The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year's deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
Former Trump presidential counsel Pat Cipollone welcomed veteran Republican lawyer Fred Fielding, who served as White House Counsel under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, to the Washington, D.C., office of Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey.
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– President Joe Biden nominated eight new judges, including civil rights lawyer Nusrat Choudhury, who will become the first Muslim woman to serve on the federal bench if confirmed.
– Cooley hired four financial services lawyers, including partners Michelle Rogers, Katherine Katz and Joshua Kotin, and special counsel Katherine Halliday from midsize law firm Buckley.
– Davis Polk, Mintz and Wachtell will guide a $2.64 billion biotech merger with Palihapitiya-backed SPAC.
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Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are expected on Wednesday to formally request that the British socialite's sex abuse conviction be overturned, due to a juror's possible failure to disclose before the trial that he was sexually abused as a child.
Microsoft Corp. has turned to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as lead adviser on its $68.7 billion deal to acquire "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc., which is working with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom on the deal.
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic bid to push through new voting rights protections, delivering another major blow to President Joe Biden's domestic agenda just months before the Nov. 8 congressional elections.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has agreed to pay $420 million to settle shareholder litigation alleging the company hid an anti-competitive scheme to fix the price of generic drugs.