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February 24, 2025 | National Law Journal

Big Law Keeps Up Hiring Spree in DC, as Government Workers Flood Job Market

Gibson Dunn, Zuckerman Spaeder, Lowenstein, Holland & Knight, Brownstein, McGuireWoods and Wiley all announced new hires in their D.C. and Baltimore offices, many of which are joining from the federal government.

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February 14, 2025 | National Law Journal

The Big Law Firms Litigating Against the Trump Administration

All the firms have strong litigation or policy practices, some of which have litigated prior White House administrations. Some firms are pursuing the cases pro bono, others are not.

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February 14, 2025 | National Law Journal

Read the Order: US Judge Grants TRO Restraining Trump's Gender-Affirming Care EOs

U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson's 14-day temporary restraining order prohibits the White House from "conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender affirming medical care to a patient" aged 18 or younger.

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February 5, 2025 | National Law Journal

Hogan Lovells, Jenner & Block Challenge Trump EOs Impacting Gender-Affirming Care

"These Executive Orders are unlawful and unconstitutional," counsel representing transgender persons wrote in a complaint seeking to overturn President Donald Trump's twin edicts defunding gender-affirming medical care to anyone under the age of 19.

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January 2, 2025 | National Law Journal

Jenner Brings Back Zachary Schauf from DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel

Zachary Schauf, former deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel, has rejoined Jenner & Block as a partner.

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December 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

A Look Back at High-Profile Hires in Big Law From Federal Government

"One of the biggest ones I've ever seen, probably the biggest," said one recruiter about the outpouring of government lawyers into the job market this year.

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November 19, 2024 | National Law Journal

Attorneys Go to DC Federal Court Seeking Damages for Plaintiffs in Oct. 7, 2023, Attack on Israel

The United States has designated Iran a “state sponsor of terrorism” since January 1984, exposing Iran to potential liability under the state sponsor of terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

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November 13, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

On the Employment Front, What Changes Are Likely Under Trump?

How will the incoming administration impact labor policies? Hugh Murray of McCarter & English chats with the Connecticut Law Tribune.

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November 7, 2024 | New York Law Journal

SEC Under Trump 2.0 Likely to Take More 'Measured' Enforcement Approach, Observers Say

"While the issues of what's in the best interest of an investor will continue to be important, we won't see as much energy put behind trying to expand those obligations beyond the regulatory frameworks that already exist," said Jennifer Klass, a partner at K&L Gates.

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Tanvir v. Tanzin

Publication Date: 2024-11-06
Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Naz Ahmad, CLEAR Project, Main Street Legal Services, Inc., City University of New York School of Law, Long Island City, NY; Shayana D. Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY; Jennifer R. Cowan, Erol N. Gulay, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Baher Azmy, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Ellen Blain, Benjamin H. Torrance, on the brief, Sarah S. Normand, Assistant United States Attorneys for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. For Amici Curiae 26 Religious Organizations in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Adeel A. Mangi, Jacob I. Chefitz, Sean M. Lau, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Christina A. Jump, Samira S. Elhosary, Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America, Richardson, TX. For Amici Curiae Muslim Advocates, American-Arab Anti-Defamation Committee, American Muslim Bar Association, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, Desis Rising Up & Moving, Muslim Bar Association of Chicago, and Project South in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Naomi Tsu, Reem Subei, Muslim Advocates, Washington, DC; Matthew E. Price, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC; Ali I. Alsarraf, Adam M. Abdel-Mageed, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL. For Amicus Curiae Institute for Justice in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Seth M. Young, Patrick M. Jaicomo, Anya Bidwell, Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA.
Case Number: 23-733-cv

Agents Entitled to Immunity in Rights Action Over Informants in Muslim Communities