National Law Journal: Feds Reveal Charges Against WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

LAW FIRM CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS | NEWS Robbins Russell Sits Out Julian Assange Case as Pollack Gears Up for Defense By Ryan Lovelace Barry Pollack brought his practice to Robbins Russell last year, but not his most famous client. Read More Google Doesn't Follow Shanmugam to Paul Weiss in 'Copyright Case of the Decade' Williams & Connolly's Lisa Blatt and Goldstein & Russell's Thomas Goldstein appear to be heading the show for Google... Read More EDITOR'S LETTER There's Still Time. Apply for the NLJ's 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers By Lisa Helem Elite Trial Lawyers recognizes U.S.-based law firms that have performed exemplary and cutting-edge work on behalf of... Read More NEWS Law Dean Takes Her Breast Cancer Fight to Twitter By Karen Sloan Faculty at University of Missouri School of Law have rallied around Lyrissa Lidsky, who has chosen to be transparent... Read More BANKRUPTCY | NEWS Michael Avenatti Charged With Stealing Millions From Clients in 36-Count Indictment By Amanda Bronstad Avenatti now faces charges of tax fraud, bankruptcy fraud and embezzling from more than $12 million he received as part... Read More CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS DOJ's Brett Shumate, Key Civil Division Lawyer, Just Announced He's Leaving By C. Ryan Barber Shumate arrived from Wiley Rein in 2017 and would be a Justice Department top litigator defending controversial Trump... Read More CRIMINAL LAW | NEWS Greg Craig, Former Skadden Partner, Charged With Lying About Ukraine Work By C. Ryan Barber | Ellis Kim Prosecutors said Craig made false statements and concealed information about his work on a report prepared in 2012 for... Read More Twitter Has Opinions on Kim Kardashian's Plan to Become a Lawyer After news spread of the reality star's plans, many took to Twitter to share their thoughts. Read More Gorsuch’s Book Title, Borrowing from History | Another Wedding Cake Petition, With a Twist | Jeff Wall Speaks at Princeton | Supreme Court Brief | National Law Journal Does the title of Justice Neil Gorsuch's forthcoming book sound familiar? Hmm. Plus: a petition questions a Scalia ruling,... Read More In Military Pension Case, Court Rightly Put Equity Over Alimony Waiver | New Jersey Law Journal Attorneys: the consideration for a waiver of alimony should be carefully spelled out in any agreement. Read More Fringe Political Parties Should Not Pick Our Judges  | New York Law Journal New York Law Journal The New York State legislature, in its final hours of budget negotiations, agreed to empower a new commission to change... Read More Greg Craig, Former Skadden Partner, Charged With Lying About Ukraine Work Prosecutors said Craig made false statements and concealed information about his work on a report prepared in 2012 for... Read More

DOJ's Brett Shumate, Key Civil Division Lawyer, Just Announced He's Leaving Shumate arrived from Wiley Rein in 2017 and would be a Justice Department top litigator defending controversial Trump... Read More

Read: Feds Reveal Charges Against WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange The indictment came the same day Ecuador rescinded asylum for Assange, who had been staying in that country's embassy... Read More

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Sanford Heisler recently announced a new hire, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Paul Blankenstein, who has represented defendants in ERISA litigation and other matters. Blakenstein will co-chair Sanford Heisler's financial services litigation practice. The two firms are at odds in a bias suit against Morrison & Foerster, with Gibson Dunn seeking sanctions against Sanford Heisler for allegedly bringing “knowingly baseless” claims against its client. Ryan Lovelace has more in his story. Next, Google is sticking with Williams & Connolly in its copyright showdown with Oracle Corp., following Kannon Shanmugam's departure for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in January. Scott Graham reports. Check out these stories and others below. – Lisa Helem, Editor-in-Chief, The National Law Journal

EMPLOYMENT LAW | NEWS Sanford Heisler Touts Gibson Dunn Hire as the Two Firms Fight in Court By Ryan Lovelace As it grows its docket of Big Law gender discrimination suits, Sanford Heisler is growing its own partnership, too. Read More

COPYRIGHTS | NEWS Google Doesn't Follow Shanmugam to Paul Weiss in 'Copyright Case of the Decade' By Scott Graham Williams & Connolly's Lisa Blatt and Goldstein & Russell's Thomas Goldstein appear to be heading the show for Google... Read More

EMPLOYMENT LAW | NEWS Government Warns Law Firms of Consequences for Diversity Failures By MP McQueen Law firms and other legal industry representatives were put on notice Wednesday by a key federal contracting overseer. Read More

IMMIGRATION LAW | NEWS Immigrants Avoiding State Courts, Legal Services Due to ICE Presence, Report Says By Dan M. Clark The report, released by a coalition of public defenders, civil legal services providers and others, called on the Office... Read More

EMPLOYMENT LAW At 'Megabank' Hearing, Freshman Rep. Katie Porter Takes on Jamie Dimon—and His $31M Salary By C. Ryan Barber The California Democrat and law school professor has shown a unique confrontation style, giving plenty of discussion... Read More

LAW FIRM PARTNERS Jeff Rosen Says His Kirkland Leadership Role Will Help Him as DOJ's No. 2 By C. Ryan Barber Rosen, the Trump administration's deputy attorney general nominee, formerly was a co-head of Kirkland's Washington office... Read More

GOVERNMENT | NEWS Trump Administration Raises Stakes for Foreign Companies Operating in Iran By Phillip Bantz With the U.S. poised to designate a branch of the Iranian military as a terrorist group, foreign companies that do business... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IRS Chief Charles Rettig Is Pressed Over Trump's Tax Returns By Cheryl Miller Rettig, a longtime Beverly Hills tax lawyer, told members of a U.S. House committee: "We're looking into it and expect... Read More

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