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National Law Journal

GOP Senators Urge Judiciary to Scrap Proposal for Greater Amicus Funding Disclosure

The Supreme Court "has long protected those who associate for speech purposes from compelled disclosure of those associations, subjecting any such disclosures to 'exacting scrutiny,'" the Republican lawmakers wrote.
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New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Affirms Ghislaine Maxwell Convictions

At the center of Maxwell's appeal was the 2007 non-prosecution agreement Epstein entered into with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Attorney Breon Peace Announces New Whistleblower Pilot Program

The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of New York will offer nonprosecution agreements in exchange for new information about various crimes, including federal and state corruption, Peace said.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Senate Confirms Federal Prosecutor Kevin Ritz to 6th Circuit

Ritz, who was confirmed in a 48-46 vote, served as an assistant U.S. attorney before Biden appointed him U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee in 2022.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Faegre Drinker, Carlton Fields Add Former EDNY Prosecutors

Craig Heeren, formerly the deputy chief of the office's national security and cybercrime section, is joining Am Law 100 firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath as a partner, while former assistant U.S. attorney Brian Morris is slated to become a shareholder with Second Hundred firm Carlton Fields.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Challenge to TikTok Ban-or-Sale Law Faces First Amendment Scrutiny at DC Circuit

Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan pressed TikTok on whether a company based outside of the United States can bring a First Amendment challenge to a federal regulation.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lacking Votes but Not Vigor, GOP FTC Members Trying to Slow Down Lina Khan's Steamrolling Majority Any Way They Can

"The pushback doesn't change what the commission is going to do. But I think it does make staff and the majority button things up a bit more," said John Villafranco, a partner at Kelley Drye Warren.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Says Farewell to the Term 'Crypto Asset Securities'

"It's just the evolution where there were way too many scams by crypto folks that lead to the SEC's aggressive overreach and regulation enforcement, that you have a pendulum that goes one way and the other way and now it is maybe slowing down a bit," said Terrence Yang, a strategic advisor to Swan Bitcoin.
3 minute read

Law.com

2024 US Presidential Election: What the Legal Industry Needs to Know

Take a look at the ongoing coverage from across the Law.com Newsroom on the potential impact of November's election.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Law Clerks Can't Seek Post-Clerkship Jobs With Political Orgs, Ethics Guidance Says

"A law clerk who applies for a job with a political organization risks linking the judge's chambers to political activity, which could compromise the independence of the judiciary," the advisory opinion states.
2 minute read

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