A federal sting that targeted illegal downloads shuttered a popular file-sharing website on Thursday. The website has ties to Hip Hop producer Swizz Beatz, who was in discussions to become…
The best defense is a good offense? That’s what one may wonder after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it is launching its own investigation into whether its policies, procedures and internal…
According to the November 22nd wsj.com blog, “Munger Tolles’s Merger-Buster Joins DOJ Team”, the Justice Department confirmed in recent days that it had hired Glenn Pomerantz, a partner in the…
You would think that with Thanksgiving just a few days away that everyone would be in a good, thankful mood. But that isn’t the case at the U.S. Department of…
In recent days, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP announced that nationally recognized advertising attorney Edward F. Glynn, Jr. joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in its Advertising,…
King & Spalding announced in recent days that a 32-year veteran of the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice Donna N. Kooperstein has joined the firm as senior…
WilmerHale recently announced that Molly Boast, former Department of Justice Deputy Assistant Attorney General, joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice. Boast…
In recent days the constitutionality of the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act was upheld for the second time, by a federal court in Washington, D.C. Widely regarded…
The finger of blame for the 2008 market collapse is pointing squarely in Goldman Sachs direction. Banks earned billions by creating and selling financial products that essentially backfired in tandem…
In a letter to the Speaker of the House, Attorney General Eric Holder has informed Congress that on his advice President Obama has ordered the Department of Justice not to defend…
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