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Pak's Nomination a 'Great Leap' for Georgia's Asian-Americans

Byung J. "BJay" Pak sees America not as a melting pot of cultures but rather as a tapestry woven with threads of justice and liberty.
15 minute read

Daily Report Online

Reality Winner's Prosecutors Insist News Reports Citing Classified Info Are Top Secret

Federal lawyers prosecuting accused government leaker Reality Winner are doubling down in a dispute with Winner's defense team over what should be treated as classified information.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Hang in There, Jeff Sessions

Maybe Sessions will be Janet Reno to Trump's Bill Clinton: the AG who the president wishes would quit—but won't.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

How a SCOTUS Advocate in 1866 Expanded the Presidential Pardon Power

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Jay Sekulow said on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately be called on to decide the scope of presidential pardon power. If that happens, the justices will likely dust off one of the few cases in which the high court has ruled on the pardon power: the 1866 decision in Ex Parte Garland, involving one of the most prolific—and acerbic—advocates before the court: Augustus Garland.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

How to Navigate the Uncertainty of Doing Business in Cuba

Nothing impedes business like uncertainty; therefore it's not surprising that many U.S. business owners still have more questions than answers about how they can do business in Cuba. The questions first arose in a substantive way on Dec. 17, 2014, when the Obama administration and the Cuban government announced they were taking steps to reestablish diplomatic and greater commercial relations between the two countries, write Yosbel A. Ibarra and Osvaldo Miranda.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Ivanka Trump Has 'Confidential' Relationship with Kushner Lawyer Abbe Lowell

White-collar defense lawyer Abbe Lowell said he has a "confidential" relationship with Ivanka Trump tied to his work for her husband Jared Kushner.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Lawmaker Says Toilet Paper Withheld From Inmates

A Florida lawmaker says basic necessities such as toilet paper and soap are being withheld from inmates in some prisons in the state.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Gambling Officials Approve Ending Dog Races at Miami Track

Florida gambling regulators gave a Miami dog track permission to ditch greyhound races but keep more lucrative slot machines and card games, in a first-of-its-kind ruling.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Board of Judges Picks Philadelphia's Interim DA

The First Judicial District's Board of Judges has selected Kelley Hodge to be Philadelphia's district attorney, marking the first time an African-American woman has served as the city's top prosecutor. She has been named to fill the post in the interim until a new district attorney can be elected in November and sworn in in January 2018.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Changes to US-Cuba Policy Signal Increased Cost of Due Diligence, Compliance

The Trump administration's prohibition of most transactions with a subset of Cuban persons or entities is not a novel idea with respect to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR), but it is one that adds additional complexity and transaction costs to an already Byzantine regulatory regime, as U.S. persons now need to undertake additional diligence before being able to undertake a transaction in Cuba, writes Rail Seonane.
9 minute read

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