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National Law Journal

Jones Day Adds Top Obama-Era Justice Department Lawyers

After helping to stock the Trump administration with legal firepower, Jones Day brought on a pair of high-profile names from the Obama Justice Department, Benjamin Mizer and Shirlethia Franklin.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

High Court Hears Case Over Blood Sample Lost in Storm

The Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in the case of a man convicted of burglary based largely on forensic blood evidence destroyed by floodwaters from Superstorm Sandy.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Most Florida Property in Flood Zones is Not Insured

Work to protect property ahead of Hurricane Irma might not be enough with a widespread lack of flood insurance in Florida.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Strange Days: Trump Lawyers Caught Up in Email, Inmate Dramas

King & Spalding partner Bobby Burchfield, the Trump Organization's top ethics counsel, and ex-Hogan Lovells partner Ty Cobb, who joined the White House this summer as a member of the president's legal defense team in special counsel Robert Mueller III's Russia investigation, saw their names emerge in two eyebrow-raising reports.
25 minute read

Daily Business Review

Dreamers Decision Creates Dilemma for Florida Republicans

Gov. Rick Scott rejected the Obama approach but doesn't favor "punishing children for the actions of their parents."
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Take a Look at the 11th Circuit's New Nominee

Judge Elizabeth "Lisa" Branch was nominated by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to fill the spot vacated by Judge Frank Hull, who is taking senior status.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Roger Stone Slaps Back at Lawsuit Alleging DNC Hack Conspiracy

The political firebrand and informal Trump adviser filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit under the District of Columbia's Anti-SLAPP law.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Trump Nominates 5 Texans to the Federal Bench

In a surprising mix of potential U.S. District judges, President Donald Trump today announced his first five judicial nominees in Texas including two people who were formerly nominated by former President Barack Obama and two lawyers who've worked for the First Liberty Legal Institute, a conservative religious freedom organization.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Counterterrorism Director Moves to Skadden

The former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Michael Leiter, has joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's Washington office as a partner in the firm's national security practice.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Preview of the Supreme Court's October Term 2017

The Supreme Court will spring back into action next month. No more limping forward while awaiting a full bench. Instead, the court will open its new term with the full complement of nine justices and dive into a blockbuster slate of oral arguments: travel ban, political gerrymandering, fundamental questions of criminal law, etc.
9 minute read

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