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California Attorney General Nominee Jabs Trump at Confirmation Hearing

A state Assembly committee voted along party lines Tuesday to recommend that Democratic U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra be confirmed as California's 33rd attorney general. The 6-3 vote followed a friendly, two-hour hearing in which the 12-term congressman from Los Angeles took measured jabs at President-elect Donald Trump and his proposals on immigration, health care and the environment.
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National Law Journal

Jeff Sessions Tees Up 'Reasonable' Test for Laws DOJ Defends, Drops

The U.S. Justice Department has a duty to enforce and defend federal laws—unless the agency can't do so in a "reasonable way," U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions said Tuesday during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. attorney general.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of McGrath v. New Yorkers Together

By | January 10, 2017
No Private Right of Action Implied in Newly Enacted Election Law Statute; Dismissal Granted
3 minute read

National Law Journal

5 Questions for Jeff Sessions on White-Collar Enforcement, Regulations

U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, the President-elect's pick to lead the U.S. Justice Department, will face a host of questions Tuesday—at the start of his confirmation hearing&—about immigration policy, civil rights and voting laws. The Alabama Republican's positions on many of those issues are clear. What's less easily discernible is his record—and his plan—on white-collar enforcement.
18 minute read

National Law Journal

Jenner & Block Appellate Chief Leaves Big Law to Teach and Advocate for Voting Rights

Paul Smith, who argued and won the historic U.S. Supreme Court gay rights case Lawrence v. Texas, will join the Campaign Legal Center to litigate for voting rights and campaign reform.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Becerra, in Questionnaire, Reveals Anti-Trump Positions

Attorney General nominee Xavier Becerra told state lawmakers he is prepared to defend Californians' constitutional rights on numerous fronts "at a time of promise and peril for us all."
6 minute read

National Law Journal

New Legislation Would Delay Labor Dept.'s Fiduciary Rule

A member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced a bill Friday to delay the implementation of the U.S. Labor Department's fiduciary rule by two years.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Jenner's Paul Smith on Leaving Big Law, and What's Next

Jenner & Block's Paul Smith said he had been thinking for some time about teaching in a more serious way and writing about his more than 30 years as an appellate lawyer. That opportunity has arrived—and after the election, he said, "it felt like the right thing to do." Smith talks with the NLJ's Marcia Coyle on the decision to leave Big Law, and what's next.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Stein v. Cortes, PICS Case No. 17-0013 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 12, 2016) Diamond, J. (31 pages).

By | January 06, 2017
Court denied plaintiffs' request for injunctive relief and an immediate vote recount in a challenge to the 2016 presidential election because there was no credible evidence that voting machines had been hacked or that Pennsylvania's voting system had been compromised, plaintiffs lacked standing, and plaintiffs' delay in filing their claims risked making it impossible for Pennsylvania to certify its presidential electors by the day required by federal law. Injunction denied.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Tom Perez Touts 'Historic' Fiduciary Rule in Exit Memo

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez on Thursday touted in an exit memo workplace policies put into place during his tenure, including the fiduciary and overtime pay rules—both of which are under assault—and urged the incoming Trump administration and new Congress to support other initiatives championed by the Obama administration.
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