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Federal Appeals Court Rules Telecommunications Companies Have Legal Immunity in Connection with NSA Program

Federal Appeals Court Rules Telecommunications Companies Have Legal Immunity in Connection with NSA Program

In recent days, a federal appeals court ruled that a 2008 law granting telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the National Security Agency with an email and telephone eavesdropping program…

Carl Nichols Joins WilmerHale

Carl Nichols Joins WilmerHale

Carl Nichols, a former senior litigator for the Department of Justice has joined WilmerHale as a partner. Nichols worked in the DoJ under President George W Bush from 2005 until…

McCain Campaign Counsel Returns to WilmerHale

Todd R. Steggerda, former chief counsel to the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign, is returning to WilmerHale as a partner in the firm’s defense and national security practice group and…

Protect America Act Gets Judicial Approval

For the first time, a court hearing has upheld one of the Bush administration’s programs of unwarranted surveillance. On Thursday, the court voted in favor of the Protect America Act…