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False Arrest Suit Over Pot Patch Bust Goes Up in Smoke at Trial

A federal jury in Columbus denied a man's claim that he lost his job after he and his wife were arrested and charged with growing marijuana based on deputies' allegedly false statements in support of a search warrant—charges that were eventually dropped against him and reduced to possession of more than one ounce against his wife.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cuomo Pledges NY Aid to Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico, Criticizes President

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo traveled to Puerto Rico to view Hurricane Maria damage and pledged state support to help get the U.S. territory back on its feet while criticizing President Donald Trump's priorities.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lawyers To Benefit From Trump Administration's Increased Scrutiny of Chinese Investment in the US

Lawyers specializing in regulatory matters related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States are having a busy year—especially with transactions related to Chinese investors.
41 minute read

Daily Business Review

Wall Street Exhales After Venezuela Makes Another Bond Payment

Investors in Venezuelan securities are breathing a sigh of relief after the government once again made good on its promise to pay foreign bondholders.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia's Federal Judicial Nominees Face Senate Judiciary at Confirmation Hearing

Alston & Bird partner Michael Brown and Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Billy Ray II appeared jointly at their U.S. Senate confirmation hearing, sharing occasional questions from Judiciary Committee panelists with two other nominees from other states.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

New Patent Boutique Pops Up; PwC's DC Law Firm; Trump Billing Mysteries

Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of D.C. legal industry news and lawyer moves.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Lights! Camera! Action! SCOTUS Coming to Screens Big and Small

Three projects based on the U.S. Supreme Court are in production or development, including one about a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband, Martin Ginsburg, and another about the late Justice Thurgood Marshall.
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Sources: Trump to Tap Connolly, Noreika for Delaware District Court

President Donald Trump is expected to announce Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner Colm F. Connolly and Maryellen Noreika, a partner with Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, as his nominees to fill two open judgeships on Delaware's district court, multiple sources said this week.
16 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's $25M Man? White House Releases Unfinished Disclosure on Lawyer's Pay

Former Hogan Lovells partner Ty Cobb said in a draft disclosure form that his dividends from the firm were between $5 million and $25 million. But the form left out specifics about his relationship with the firm and individual legal clients.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

The Importance of Dissent

Not long ago, there was a widely televised meeting of all President Trump's cabinet ministers and the highest-ranking staff of the White House. One by one they each heaped lavish praise and adulation on him as if he were some sort of "Supreme Leader." Some went so far as to express profound gratitude for the "blessings" associated with serving him. While an attitude of sheepish subservience might be expected in dictatorial regimes such as North Korea, it was disturbing at best to watch it on display within the upper echelons of the leadership in this country. Perhaps most troublesome is the total lack of regard for the importance of dissent.
3 minute read

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