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The American Lawyer

Former SCOTUS Clerk Suing Jones Day Promoted to Counsel at Steptoe

Mark Savignac was fired from Jones Day in January 2019 after pledging to fight its unequal parental leave policy in court and in public.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Unsealed Records Show Trump Business Entities Were Held in Contempt and Fined in 2021

Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan found the entities in criminal contempt for their "willful failure" to comply with grand jury subpoenas and three of his own compliance orders.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

FTX Bankruptcy Attorney: 'We Do Not Trust the Bahamian Government'

An attorney representing FTX in its Delaware bankruptcy claimed during a virtual hearing Wednesday there's no reason to give liquidators in the Bahamas total access to FTX's digital assets.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Extradition Is Likely to Take Months for Sam Bankman-Fried, White-Collar Experts Say

The "sheer breadth" of the indictment and its relative brevity – especially its lack of references to specific pieces of evidence – stood out. But U.S. Attorney Damian Williams hinted that there are more charges to come.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Quinn Emanuel, Representing Billionaire CEO, Sues IRS Over Leak of Tax Documents

"The IRS's failure to established appropriate safeguards over its systems of records has been willful, and upon information and belief, IRS personnel exploited these failures to misappropriate Mr. Griffin's confidential tax return information," wrote Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan attorney Jason Sternberg.
5 minute read

Law.com

'Straightforward Case for Reversal:' 3M Unit Appeals Earplug Bankruptcy Ruling

Paul Clement filed an opening brief on Monday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to reverse an Aug. 26 ruling in the Chapter 11 case of Aearo Technologies refusing to extend an automatic stay to include earplug cases against 3M.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Senate Confirms Dana Douglas as First Black Woman to Serve on 5th Circuit

Douglas has sat as a U.S. magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana since 2019.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Year's Final Senate Judiciary Nominee Hearing Sheds Light on Private Sector Nominees 

Arun Subramanian, a former Ruth Bader Ginsburg clerk and partner at Susman Godfrey, reported $16 million in income in 2020 and just over $9 million in 2021.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

'Utterly Baseless': Court Upholds Sanctions for Attorneys Behind Frivolous Election Fraud Case

"[I]t was evident from the beginning that the plaintiffs faced an uphill battle," the judges said.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sam Bankman-Fried Indictment Unsealed: FTX Founder Charged With Fraud, Conspiracy

Prosecutors accused Bankman-Fried of defrauding FTX customers by using their deposits to pay the expenses of Alameda Research, the crypto hedge fund he founded, and defrauding Alameda's lenders by providing false information about its financial condition.
3 minute read

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