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New York Law Journal

Orrick Senior Associate Gets Dying Army Veteran an Honorable Discharge

New York County Lawyers Association president Stephen Lessard, of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, said the upgrade to an honorable discharge makes the 85-year-old Army veteran eligible for medical benefits and a military burial.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Meet the In-House Counsel Who Just Tried—and Won—a Billion Dollar Case. Pro Bono.

Dominion Energy Senior Counsel David DePippo and Hunton Andrews Kurth associate Tim McHugh just won a major victory for veterans before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Nervous System: The Day the NSA Took Down the Military

In this month's look at the history of cybersecurity, David Kalat looks back at the '90s, when the NSA reminded the U.S. government just how vulnerable to intrusion its systems could be.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

3M Earplugs: Profits Over Protection for Those Who Serve?

Unbeknownst to the U.S. military, some equipment may undergo inadequate testing and contain flaws or defects that can result in life-altering injuries for our service members. This is the current situation in the 3M Earplug litigation.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Department Will Not Challenge Benefits for Blue Water Navy Vets

The decision by U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco ends months of uncertainty over whether the Trump administration would appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

53 Lawyers Appointed to Lead 3M Earplug Suits

U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers in Florida appointed the leadership team after many of the lawyers made presentations in court during the past two days.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Oakland Hearing Over Injunction to Block Border Wall Funding Serves as Run-Through for Top House Lawyer

Douglas Letter, the top lawyer for the U.S. House of Representatives, argued as a friend of the court in two cases seeking to block funding for construction at the nation's southern border. Letter is set to argue the House's own motion for a preliminary injunction next Thursday in Washington, D.C.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

MDL Panel Sends Military Service Members' Lawsuits Faulting 3M Earplugs to Northern District of Florida

Many of the plaintiffs attorneys had supported districts in Minnesota and Missouri, and 3M had supported Minnesota, home of its headquarters.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

President's Emergency Power is Limited

Under Youngstown, Congress's delegation of emergency power to spend for non-appropriated purposes should be narrowly construed in order to preserve the power of the purse.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawyering Behind Enemy Lines: Benjamin Widlanski's Time in a War Zone

"The Afghan people are some of the great survivors in the world," said Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton partner Benjamin J. Widlanski, who served as a Judge Advocate General for the U.S. Army in his previous life.
6 minute read

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