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New Jersey Law Journal

Christie's Chances of Getting Top FBI Post Seen as Remote

Chris Christie's name has been mentioned as a potential replacement for FBI Director James Comey Jr., but New Jersey lawyers and political observers say the governor's chances of getting the job are slim.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

SDNY Short-Lister, Morgan Lewis Partner Helps Guide Showtime's 'Billions'

For those who appreciate verisimilitude in their cable TV dramas, a highlight of this week's "Billions" season finale on Showtime came when a young prosecutor told her boss, a fictional U.S. attorney, that she was leaving for a real-life law firm. The show smartly name-dropped Sullivan & Cromwell—the place to be for upwardly mobile securities fraud experts looking to trade a government paycheck for something much, much more lucrative.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Antitrust Chief Baer Returns to Arnold & Porter

Top Justice Department antitrust lawyer Bill Baer is returning to Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, where he led the antitrust practice for several years, the firm said Wednesday.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Solicitor General Nominee Pledges 'Independence and Candor'

Noel Francisco sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, even though some senators appeared preoccupied by President Donald Trump's Tuesday firing of FBI Director James Comey.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Senate Hearing on DOJ Nominees Pivots to Comey

The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Noel Francisco for solicitor general, Makan Delrahim to head the Antitrust Division and Steven Engel to oversee the Office of Legal Counsel, but committee Democrats used their time to address the FBI director's termination.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Quotable Comey: CEOs Must Be 'Maniacal' About Ethics

As the now-fired FBI Director James Comey weighs his next move, here's a look back at some of the comments companies and law firms might find compelling as they consider contacting the dispatched director about a possible return to the private sector.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Obermayer Adds Bucks Co. Office, Led by Ex-US Congressman

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel has expanded further into the Philadelphia suburbs, opening an office in Bucks County.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Why This Loss for the Legendary David Boies Is a Gain for the Rest of Us

If David Boies and co-counsel from Skadden had prevailed before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday, the government would have owed their clients at least $18.3 billion for claims that an amicus called "a stunning example of avarice."
18 minute read

Daily Business Review

Sanders Donors Press Case Against DNC Over Alleged Clinton Favoritism

A Fort Lauderdale federal judge has to decide whether the Democratic National Committee can be sued by donors who don't feel it met its promise to be "evenhanded and impartial."
5 minute read

The Recorder

En Banc Ninth Circuit to Review FTC Authority in Data-Throttling Case

The court will consider whether AT&T's status as a common carrier shields it from an enforcement action pursued by the Federal Trade Commission.
1 minute read

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