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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

The American Lawyer

A Whistleblower Takes On Charlotte School of Law

Will a former Charlotte Law professor's claims finally bring change to the legal education industry?
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Not Again! Power Outage Clears Miami-Dade County Courthouse

A substation breaker turned off the power, and a dozen judges relocated to the nearby Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center.
1 minute read

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