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Handicapping Site to Pony Up $500,000 to Pay Horse Racing Tracks

The Stronach Group, operators of horse race tracks across the nation, has cashed in its winning ticket in a settlement and is set to receive $500,000 over the next year from the owners of Derby Wars, a handicapping contest website it sued in 2015.
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Daily Report Online

Feds Look to Bar Public Access to Immigration Policy Manual

The Justice Department submitted the manual under a provisional seal because there may be privileged or sensitive information in it.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

Trump Administration Has Big Thing Against Public Databases

Companies, raising reputational concerns, have long griped about agencies that post consumer complaints and other data. Republicans are now taking up that cause.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Lobbyists Leave Bob Dole to Launch New Firm; Hunton Loses Office Head; Lawyers Circle Trump

Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of Big Law hires and other Washington, D.C., legal industry news. Read the previous edition here. Send tips and lateral moves to Katelyn Polantz at [email protected].
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National Law Journal

Who Is Rachel Brand? What to Know About Main Justice's No. 3.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein faced mounting pressure Friday to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. His recusal could push Rachel Brand, the No. 3 in command at Main Justice, into a greater national spotlight. Brand was the first woman to ever serve as associate attorney general. Here are highlights from her career, which includes stints in Big Law at Wilmer Hale, and running the SCOTUS murder boards for Justices John Roberts Jr. and Samuel Alito Jr.
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New Jersey Law Journal

The French Have a Word for Comey: 'Fonctionnairisme'

The French word "fonctionnairisme" is the bureaucratic culture of doing your job without regard to the politics of those in charge. Former FBI Director James Comey has given us a look at the American version of fonctionnairisme. He is a fonctionnaire clean down to the bone.
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National Law Journal

Watson Comes to Wall Street, Amazon Faces Overtime Suit: Regulatory Roundup

Watson comes to Wall Street. There might be fewer financial regs to comply with in the coming months. Draft federal legislation would block states from setting driverless car rules. Uber faces more regulatory and labor compliance headaches. An AARP lawyer wants regulators to take a fresh look at mandatory retirement policies at big firms. This is a roundup from ALM and around the web.
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Litigation Daily

Girl (Senator) Interrupted: Women Litigators Feel Kamala Harris' Pain

For the second time in a week, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris was interrupted by her male colleagues, who told the former prosecutor from California to back off aggressively questioning Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. For women litigators, it's a depressingly familiar dynamic.
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National Law Journal

How Donald Verrilli Confronted Questions About Presidential Comments

Donald Verrilli Jr., the former U.S. solicitor general, was twice confronted by the justices over how presidential statements affected the government's litigation positions. What about President Donald Trump's comments on his travel-ban orders? The challengers have made "a reasonably strong" case that Trump's tweets and comments are legally fair game, Verrilli says.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Careerist: Choose One: 1) Ditzy Broad or 2) Angry Bitch

In case you're not keeping score, the sexist comments are flying these days. Let's just focus on two recent incidents.
4 minute read

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