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National Law Journal

Jack Quinn Returns to Big Law, Trading Lobby Shop for Manatt

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips announced Tuesday that Quinn is now a partner at the firm and will chair its federal regulatory and government practice in Washington.
20 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ex-U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek Joins King & Spalding

The eight-year congressman and Miami Democrat joins the law firm's government advocacy and public policy practice.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Koch Bros.-Linked Group Runs Ad for Penn Law Prof's 3rd Circuit Nomination

A nonprofit organization named Concerned Veterans for America has begun running an ad asking readers to call their senators and urge a vote in favor of Stephanos Bibas, a Penn Law professor who was recently nominated to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Lobbyists Leave Bob Dole to Launch New Firm; Hunton Loses Office Head; Lawyers Circle Trump

Washington Wrap is a weekly roundup of Big Law hires and other Washington, D.C., legal industry news. Read the previous edition here. Send tips and lateral moves to Katelyn Polantz at [email protected].
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tesla Shouldn't Need Lobbyists, Lawmakers to Expand Business

I was shocked and dismayed to read your article entitled "Tesla's Plan to Expand Sales May Face Resistance From Lobbyists." Something's terribly wrong here. Why is the government's permission required to expand one's legitimate (if not praiseworthy) business venture?
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Law Firms That Bet on Lobbying Win Big in Austin

Law firms' market share may have diminished as many big firms pulled away from Austin lobbying, but opportunities have abounded for lobbyists in the Texas capitol.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cuban Entrepreneurs Start First Private Business Group

A handful of entrepreneurs have quietly formed communist Cuba's first private small business association, testing the government's willingness to allow Cubans to organize outside the strict bounds of state control.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Jones Day Lawyers in Trump Administration Get Pass to Work With Former Colleagues

Ex-Jones Day lawyers in the Trump White House received a blanket waiver clearing them of ethical conflicts, according to new disclosures. At least 11 other individuals in the White House, plus nearly all employees on the president's executive staff, are now allowed to take up some matters they may have worked on in prior jobs.
30 minute read

National Law Journal

Jones Day Lawyers in Trump Administration Get Pass to Work With Former Colleagues

Ex-Jones Day lawyers in the Trump White House received a blanket waiver clearing them of ethical conflicts, according to new disclosures. At least 11 other individuals in the White House, plus nearly all employees on the president's executive staff, are now allowed to take up some matters they may have worked on in prior jobs.
30 minute read

National Law Journal

In New Podcast, a Bracewell Lobbyist Reports from the Swamp

"It's been a hell of a week," Josh Zive, a lobbyist and senior principal in the Washington, D.C., office of Bracewell, told his podcast audience last week.
6 minute read

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