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Corporate Counsel

Lina Khan Gives Up the Gavel After Contentious 4 Years as FTC Chair

"To my mind, all of this public input and engagement made our work sharper and helped us really set priorities and focus on what people were telling us—the biggest challenges and pain points they were experiencing in our economy," Khan said Tuesday during her final commission meeting as chair.
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National Law Journal

Big Law Practice Leaders Gearing Up for State AG Litigation Under Trump

Seeing an opportunity to grow its state AG practice, Wilmer hired Swain Wood, former first assistant attorney general of North Carolina, to co-chair its group.
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New York Law Journal

'Not the President's Personal Lawyer': Lawyers Share Concerns Over How AG Pick Bondi’s Loyalism to Trump May Impact DOJ

"I am worried that, given it’s Bondi and Blanche and Sauer, all of them have been his personal lawyers,” noted a former federal judge.
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National Law Journal

Kirkland, Cleary, King & Spalding Among the Latest to Add DC Laterals

Chris Kavanaugh, most recently the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, is moving to Cleary, one of the latest law firm hires directly from the DOJ.
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Corporate Counsel

After Meta Ditches DEI, Civil Rights Chief Announces Exit

"I must acknowledge the complexity and challenges of our work. Building for everyone, listening to everyone, and meeting the needs and expectations of our global community is pretty much impossible," Roy Austin wrote on LinkedIn.
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National Law Journal

Weil Lures DOJ Antitrust Lawyer, As Government Lateral Moves Pick Up Before Inauguration Day

Weil, Gibson Dunn, Morrison Cohen, Paul Weiss, Thompson Coburn and Fenwick have all announced federal prosecutor hires in their D.C., New York, and Texas offices, all in the last week. 
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National Law Journal

Lawyers Share Concerns, Predictions Over How Bondi’s Loyalism to Trump May Impact DOJ

"I am worried that, given it’s Bondi and Blanche and Sauer, all of them have been his personal lawyers,” noted a former federal judge.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

SEC Puts Beat Down on Ex-Wrestling CEO Vince McMahon for Not Reporting Settlements

"In the end, there was never anything more to this than minor accounting errors with regard to some personal payments that I made several years ago when I was CEO of WWE," McMahon said on social media.
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Corporate Counsel

Meta Hires Litigation Strategy Chief, Tapping King & Spalding Partner Who Was Senior DOJ Official in First Trump Term

The appointment comes as an antitrust trial looms that could lead to the breakup of the tech giant.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Fenwick and Baker & Hostetler Add DC Partners, as Venable and Brownstein Hire Policy Advisers

Several lawyers with federal government experience made the move.
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