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National Law Journal

Corporate Whistleblowers Catch the Supreme Court's Attention

Federal appellate courts have struggled recently over exactly when a corporate insider becomes a whistleblower who's entitled to the Dodd-Frank Act's protections against retaliation. The U.S. Supreme Court's now jumping into the fray to resolve tension among the lower courts. The justices agreed Monday to take up the case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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The Recorder

Trump. v. International Refugee Assistance Project

U.S. Sup. Ct.; 16-1436 The U.S. Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari. The court held that the injunctions barring enforcement of President…
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National Law Journal

Supreme Court Narrows Travel-Ban Injunctions, Puts Case on October Calendar

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday partially allowed President Donald Trump's executive order suspending immigration from six Muslim-majority nations and the U.S. refugee program to take effect and agreed to hear arguments on the order's legality in the fall.
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National Law Journal

Justices Revive Suit Against US Agent Who Fatally Shot Mexican Teenager

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived a Mexican family's attempt to hold a U.S. Border Patrol officer liable for the shooting death of their unarmed teenage son on foreign soil, and ordered reargument next term in two unrelated immigration cases. The justices, in an unsigned opinion in which three justices dissented for different reasons, vacated an appellate court ruling that had protected the border agent in the family's lawsuit.
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New York Law Journal

EDNY Prosecutors Drop Appeal of Death Sentence

The Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office has reversed its stance and will not appeal a judge's decision to vacate a death sentence for Ronell Wilson, who was convicted of murdering two police officers.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Warning: Double Check Deadlines Provided by IRS

Don't believe the Internal Revenue Service; always verify. And as for filing deadlines, those are rigid when it comes to the Tax Court.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

50 Companies Tell Court Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Bad For Business

Fifty major companies, including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and S&P Global Inc., urged a New York federal appeals court Monday to embrace sexual orientation protection under civil rights laws, arguing that discrimination against gay and lesbian workers "takes a heavy toll" on bottom lines.
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Corporate Counsel

Veteran SEC, Accounting Oversight Board Counsel Joins Ernst & Young

Liban Jama, formerly of the SEC and PCAOB, has joined up with EY.
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Litigation Daily

What Do You Get if You Mix a Cheerleader, Justice Kennedy, Simpson Thacher and My Worst Nightmare? This Column.

Why is lawyer rating site Avvo in a fight with an ex-cheerleader? And what's up with all the Justice-Kennedy-Might-Retire speculation? How did Simpson Thacher defeat class cert? All this and more...
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National Law Journal

The Law Firm Supergroup That Outplayed Them All; Latham's Litigation Hires; Bharara's Book Deal

The annual Battle of the Law Firm Bands took place in Washington, D.C., on June 22, featuring acts like the “Estoppelgangers,” “Nuclear Covfefe,” “Sutherland Comfort,” “The Perks” and “The Precedents.” Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of Big Law and federal government hires and other Washington, D.C., legal news.
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