National Law Journal

BANKING AND FINANCE LAWS | NEWS Federal Judge Postpones Start of Paul Manafort's Trial By Ellis Kim U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III is expected to make a ruling this afternoon with jury selection looming Wednesday. Read More

CIVIL RIGHTS Brett Kavanaugh's 'Friends': Inside Ex-Kirkland Partner's SCOTUS Briefs By Tony Mauro Kavanaugh was counsel of record in 2000 for a petition on behalf of family members of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez who... Read More

BIG DATA | NEWS Equifax Software Developer to Plead Guilty to Insider Trading By R. Robin McDonald Federal prosecutors say the employee used his knowledge of the hack to make $75,000 off Equifax stock before the hack... Read More

LAW FIRM HIRING | NEWS Ex-OFAC Director Jumps to Morrison & Foerster By Ryan Lovelace John Smith, director of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, is headed to private practice. Read More

INNOVATION | NEWS Blockchain Cyber-Defense Startup Sues Investor After Partnership Talks Sour By C. Ryan Barber The complaint in Washington's federal trial court details the downfall of a relationship that drew close interest from... Read More

Call for Nominations: Appellate Hot List By Pearl Wu The National Law Journal is seeking nominations for our "Appellate Hot List" of law firms that have done exemplary,... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | COMMENTARY The 14th Amendment, Kennedy and Kavanaugh: What's Next?

CONSUMER PROTECTION | NEWS CFPB Reaches $30M Settlement With TCF National Bank

MGM's Suits Against Las Vegas Shooting Victims Are Unprecedented, Lawyers Say MGM Resorts International has filed nine lawsuits across the country against 2,500 victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass... Read More

Fox Rothschild and the ‘Dark Art of Copyright Trolling’ The firm is representing a pornography company in its latest nationwide copyright infringement campaign. Can it avoid... Read More

Will the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Lead to More Job Cuts at Law Firms? A PwC report argues that AI could create more jobs than it displaces over the next 20 years. Read More

CLASS ACTIONS | Q&A US Trial Bar Leader Says Kavanaugh Could 'Dramatically Affect Consumer Rights' By Amanda Bronstad The American Association for Justice's new president, Elise Sanguinetti, came on board this month right after President... Read More BIG DATA | NEWS Surveillance Tactics Under Heightened Scrutiny, 'Destructive' to Muslim Communities By Erin Mulvaney Government programs and tactics designed to track Muslims in communities around the United States may face heightened... Read More LAW FIRM COMPETITION | NEWS Womble Grows in Washington Market; Brownstein Expands in Vegas; Another Kirkland Hire By Ryan Lovelace In this week's Washington Wrap: Womble Bond Dickinson bolts on a Baltimore boutique, Kirkland ads an energy regulatory... Read More Kavanaugh Got a White House Call the Afternoon Kennedy Called It Quits The timing of Don McGahn's call appears to confirm indications that Brett Kavanaugh was a top contender for the position... Read More “Lawyerly and Limited”: Trump’s CFPB Nominee Frustrates Democrats at Senate Hearing By C. Ryan Barber In a nearly three-hour confirmation hearing, Kathy Kraninger rankled Democrats over responses to their queries. “I... Read More

JUDICIAL ETHICS | NEWS Ryan Bounds, Trumps Ninth Circuit Nominee, Withdrawn From Senate Floor Vote By Ellis Kim Both of Bounds' home-state senators, Democrats Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, opposed his nomination. Read More

ELECTION AND POLITICAL LAW | NEWS Baker & Hostetler Lawyer Fights ACLU Subpoena for Ohio Redistricting Docs By Ellis Kim The ACLU hit E. Mark Braden, of counsel at the firm, with two subpoenas this summer over a challenge to Ohio's 2011... Read More

HEALTH CARE LAW | NEWS Baker Donelson Brings on Greenspoon Marder Health Care Lawyers By Miriam Rozen | Raychel Lean Nearly two years after Greenspoon Marder absorbed the Florida Health Law Center, a pair of lawyers from the former boutique... Read More

INNOVATION | Q&A VR's Open Call to Litigation: Q&A With UCLA's Eugene Volokh on Future Law By Ian Lopez Volokh, a technology and legal expert, talks about how virtual reality may shape litigation in the future. Read More

SCOTUS Travel Ban Ruling Legally Sound | New Jersey Law Journal The majority opinion followed settled law. The problem is that the settled law is itself xenophobic grudging arbitrary... Read More

Third DCA: Juries, Not Insurers, Have Final Say in Damage Estimates Disputes | Daily Business Review Daily Business Review The first party property claims community is reeling from a recent Third DCA decision that slayed the Slayton argument... Read More

Trump Commits Presidential Assault on Family Integrity | Connecticut Law Tribune Daily Business Review This policy is brutal. It is barbaric. And it is disgusting. Read More

As Cosby Defamation Cases Reach SCOTUS, Possible Fresh Look at Lawyers’ Free Speech Rights The cases are drawing interest since the justices have not recently taken up disputes over libel and defamation, a part... Read More

JUDGES | ANALYSIS 3 Takeaways From Failed Ryan Bounds 9th Circuit Nomination By Ross Todd Ninth Circuit watchers reached shortly after news broke that President Trump's first Ninth Circuit nominee had been... Read More

Senate Panel Clears Trump Nominees for 11th, 3rd Circuits The panel voted along an 11-10 party-line split to approve Britt Grant, who was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals... Read More