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Burning Questions for Greenbridge Corporate Counsel's Founder

Where marijuana and the law intersect, you're likely to find Khurshid Khoja. We recently caught up with the founder of Greenbridge Corporate Counsel to talk about what's on his plate in these ever-changing regulatory times.
12 minute read

The Recorder

What's Next in Antitrust Probe of Mega Movie Theaters?

Makan Delrahim, nominated to head the DOJ Antitrust Division, is a Los Angeles lawyer with ties to the film industry, stirring talk in Hollywood that the investigation may be all but dead.
26 minute read

National Law Journal

Anthem Won't Pay Breakup Fee, Uber Clashes With Regulators (Again), and the Cool Richard Cordray

Anthem Inc. is dropping its bid to acquire rival health insurer Cigna Corp., and the company's stepping up the conflict in refusing to pay a $1.85 billion breakup fee. Uber Technologies and San Francisco tax authorities are fighting over public access to driver names and addresses—the latest confrontation between the ride-hailing company and regulators. And the clock expired on a Republican-led bid, through the Congressional Review Act, to void the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's prepaid card rule. This is a roundup of regulatory action.
28 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump Tweet Sparks Legal Questions Over Comey Firing

Trump's warning to Comey referencing recordings has prompted legal experts and analysts to highlight the legal link to Watergate.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's Justice Department Works Both Sides of the CFPB

The Trump administration's U.S. Justice Department is both simultaneously challenging and backing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, creating a litigation whirlwind as Republicans and business advocates push reforms that would strip some power from the Obama-era federal agency.
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Who's in the Mix for Delaware's Federal Judgeships

With the court nearing a vacancy crisis, at least five Republican lawyers have expressed interest. But one prominent state Republican said the process is "very much in limbo."
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

James Comey May Find Soft Landing in Big Law

As a prospective law firm hire, Comey combines a prestigious resume with unusual political baggage.
25 minute read

The Recorder

Budget Would Give Becerra 19 New Lawyers to Fight Trump

Gov. Jerry Brown's revised state budget proposal gives the Attorney General's Office an additional $6.5 million and 31 positions to handle the "new legal workload" associated with fighting Trump administration policies.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

NY Tax Boutique Opens in DC With DOJ, Baker & Hostetler Alums

Two tax experts with high-profile government and private practice experience have joined New York boutique Kostelanetz & Fink and will launch the firm's new Washington, D.C., office.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'Echo Is Not Spying On You,' Amazon Lawyer Declares

Months after Apple faced off with the FBI over an order to unlock an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino shooting investigation, Amazon.com Inc. was thrust center-stage in its own digital privacy debate when Arkansas prosecutors demanded data from a murder suspect's Echo device. Amazon initially objected to the demands last year, only to later grant access after the suspect consented to the release of the data. Speaking Thursday at a Consumer Federation of America conference in Washington, an in-house lawyer at Amazon stated flatly: "No, Echo is not spying on you."
8 minute read

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