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Daily Business Review

Lawyer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Tax Fraud

The attorney "earned more than $10 million from selling the Ultimate Tax Plan," the Justice Department said.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Morgan Lewis, Hogan Lovells, Ropes, Wiley and Cohen Milstein Add DC Laterals

Hogan Lovells hired litigators Nadira Clarke, Lily Chinn and Anne Carpenter from Baker Botts, while Morgan Lewis added R. Latane Montague, previously a leader of Hogan Lovells' transportation practice.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

GOP Lawmakers Seek to Block SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Via Legislation If Not Litigation

"When you hear Democrats accuse Republicans of being 'anti-science,' they are proving our point that this rule is about the left's climate-policy agenda, not simply standardizing disclosures," said House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Feds Don't Oppose Delaying Menendez Trial as Senator's Wife Faces Medical Concern

Prosecutors agreed to delay trial until July or August, but are holding fast to their position that the co-defendants' matters not be severed.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Judiciary Rules Committee Will Continue Studying Anti-Judge Shopping Proposal

The panel will also examine how U.S. district courts respond to the suggestion that they randomly assign among all judges in a district any lawsuit where a plaintiff seeks national relief.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

In Big Law Partner Hiring, Business Plans Become 'Litmus Test' For Government Hires

A lateral candidate's business plan can be the difference between "an offer or a polite pass," noted recruiter Dan Binstock.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Walmart Secures Dismissal of Drug Investigation Disclosure Claim

U.S. District Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly's decision is a win for the Latham & Watkins and Richards, Layton & Finger team that represented Walmart, CEO Doug McMillon and former CFO Brett Biggs.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Nadine Menendez Can't Participate in May Bribery Trial Due to Medical Condition, Lawyers Tell Judge

The medical condition was not revealed in the lawyers' letter, but Menendez' attorneys described it as "serious" and wrote that it will require "a surgical procedure in the next four to six weeks as well as possibly significant follow-up and recovery treatment."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorney Hit With $575K Judgment, Client Faces Over $8.3M by Florida Federal Court

"If that deadline is blown, the court can bypass whatever legitimate reasons there may have been for vacating an award or preventing its enforcement," said Edward Lenci, a Hinshaw & Culbertson partner.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

US Agencies Vow Collaboration to Protect Marketplace Competition

"The whole of government approach is an incredibly coherent and sophisticated way to think about competition policy," said U.S. Justice Department antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter.
4 minute read

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