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In Health Insurance Subsidy Case, SF Judge Poised to Turn Back State's Injunction Bid

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge is set to turn back a request from a group of Democratic states attorneys general looking to force the Trump administration…
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former Head of HSBC FX Practice Found Guilty of 'Front Running' Fraud

Mark Johnson, the former head of HSBC's global foreign exchange cash trading, was convicted on Monday on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and eight counts of wire fraud after a four-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

LabCFTC Director Gives Next Steps for Fintech

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has met with more than 100 fintech companies in recent months as part of an effort to share information…
6 minute read

National Law Journal

D.C. Judge Nixes Kasowitz' $90B Whistleblower Suit Against Chemical Giants

The firm Kasowitz Benson Torres brought the lawsuit under the False Claims Act against various chemical companies, including BASF and Dow Chemical, but a D.C. judge said the firm's legal theory failed.
21 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's Treasury Department Hits Plaintiffs Lawyers Over CFPB's Arbitration Rule

The Trump administration on Monday took a new chance to bash the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's push to restrict arbitration agreements, saying the regulation will only put money in the pockets of plaintiffs lawyers.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

'RBG Workout' Book Gives New Meaning to Habeas Corpus

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's workout is detailed in a new book from personal trainer Bryant Johnson, who the 84-year-old justice has called the most important person in her life.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Facebook, Google and Twitter Spend Millions Lobbying as Russia Scrutiny Builds

Facebook, Google and Twitter spent a combined $7.14 million on lobbying in the three months ending Sept. 30,
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Gorsuch Dishes on Civility, Firing Clients, Discovery Karma, and Hot Tubs With Law Clerks

 In his most candid public appearance since joining the U.S. Supreme Court in April, Justice Neil Gorsuch on Saturday urged the legal profession…
13 minute read

National Law Journal

UPDATED: DC Circuit Declines to Allow Pregnant Undocumented Teen to Get Abortion, For Now

The D.C. Circuit gave the Department of Health & Human Services until Oct. 31 to find a sponsor for the 17-year-old, in which case she would be free from HHS custody and allowed to get the abortion.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

On Basketball Court, Georgetown Law's Class of '77 Lives On

The National Basketball Association may have just started its 72nd season, but another league comprised of those somewhat less athletically inclined has a storied history of its own.
8 minute read

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