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Compliance Hot Spots: CFIUS Draft Rules on 'Sensitive Personal Data' | New and Notable FARA Filings | News Roundup: 'Public Servants Versus Donald Trump' | Who Got the Work

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots -- we're highlighting some commentary on CFIUS draft rules. Plus: a snippet on new and notable FARA filings, which reveal some Big Law hourly rates. Who Got the Work -- and all the big moves are here. Thanks for reading!
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National Law Journal

Dan Coats Is Latest Trump Administration Hire for King & Spalding

The former intelligence chief is King & Spalding's fifth senior hire this year from the Trump administration for its government matters practice.
4 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: DOJ Unveils New 'Inability to Pay' Guidance | 'Unfortunate Series of Events' in CFTC Dust-up | SEC Is Hiring New Chief Data Officer | All the New Moves

Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots. The US Justice Department's got new guidance for prosecutors about how to assess corporate fines when the defendant claims they can't pay. Plus: hear from the Chicago federal trial judge who's justifying orders setting up a contempt inquiry against leaders of the CFTC. Plus, all the new white-collar and regulatory moves. Thanks for reading!
10 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: Getting 'Comfortable' on the Plant-Touching Side | Meet Dykema's Cannabis Team | Revolving Door? You Bet | Who Got the Work

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck's cannabis practice. Dykema's take on Illinois and Michigan. Nevada's new cannabis regulator. The revolving cannabis door in California.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

'Divorced From Facts': Prosecutors Condemn Michael Flynn's 'Conspiracy Theories' 

"The defendant and his new counsel are in search of a result, not the facts," prosecutors alleged in a new court filing that challenges the assertion the government has hid evidence from the former Trump national security adviser.
5 minute read

Law.com

Historic Vote on Cannabis Banking: Perspectives from Practitioners | A Court Rules on Marijuana Overtime | 'Marijuana Mitch' | Trade Group Lobbies Up

We've rounded up early commentary from lawyers about the U.S. House's vote embracing cannabis banking legislation. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, headlines and our calendar. Thanks for reading!
10 minute read

National Law Journal

'Unprecedented': Intel Chief Defends White House, DOJ Involvement in Handling Whistleblower Complaint

Acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire said the president's involvement in the underlying issue required him to see if executive privilege covered the whistleblower complaint.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Leader Vows Continued Scrutiny of 'Foreign Agent' Lobbying 

Justice Department attorney Brandon Van Grack questioned whether private lawyers had changed their advice to clients in light of recent prosecution setbacks. "I suspect the answer is no," he said.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

New California Law a Fatal Threat to Franchising

In his Franchising column, David J. Kaufmann writes: The "progressive" effort to have franchisors declared the employers of their franchisees may have become law in California under a bill (AB-5) just enacted by its Legislature and signed into law on Sept. 18, 2019 by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
11 minute read

Law.com

'Do Us a Favor': Trump Wanted Barr, Giuliani to Help Ukraine Investigate Biden

The president made the remarks in a call that sparked a well-publicized whistleblower complaint.
4 minute read

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