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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees ordered to ‘stand down’
Employees at an agency established to protect consumers against wrongdoing by financial institutions have been ordered to “stand down” and stop activities, leading to the…
3 lawyers with ‘elite establishment credentials’ have joined Musk’s DOGE effort, report says
Three lawyers who have joined Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have “elite establishment credentials,” according to a report by ProPublica. Two of…
Co-founder of defunct firm LeClairRyan may be able to avoid tax liability after 4th Circuit decision on his exit
The co-founder and former CEO of the defunct law firm LeClairRyan may be able to avoid tax liability in connection with the firm’s collapse because…
Should we expect new regulations on data privacy and consumer protection?
It’s a well-worn saying that the law always lags behind technology. It makes sense. We all remember the old song about how a bill becomes…
Trump pauses enforcement of foreign bribery law, cites harm to ‘American economic competitiveness’
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that that generally pauses enforcement of a law that bars companies operating in the United States from…
Trump partly defied court order on frozen funds, federal judge says; is there an Article II exception?
Updated: The Trump administration failed to comply with a “clear and unambiguous” temporary restraining order lifting a freeze on federal funds, a federal judge said…
Feds seek forfeiture of law office over lawyer’s alleged role in ‘DWI Enterprise’
Updated: The federal government is seeking forfeiture of an Albuquerque, New Mexico, law office allegedly used by a lawyer to launder money in a “DWI…