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National Law Journal

Conservative Women Lawyers Mobilize for Kennedy Replacement to Overturn 'Roe v. Wade'

With the fate of abortion rights bound to be central to the fight to replace Justice Kennedy, women on the right will be key messengers for the president's nominee.
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The Recorder

Behind the Wrangling Over California's Sweeping Consumer Privacy Bill

When the final version of AB 375 went into print Monday, it was still unclear whether the bill will have the needed support—or at least lack of opposition—from a wide array of interests, including tech companies, the telecommunications industry, plaintiffs attorneys and consumer groups.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Paul Manafort's Losing Streak Deepens in Washington Court

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District of Columbia sent Trump's former campaign manager to jail last week, pending trial, and in the span of two days refused to dismiss several charges.
1 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: Evolution of a CFPB Nominee | Crypto Financial Disclosures | Plus: Who Got the Work

Who's Kathy Kraninger and what's the back story on how she got the nod to run the CFPB? Plus: check out what Venable's doing on the blockchain front. And we've got the latest compliance and financial services moves. Thanks for reading Compliance Hot Spots.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

How a Fee Inquiry Led to Hints of Public Corruption That Have Labaton Fighting

What began as a judge's inquiry into a $75 million attorney fee has morphed into hints of public corruption, with one of the top securities plaintiffs firms in the nation on the defensive.
12 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: The States ACT on Marijuana | Who Got the Work | Plus: In the Weeds!

We've got some observations on that big marijuana legislation in Washington DC. And in who got the work—keep sending me your new stuff!—PharmaCann picks up a federal lobbyist, and a New Jersey law firm joins forces for a greater share of that state's growing marijuana business.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Meet Orrick's Brian Moran, Trump's Pick for Seattle US Attorney

Moran's publicly filed financial disclosure, released Tuesday, reveals counsel income and a top-name client list of household U.S. companies.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Chamber of Commerce Poll Points to Trouble for Many Ballot Proposals

The poll, conducted in late May and early June, showed four amendments with the necessary 60 percent of voter support.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

3 Takeaways From Once-Secret Justice Department Memos on Foreign-Agent Lobbying

“In general, I would say this is not quite the Rosetta Stone for interpreting DOJ's position on FARA that some might have hoped for,” says Covington & Burling's Robert Kelner, an election and political law expert. “The opinions cover a lot of ground but they do it in some cases at a fairly high level of generality."
1 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: FTC Gets Dinged on Data-Privacy | DOJ's FARA Memos | What's New in Lobbying Registrations

Data-security lawyers are parsing what's next after the FTC lost its big LabMD case in the 11th Circuit. To be sure, there are challenges for the agency. Plus: We've got some early observations about DOJ's foreign-agent memos. And scroll down to see some of the big compliance headlines. Thanks for reading!
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