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National Law Journal

SEC's Whistleblower Chief Says Companies Heed Call Not to Silence Tipsters

Jane Norberg, the head of the SEC's whistleblower office, said the corporate world is getting the hint and not using severance agreements to stifle would-be tipsters. “The good news is that I have seen some improvement in this area,” Norberg said Thursday at a securities conference in Washington. The “message is out there” that severance agreements cannot include terms preventing employees from contacting regulators, she added.
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National Law Journal

DOJ's Noel Francisco Will Argue Against Gay Couple in Supreme Court Cake Case

U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco will make the government's arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court in December in support of a Colorado baker who refused on religious grounds to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
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National Law Journal

Jeff Sessions Rails Against 'Super Legislator' Judges

In a speech at the Heritage Foundation, the attorney general said judges who have entered nationwide preliminary injunctions against President Donald Trump's policies are carrying out policy preferences, not the law.
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Corporate Counsel

HR Chiefs, Tech Companies Ramp Up Opposition to Trump's Immigration Policies

More than 100 human resources chiefs and dozens of the world's largest businesses on Thursday ramped up support for undocumented workers, signaling their opposition to the Trump administration's move to scuttle an immigration program that allows hundreds of thousands workers to be employed.
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National Law Journal

DC Circuit Ruling Fuels Class Action Against HHS Abortion Policy for Immigrant Minors

The D.C. Circuit's blockbuster ruling that allowed an undocumented immigrant to leave federal custody to have an abortion marked the court's rare foray into hot-button social issues. It's an open question just how far-reaching the ruling will be either to the underlying purported class of pregnant undocumented minors or to immigration litigation at large. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, writing in dissent, said any precedential value of the court's decision will be debated.
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National Law Journal

Judge Denies States' Injunction Bid for Affordable Care Act Payments

A federal judge in San Francisco found that the Trump administration has so far put forth the more convincing legal argument and that an injunction would be “counterproductive."
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Why Are There So Few Women SCOTUS Advocates?

New research shows women are significantly underrepresented in the elite ranks of advocates who argue before the court. Tony Mauro asked practitioners why and what can done about it.
40 minute read

National Law Journal

Who's Hiring from the CFPB? These Law Firms Showed Interest.

Four prominent law firms courted at least one top-level official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this summer. Between June and July, the firms Sidley Austin, Ballard Spahr, Goodwin Procter and Manatt Phelps each requested meetings with one or more CFPB officials, according to documents The National Law Journal obtained through a public records request.
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National Law Journal

Russia Dossier Subpoena Fight Entangles Big Law and Boutiques

The controversy surrounding the salacious dossier has made its way to the courtroom and brought some prominent attorneys with it.
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National Law Journal

Coal Lobbyist, Trump's Pick for Scott Pruitt's Deputy, Reveals Pay, Clients

Andrew Wheeler, nominated on Oct. 5 as deputy administrator under Secretary Scott Pruitt, revealed his law firm compensation and clients in an ethics pledge and a financial disclosure posted by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
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