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National Law Journal

Back to Work for Obama Lawyers; US Attorney Picks Raise Eyebrows; Dentons' Big New Referral Database

It's been another busy week in the nation's capital for lawyers and news-watchers alike.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Albany Law Names New VP of Advancement

Albany Law School is kicking off a fundraising initiative, and it has tapped a new administrator to oversee that effort.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Why Did a Federal Judge Sentence a Terminally Ill Mother to 75 Years for Health Care Fraud?

A federal judge in Texas sentenced a woman with advanced metastatic cancer to 75 years in prison for Medicare fraud last month amid a crackdown on health care fraud by the government. Here's what we learned about the case.
19 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Comm'n v. DiVincenzo

Election Commission Only Needed Common Law Quorum, Without Regard to Political Affiliations, to Approve Complaint
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Sessions' Chief of Staff Tapped to Lead DOJ Civil Division

Career DOJ lawyer Joseph 'Jody' Hunt was nominated today.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawsuits Allege Government Liable Under US Constitution for Damage Caused by Controlled Water Releases During Hurricane Harvey

Texas plaintiffs firms have begun filing lawsuits on behalf of clients who live in Houston neighborhoods that flooded when the Army Corps of Engineers authorized controlled water releases from two reservoirs in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The suits allege that the intentional flooding was an unlawful government taking of property, violating the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami-Based Akerman Linked to the Scandal Around Trump's FEMA Nominee

Miami-based Akerman reportedly participated in a lobbying dinner that caught federal investigators' attention, and fueled speculation of alleged unethical behavior by President Donald Trump's nominee for a top job at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Monroe Town Court Justice Winchester Suspended by Top Court

The state's highest court suspended a Monroe Town Court justice who was arrested earlier this year on felony charges of obstructing justice and making false statements to establish the required town residency.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Pak Nomination Sails Through Senate Judiciary Committee

Atlanta attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak's nomination as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia sailed through the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning and was forwarded to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.
3 minute read

International Edition

DWF advises Kensington and Chelsea Council as Grenfell Tower fire inquiry gets underway

Northeast law firm Wilkin Chapman also acts for council in relation to disaster
4 minute read

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