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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Lawyer, Environmental Activist Dies While Hiking in New Hampshire

A New Jersey attorney and prominent environmental activist has been found dead in New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest, where he had gone hiking last month.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Whistleblowers in Line for Windfall, and FTC Probes Amazon: Roundup

The Trump administration is touting the number of federal regulations that are on the chopping block. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s suing the U.S. Treasury Department over a $2 million fine for violating Russia sanctions. The Federal Trade Commission's looking at Amazon.com's discounting practices. And financial regulators appear to be pulling back on a plan to restrict Wall Street bonuses. This is a weekly roundup from ALM and around the web.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

CAPITOL REPORT

A round-up of action from Trenton, including a favorable ruling in a case where the NJSBA was an amicus party.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Verizon Lobbyist Is Trump's Pick for Commerce Dept. Top Lawyer

Peter Davidson, a former top lobbyist for Verizon Communications, was picked Monday for general counsel at the U.S. Commerce Department. Davidson led Verizon's government affairs team in Washington for more than 14 years, leading a team that lobbied on issues that included data privacy and security and net neutrality.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

CAPITOL REPORT

A report on recent action in Trenton of interest to NJSBA members
10 minute read

National Law Journal

CFPB Plays Hardball in Subpoena Fight, Chamber Smacks IRS 'Outsourcing': Regulatory Wrap

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to hold a company in contempt over document production, the U.S. Chamber dings the IRS for working with private law firms on audits, and President Trump makes his first pick for the National Labor Relations Board. This is a regulatory news roundup from ALM publications and around the web.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Sandy Hook Victims' Families Getting Too Much Deference

Deference to the families of the schoolchildren and educators murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 has gone much too far.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Legislators Ask Lawyers for Help With Deadly Crisis

With Connecticut ranked third in the nation in the rate of fatal opioid overdoses, legislators are asking attorneys to speak up and try to help reverse the worsening public health nightmare.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump and Cordray Are 'Two Bulls Circling Each Other,' GOP Lawmaker Says

Financial Services Roundtable hosted a regulatory reform panel Wednesday in Washington, where Covington & Burling partner John Dugan, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of the House Financial Services Committee, and others offered observations about what's happening, and what's next.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Acosta Makes Apprenticeship Pitch to Manufacturing Trade Association

U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday promoted apprenticeship programs as key to closing the skills gap in a speech to a friendly audience of the National Association of Manufacturers, the powerful trade group that participated in many lawsuits against the U.S. Labor Department during the Obama administration.
7 minute read

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