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UGA Law School Takes on Gerrymandering and Voting Rights

“The U.S. Supreme Court's pending docket is the driving force behind this year's conference theme, which will allow for important and timely dialogue on gerrymandering practices and redistricting,” said conference organizer and third-year law student John E. Farmer Jr.
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The Recorder

9th Circuit Relieves Twitter of Liability in Deadly 2015 Terrorist Attack

A federal appeals court in California ruled Wednesday that the families of two defense contractors killed in a 2015 terrorist attack in Jordan cannot sue Twitter for allegedly enabling terror group ISIS.
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New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Sees Significant Reduction in Pending Foreclosure Actions

Justice Lawrence Knipel said the sharp reduction came from his decision to concentrate the wave of foreclosure cases that washed over the court with three Supreme Court justices and a Civil Court judge.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Schwarzenegger, Governors Urge Termination of Gerrymandering in SCOTUS Filing

With the help of a team from Reed Smith, action movie star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined other state governors in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the practice of partisan gerrymandering once and for all.
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The American Lawyer

Law Firm Revenue, Profits Up in 2017: Wells Fargo Report

A Wells Fargo report shows that firms' financial metrics were generally up across the board in 2017, but the top of the market fared best.
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New York Law Journal

Henry Greenberg of Greenberg Traurig Named Next President-Elect of NYSBA

Henry M. "Hank" Greenberg of Albany, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, is currently vice president of the New York State Bar Association's 3rd Judicial District.
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National Law Journal

CDC Director Resigns After Report of Tobacco Stock Trade

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald resigned Wednesday as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention less than a day after a Politico report that she bought shares in a tobacco company after assuming office—an apparent conflict of interest for the head of the country's public health agency.
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The American Lawyer

Top JPMorgan Chase Lawyer Heading to Simpson Thacher

Stephen Cutler, a vice chairman and former general counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co., will join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in April.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Court Turns Back NJ Mortgage Company's Challenge to CFPB Power Structure

Still, mortgage lender PHH Corp. gets a new chance to challenge the $109 million penalty the agency imposed for alleged misconduct.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Slights Rejects Conspiracy Allegation as 'Fantasy,' Scuttling Suit Over Russian Space Satellites

The Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday extinguished a decadelong civil conspiracy suit stemming from a failed partnership to commercialize Russian satellites, saying that extensive discovery had exposed the plaintiff's central theory as a sham.
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