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National Law Journal

Capitol Painting Lawsuit Doomed, Legal Scholars Say

Experts say the case pitting government speech against free speech seems more like a scenario that would play out in a law school exam question.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

DOJ Names Larry Thompson as Corporate Monitor for VW

Former deputy U.S. attorney general Larry Thompson was named independent corporate monitor overseeing compliance reforms at Volkswagen AG for the next three years by the U.S. government on Friday.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

McGuireWoods Swaps Lobby Leaders, DLA Piper Lures Litigators, John Grisham Comes to DC

McGuireWoods is entering a time of transition, with the firm this week naming new management at its McGuireWoods Consulting business, effective in January. Expect change in the law firm's leadership in the near future, too.
72 minute read

Daily Report Online

Another Ex-US Attorney Takes Law School Job, This Time at Alabama

The former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama is joining the University of Alabama School of Law as a distinguished visiting lecturer in August.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

World Bank Taps Pascale DuBois as Next Integrity Vice President

The World Bank Group is set to name Pascale DuBois to its top anticorruption post as its next Integrity Vice President.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Affordable Care Act Records Part of Nonprofit's Oversight Efforts

American Oversight, a nonprofit formed by attorneys, is working to reveal information to the public about health care policymaking in Washington.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Orrick Stokes DEA Over Alleged Marijuana Misstatements

A team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing the medical marijuana advocate Americans for Safe Access, isn't holding its breath for federal drug enforcement officials to erase their alleged misstatements about the health risks of cannabis.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cruise Ship Whistleblower Sails Off With Million-Dollar Reward

Christopher Keays, a native of Scotland, was 27 years old and fresh out of the maritime academy in the summer of 2013 when he got "the chance of a lifetime" to work on a ship, as a junior engineer with the Caribbean Princess. Today he is a millionaire. A federal judge in Miami awarded Keays $1 million Wednesday for blowing the whistle on the Princess Cruise Lines' illegal dumping of oily waste into the ocean.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court: Immigration Agenda Not Part of Child Dependency Review

The Florida Supreme Court decision should end the summary dismissal of dependency petitions from young immigrants seeking U.S. residency.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Google Files Rare Sealed Motion in Hiring Data Dispute With DOL

Tech giant Google filed a motion under seal Tuesday at the instruction of Administrative Law Judge Steven Berlin, in a move that attorneys said was very rare.
21 minute read

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