at the agency."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

NFL Class Counsel's Ties to Third-Party Litigation Funder Raise Questions

A lead attorney in the NFL concussion settlement has been very critical of numerous third-party litigation funding companies that have loaned money to retired players involved in the class action, but it is his alleged failure to publicly disclose his history with another litigation funding company that has raised some eyebrows recently.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

The EEOC Got What It Wanted in First Suit Alleging Sexual Orientation Discrimination

A Pennsylvania federal judge this month, ruling for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, awarded $55,500 in damages and other relief to a private employee who claimed he was discriminated against because he is gay. The case was a test for the agency as it pushes for such protections to be recognized under federal civil rights laws.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Doesn't Sound Ready to Kill Off PTAB

There was no clear majority Monday signaling the death of inter partes review—the administrative procedure for reviewing patent validity created by the 2011 America Invents Act.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Schultz Leaves White House, Returns to Cozen O'Connor

Jim Schultz has returned to private practice after nearly one year serving the Trump administration.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-WellCare GC Gets 6 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud

Thaddeus Bereday, the former general counsel at Tampa-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc., was sentenced on Nov. 22 to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to one count of making a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Convictions Roil Big Law Firms as Partners Seek 'The Good Life'

It's been a year of high-profile prosecutions and convictions involving partners at prestigious firms. What keeps leading lawyers astray?
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Sidestep Firearms Challenges and Mississippi's Embrace of Confederate Emblem

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday had no appetite for disputes firearms and Confederate symbols. The justices left intact lower court decisions upholding Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons and Florida's prohibition on open carry of weapons and firearms. The court also declined to wade into a dispute over the appearance of a Confederate emblem on the Mississippi state flag.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Goodwin Procter Grabs Anthony Alexis, Formerly CFPB's Enforcement Chief

Anthony Alexis, the former enforcement director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is joining Goodwin Procter, where he will lead the firm's consumer financial services enforcement practice as a partner. Goodwin Procter was among several firms that recently had expressed interest in hiring a top official from the Obama-era agency, whose leadership was thrown into tumult over the weekend. Two acting directors of the agency, replacing Richard Cordray, have assumed power.
5 minute read

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