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National Law Journal

Trump's DOJ Can't Quickly End Suit Over Rule-Rollback Order

A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's order that agencies eliminate two existing regulations for each new one will go forward despite the U.S. Justice Department's effort to end it quickly on procedural grounds.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Strike 3 for Abbott & Costello Heirs' 'Who's on First' Copyright Dispute

After a swing and a miss at both the trial court and appellate level, a copyright infringement lawsuit over the use of comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's "Who's on First" routine has struck out, with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review the case.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Slowpoke' Report: Which Federal Judges Have the Biggest Backlogs?

In the Southern District of Florida, one judge is responsible for most of the slowest-moving cases.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

As Russia Probes Mount, White-Collar Lawyers Hit Prime Time

It's a helluva time to be a government investigations lawyer in the nation's capital.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

As Trump Eyes Berman for US Attorney, NJ GOP Officials Press for Carpenito

The White House is ready to nominate Greenberg Traurig lawyer Geoffrey Berman as the next U.S. attorney from New Jersey, but supporters of Alston & Bird's Craig Carpenito are making a push for their candidate, according to several people familiar with the search process.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump Turmoil Tempers Law Firm Business Forecasts

Regardless of their political leanings, many law firm leaders were cautiously optimistic after Donald Trump's election. They hoped he might boost business—and demand for legal services—with his agenda of tax reform, looser bank regulations and infrastructure investment. But with the fledgling administration already mired in investigations, the enthusiasm is waning amid some firm leaders.
18 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Chief Compliance Officer Fined, Barred From Work as Banamex Reaches NPA

Once again, the federal government has held a chief compliance officer personally liable for failing to stop a company's misconduct. The CCO worked at Banamex USA in Los Angeles, a banking subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. that just signed a nonprosecution agreement on Monday, but agreed to pay a $97.4 million penalty for money laundering and other criminal violations.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Protected Speech? DOJ Compliance Expert Tweets Anti-Trump Messages

The contracted compliance counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, Hui Chen, has been posting anti-Trump messages on her Twitter account. Labor and employment attorney says the law is continuing to evolve about this sort of activity.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

No Public Hearing Set for SCOTUS Budget, Again

Last year a spokeswoman said the court's budget hearing did not take place because of "a compressed Supreme Court and congressional schedule."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Insurers Mount Pressure as US House, HHS Try to Resolve ACA Case

Lawyers for the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on Monday asked a federal appeals court to freeze for another 90 days a dispute over billions of dollars in insurance industry subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, a delay that could further unnerve the health insurance markets.
5 minute read

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