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Corporate Counsel

Ex-Moody's GC Gets 8 Months in Prison for Not Filing Tax Returns on $54M in Income

Former Moody's GC John Goggins "regrets and accepts full responsibility" for failing to file his returns and "is grateful to the court for considering the comprehensive measures of accountability and restitution he has taken in connection with his misdemeanor offenses."
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National Law Journal

Big Law Leaders and Partners Accelerate Election Fundraising

Cravath's presiding partner and Sullivan & Cromwell's senior chair, among others, each gave $250,000 to the Harris Victory Fund.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Merger-Review Process Could Doom Some Deals, Add Headaches, Subjectivity to Others

"We've gone from a (relatively) certain world centered around a notification that required objective information only to one that is much more murky and perhaps subject to the interpretation of rules by a particular attorney at the agency or manager at the agency," Scott Sher, a partner at Paul Weiss, says.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fusion Voting and Its Impact on the Upcoming Election

Fusion voting was once common and widespread in American politics. It allows one party to cross-endorse the candidate of another political party. By the early 20th century, most states prohibited fusion voting—but not New York.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Big Law for Harris, Solos for Trump: Here's How Pa. Attorneys Are Donating to the Presidential Election

Vice President Kamala Harris significantly outraised Donald Trump among the commonwealth's lawyers, and donations to the former president from large firms were particularly scarce.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Big Law Assembles as Cruise Lines Clinch Partial Victory in $439M Havana Docks Suit

"As a member of the Cuban American community in South Florida whose family lost everything following the 1959 Cuban revolution, wholeheartedly agree with the dissent," said one attorney not associated with the lawsuit.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

'Dismissal Required'?: Trump Cites Another Supreme Court Ruling in DC Jan. 6 Case

"The theory of the case for Trump has an element that focuses on the creation of false evidence—namely, the false slates of electors—for use in Congress's certification process on Jan. 6," said Payvand Ahdout, an associate law professor at the University of Virginia. "From the perspective of the defense, it makes sense to attempt to lump together [Joseph] Fischer's case with Donald Trump's."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Split DC Circuit Upholds Trespassing Charge Used in Hundreds of Jan. 6 Cases

The law prohibits a person from knowingly entering restricted areas that are posted, cordoned off or "otherwise restricted," the latter of which is defined as places where people protected by the Secret Service will be visiting.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Emeritus A. Jay Cristol Dies at 95

"Although each case might be one of hundreds or more on your calendar that week, for many individuals, this is one of the most important days in their lives," a former colleague on the bench recalled in an exchange with the late-judge.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut District Court Pro Bono Awards Announced

The recipient of the 2024 Pro Bono Award is attorney Lorey Leddy of Murtha Cullina. In addition, Robert Reardon of the Reardon Law Firm, Thomas Gerarde of Howd & Ludorf and Joseph Nawrocki, formerly of Day Pitney and now of SouthBank Legal in Washington, D.C., will each receive honorable mention.
3 minute read

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