NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL: Paul Manafort Gets 47 Months, But Second Sentencing Awaits

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RISK AND COMPLIANCE DOJ's Brian Benczkowski Pledges 'Fair Shake' for Cooperating Companies By C. Ryan Barber "Aggravating factors like high-level executive involvement in the misconduct will not necessarily preclude a declination,"... Read More

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Early Thoughts on Labor Department's New Overtime Proposal By Erin Mulvaney Management-side and workers' rights advocates have a lot to say about the U.S. Labor Department's new proposal to boost... Read More

Trump Watch: A Look Inside Judge T.S. Ellis' Courtroom During Manafort's Sentencing The courtroom was packed, as spectators and reporters alike formed a queue outside. One juror from Manafort's trial... Read More

'Laughter Is a Blood Sport' at the Supreme Court, Scholars Say in New Study Humor at the U.S. Supreme Court is less an "indication not of lighthearted, good-natured jesting" than a "rhetorical... Read More

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. is considering an ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Justice Elena Kagan, who joined Justice Samuel Alito Jr. for a rare hearing on Capitol Hill about the court's budget. Kagan, addressing a question about clerk-hiring practices, said "it is important forus to use whatever bully pulpit we have" to promote recruiting minorities for the Supreme Court, Tony Mauro reports. Check out this report and others below. – Sarah Tincher, Managing Editor, The National Law Journal

CIVIL APPEALS 'We Are Doing Better Now' on Minority Law Clerk Hiring, Kagan Says By Tony Mauro In rare public hearing, Kagan and Alito talk law clerks, cameras and ethics. Roberts is considering the creation of... Read More

JUDGES $50M Gift to Scalia Law School Will Fund 13 New Faculty Members By Tony Mauro The gift is a bequest from the estate of the late Judge Allison M. Rouse in California and his wife Dorothy B. Rouse. Read More

CONTRACTS US Labor Judge Warns Lawyers About 'Tone' in Oracle Discrimination Case By Erin Mulvaney “I remind the government particularly that, 'counsel for the government has an interest only in the law being... Read More

JUDGES | NEWS Paul Manafort Gets 47 Months, but Second Sentencing Awaits By C. Ryan Barber | Ellis Kim The term is more than 15 years short of the minimum recommended by the special counsel. Read More

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT Jessie Liu's Women Lawyers' Group Opposed Alito—and 5 Other Things to Know By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber Jessie Liu, a former partner at Morrison & Foerster and Jenner & Block, is the Trump administration's pick for associate... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS Supreme Court's Last 'Crier' Has Stories to Tell About Long-Gone Justices By Tony Mauro Unlike many court traditions, the crier no longer exists. Meet George Hutchinson, the last crier of the court, who served... Read More

LAW FIRM CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS | NEWS Huawei Taps Jones Day, Morgan Lewis in Challenge to US Defense Law By Dan Packel In challenging a section of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the Chinese telecom giant has turned to two... Read More

Paul Manafort Gets 47 Months, But Second Sentencing Awaits The term is more than 15 years short of the minimum recommended by the special counsel. Read More