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The US House of Representatives voted this week for a $410 billion spending plan to keep the federal government running through September. The plan includes a cost-of-living adjustment for the…
Obama campaign strategist Jeff Berman has joined the DC office of St. Louis, Missouri’s Bryan Cave. Berman is part of Bryan Cave’s new 25-member public policy & governmental affairs group.…
Marketers have been making a mint off of the images of Barack Obama and his family. Now, White House lawyers want to stem the tide, although it’s hard to see…
Comparing himself to a cowboy facing a hanging, Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich condemned the state Senate for preparing to remove him from office, so it could raise taxes on…
January 24, 2009No CommentRead More
The prosecutor in Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s pending impeachment trial in the state Senate said today he will call more than a dozen witnesses. Blagojevich, however, did not respond to…
January 22, 2009No CommentRead More
The announcement of Obama’s administration is helping abortion rights supporters feel optimistic, while unnerving “pro-lifers.” Thursday is the 36th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Pro-choice…
The Blog of Legal Times reports from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal’s swanky Obama inauguration party: Saturday night, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal held an inauguration reception at The Phillips Collection in…
January 19, 2009No CommentRead More
According to the New York Law Journal: Dozens of New York lawyers have reached into their pockets to help new President Barack Obama help defray the cost of an inauguration…
January 18, 2009No CommentRead More
President-elect Barack Obama announced the nominations of four well-known lawyers to key posts in the Justice Department, including deputy attorney general, the number two spot. That appointment went to Wilmer…
January 6, 2009No CommentRead More
President-elect Barack Obama is attracting even more Washington lawyers to his incoming administration. Cassandra Butts, who met Obama at Harvard Law, will serve as deputy White House counsel. She is…
December 29, 2008No CommentRead More
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