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National Law Journal

Justices Won't Review Challenges to Mississippi's Anti-Gay Law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review two challenges to a Mississippi law considered to be one of the most extreme anti-gay rights laws in the country.
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National Law Journal

Microsoft, Fighting Class Action, Acknowledges Gender Imbalances in Tech Industry

"One can debate how best to address this important societal issue—but the class allegations here are not the right vehicle for that debate," Microsoft's lawyers at Orrick say in their opposition to class certification.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Justice Department Tells Court to Disregard Trump's DACA Tweet

DOJ lawyers said the president's tweet linking any deal to reinstate DACA with funding for his controversial border wall shouldn't affect litigation challenging the rescission of the program.
3 minute read

International Edition

Am Law Firms Can't Save China-US Deal From CFIUS

The failure of the proposed $1.2 billion deal between Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial Group and Moneygram raises questions about the future of China-U.S. deals.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Who Is Uttam Dhillon, White House Counsel Who Reportedly Misled Trump on Firing Comey?

A report Friday said Dhillon withheld his conclusion that Trump had the authority to fire the former FBI director because he feared the repercussions of such a move.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Legal Sector Posts Modest Job Gains in December

Amid a positive report for the U.S. economy overall, the legal services industry had a slight uptick in employment in December.
3 minute read

The Recorder

James Cole's Marijuana Memo Just Got Revoked. Here's What He Thinks About That.

Cole, now a Sidley Austin partner, said he thought his namesake Justice Department memo outlined "a valid policy and was moving things in the right direction."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Denies Fusion GPS Bid to Block House Subpoena for Bank Records

The firm behind the so-called Trump dossier argued the subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee was overly broad.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

What Employment Lawyers Are Saying About Trump's 'Cease and Desist' Against Bannon

"It seems like Trump does view himself as the CEO of America Inc. and is attempting to use and enforce and gag Bannon the way a private employer would do," one employment law attorney says. "Using these corporate instincts in a government context doesn't make sense. There is a lot of bluster in this letter."
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyers Say Trump Would Be 'Laughed Out of Court' in Lawsuit to Block Book

A lawyer for President Donald Trump sent a letter to a publisher Thursday demanding that Michael Wolff's new book on the White House not be published.
4 minute read

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