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National Law Journal

Robocalls Land Dish Network Record $280M Penalty

A federal district court entered the judgment against Dish Network for violating the Federal Trade Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Michelle Lee Resigns as PTO Director

The Trump administration had agreed to keep her in the role but never seemed to give her a firm vote of confidence. A person close to Lee said she was concerned about the Commerce Department siphoning off patent fees.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Northern District 'Clearing the Decks' of Backlogged Civil Cases

Judges in the Northern District of Georgia knew what to do with the biannual Civil Justice Reform Act Report's civil backlog case list. They cleared the decks.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Attorney General: Priority Will Be Prosecuting Sex Crimes Against Kids

Speaking to police and prosecutors gathered in Atlanta for a conference on child exploitation, including child pornography and sex trafficking. the a former Alabama prosecutor acknowledged the challenges law enforcement face.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump Announces Slate of Big Law Nominees for DOJ, Agency Posts

The White House has tapped lawyers from Dechert, Kirkland & Ellis, McGuireWoods and Greenberg Traurig for executive branch roles.
23 minute read

Legaltech News

SCOTUS Will Take Up Cellphone Tracking Case

The court announced Monday that it had granted certiorari in United States v. Carpenter, an appeal of a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Lenard to Take Senior Status, Leaving Fourth Vacancy on Federal Bench

U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard was appointed in 1995.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Trump Faces Tough Task Unwinding Obama Cuba Policy

The Trump administration is close to announcing a new policy that would prohibit business with the Cuban military while maintaining the full diplomatic relations restored by former President Barack Obama, according to a administration official and a person involved in the ongoing policy review.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Worst. Client. Ever.

For such a frequent litigant, Donald Trump sure does stink at being a client. It's a standard instruction, for god's sake. Don't talk about your case. Keep your mouth shut and let your lawyers do their thing.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

The Arrival of Justice Gorsuch May Bring Opportunity to Reform the Collective Entity Doctrine

Recognizing a Fifth Amendment privilege for corporations — whether through wholesale abolition of the collective entity doctrine or by recognizing some limited exception for custodians of smaller corporations — would not foreclose meaningful white-collar prosecutions, but it would restore protection of the Fifth Amendment rights of individuals who are sacrificed under the current bright-line rule. Will Justice Gorsuch help in this endeavor?
26 minute read

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