Government
Giuliani Taps New Lawyer: Friend, Prosecutor, Veteran of DC Legal Dramas
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Jon A. Sale served as an assistant special Watergate prosecutor looking into the secret White House tapes of President Richard M. Nixon.
Goldman Sachs, Dell Settle Pay Bias Allegations for Millions
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Goldman Sachs and Dell Technologies will pay a combination of almost $17 million to settle separate Labor Department allegations of pay bias based on gender and race, reports Bloomberg Law.
Repeat Offenders: Corporate Misdeeds Often Settled With Deferred Prosecution Agreements
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The number of cases brought against corporations fell to 99 last year, compared with 181 in 2015.
House Democrats Call for Overhaul of Oil-Leasing Rules
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the Government Accountability Office placed the Interior Department’s oil and gas leasing program on its high risk list of federal programs mottled with waste, fraud and abuse.
California, Other States Take Trump to Court Over Auto Emissions Rules
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The legal fight pits a Democratic majority state that has become the U.S. environmental champion against a Republican president who wants to boost the economy by cutting regulation.
GOP’s Sen. Kennedy Sends Warning Shot to Trump Court Nominee Menashi
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Senators have expressed frustration with Menashi’s unwillingness to discuss his work for the Trump administration on immigration.
White House Fires Homeland Security Dept.’s General Counsel
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John Mitnick, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, lost his job after the department went through months of shake-up.
Federal Appeals Court Revives Ethics Lawsuit Against Trump in Emoluments Case
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Plaintiffs are hoping this victory will allow them to seek detailed records on Trump’s transactions with foreign officials.
Senators Angered When Trump Appeals Court Pick Stays Quiet on White House Legal Advice
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Senators from both parties at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing complained as Steven Menashi refused to answer some questions.
Ted Cruz Will Oppose Trump’s Judicial Nominee
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Conservative opposition places in doubt the future of Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden’s nomination to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Facebook, Google Face Off Against a Formidable New Foe: State Attorneys General
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The states are potent actors in their own right, with the power to invoke local laws on antitrust and consumer-protection.
Microsoft Chief Legal Officer Says Trump Is Treating Huawei Unfairly
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Trump has said Huawei, run by a former Chinese army technologist, is a national security threat.
Storage Order Fuels Legal Battle Over FERC Authority
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A looming legal brawl over a new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order will trigger a fresh round of judicial scrutiny, according to E&E News.
Hunton Andrews Kurth and Dominion Energy Team Delivers Veterans a Victory
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has issued a major decision that restores potentially billions of dollars in GI Bill educational benefits.
Fort Worth Defense Contractor Charged With Felony for Allegedly Using Cheap, Substandard Parts for U.S. Tanks
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Inspectors said many of the company’s products were cheap replacements, some illegally obtained from China, which the company tried to hide from the government.
Texas-Based Company Fires General Counsel, Dismisses CEO Amid SEC Probe
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The SEC is investigating Houston-based SAExploration Holdings for allegedly providing “material misstatements” and misleading financial information to its investors.
Seventh Circuit Guts FTC’s Powers — Setting up Supreme Court Showdown
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The case involves a lower court’s imposition of $5 million in restitution from the target of an FTC action.
ICE Affidavit Says Plant ‘Knowlingly’ Hired Illegal Workers — No Charges for Company
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The sworn statements supported the search warrants that led a judge to authorize the raids, and aren’t official charges.
Documents: Mississippi Plant Owners ‘Willfully’ Used Ineligible Workers
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There have historically been few criminal convictions for hiring people without documents because prosecutors must prove employers knowingly hired someone without legal work authorization.
Rejecting Power-Purchase Agreements in Energy Cases: Do Bankruptcy Courts Have Exclusive Jurisdiction?
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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California held that it has exclusive jurisdiction over the rejection of wholesale power-purchase agreements, reports Holland & Hart.
