• October 7, 2018 | National Law Journal

    Meet Justice Kavanaugh's Four Female SCOTUS Law Clerks

    "I'll be the first justice in the history of the Supreme Court to have a group of all women law clerks. That is who I am. That is who I was," Brett Kavanaugh said on Sept. 27, testifying after the emergence of sexual misconduct allegations.

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  • October 5, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Lifetime Achievement Award: Lee Richards

    From Salomon Brothers' firm-threatening treasury auction scandal of the early 1990s to the recent London Whale, LIBOR and FIFA investigations, Lee has represented key players.

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  • October 3, 2018 | National Law Journal

    3 Former Kavanaugh Clerks Want Thorough FBI Investigation

    Three former Brett Kavanaugh clerks, who previously backed their former boss' nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, told Senate Judiciary committee lawmakers Monday they're “deeply troubled” by the accusations against Kavanaugh.

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  • Coal. for Competitive Electricity v. Zibelman

    Publication Date: 2018-10-03
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; Henry Weissmann, Fred A. Rowley, Jr., Mark R. Yohalem, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jonathan D. Schiller, David A. Barrett, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York; Stuart H. Singer, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Energy Economists, in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Petroleum Institute, Natural Gas Supply Association in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Ben Norris, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC; Dena Wiggins, Natural Gas Supply Association, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Independent Market Monitor for PJM, in support of Plaintiffs‐Appellants: Jeffrey W. Mayes, General Counsel, Monitoring Analytics, LLC, Eagleville, Pennsylvania For Defendants‐Appellees: Peter J. Hopkins, Jeffrey A. Schwarz, Amber L. Martin, on the brief, Scott H. Strauss, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, DC; Paul Agresta, General Counsel, John Sipos, Deputy General Counsel, John C. Graham, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Albany, New York. For Intervenors‐Defendants‐Appellees: David W. DeBruin, Zachary C. Schauf, William K. Dreher, on the brief, Matthew E. Price, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Electricity Regulation Scholars in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Ari Peskoe, Harvard Law School Environmental Policy Initiative, Cambridge, Massachusetts For Amicus Curiae Institute for Policy Integrity, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Bethany A. Davis Noll, Avi Zevin, on the brief, Richard L. Revesz, Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, New York, New York For Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Miles Farmer, on the brief, Thomas Zimpleman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; Michael Panfil, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC For Amicus Curiae Nuclear Energy Institute, in support of Defendants‐Appellants: Ellen C. Ginsberg, on the brief, Jonathan M. Rund, Nuclear Energy Institute, Washington, DC For amici curiae States of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Seth A. Hollander, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Clare E. Kindall, Assistant Attorney General, for George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, New Britain, Connecticut; M. Elaine Meckenstock, Deputy Attorney General: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sally Magnani, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Melinda Piling, Deputy Attorney General, Myung J. Park, Deputy Attorney General, Dennis L. Beck, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, on the brief, for Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, Oakland, California For Amici Curiae Independent Economists, in support of Defendants‐Appellees: Samuel T. Walsh, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, DC For Amicus Curiae American Wind Energy Association, in support of neither party: Gene Grace, on the brief, Julia Dreyer, American Wind Energy Ass

    Case Number: 17-2654-cv

    N.Y.'s ZEC Program for Nuclear Power Plants Not 'Field','Conflict' Preempted by FERC

  • October 2, 2018 | Daily Report Online

    Judge Blasts Lawyers in Spinrilla Copyright Infringement Fight

    U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg scolded lawyers representing the music recording industry and their opposing counsel for "a glut of issues slathered on the court" and an "onslaught of motions" that has stalled the case.

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  • October 2, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Meet the Rising Stars

    Recognizing 29 of the region's most promising lawyers under 40.

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  • October 2, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Rising Star: Alison Stein

    Partner, Jenner & Block

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  • In re: Hertz Global Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-01
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Jordan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Evan J. Kaufman and Samuel H. Rudman (Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd); Douglas S. Wilens (Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd); Peter S. Pearlman (Cohn Lifland Pearlman Hermann & Knopf)
    for defendant: Ross B. Bricker and Howard S. Suskin (Jenner & Block); Adam G. Unikowsky (Jenner & Block); Kevin H. Marino and John D. Tortorella (Marino, Tortorella & Boyle); David A. Kotler (Dechert); Andrew J. Levander (Dechert); Elliot Greenfield, Maeve L. O'Connor, and Edwin G. Schallert (Debevoise & Plimpton); Gregory A. Markel and Heather E. Murray (Seyfarth Shaw)

    Case Number: 17-2200

    Securities Fraud Action Dismissed Where Scienter Evidence Demonstrated Corporate Mismanagement Rather than Misconduct

  • September 25, 2018 | Law.com

    Compliance Hot Spots: Who's Mad About the SEC's Proposed Whistleblower Changes? | DOJ Wants to Shorten Merger Reviews | Who Got the Work & Much More

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing proposed changes to the agency's whistleblower program—here's some of the early commentary. Plus: DOJ eyes reducing merger-review times, and scroll down for Who Got the Work. Thanks for reading Compliance Hot Spots.

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  • September 25, 2018 | Legaltech News

    Jenner & Block Privacy, Cybersecurity Leader Jumps to Davis Wright Tremaine

    Nancy Libin was the Justice Department's chief privacy and civil liberties officer during the Obama administration before chairing the data privacy and cybersecurity practice at Jenner & Block.

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