National Law Journal

Sparkle L. Sooknanan testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Photo: Diego M.

Screenshot of FinCEN's website. The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced that it would propose regulations easing customer due diligence requirements for banks, among several changes reducing anti-money laundering compliance obligations for banks and financial institutions.

Courtesy photo Former Baker Donelson partner James DeLanis has taken his legal fight with the law firm over his firing all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging a lower court ruling awarding Baker Donelson "qualified immunity" from his First Amendment retaliation claim.

U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/Law.com The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to revive the DOJ's its lawsuit demanding that Michigan turn over its unredacted voter information.

Credit: Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Adobe Stock Employers with programs to boost hiring of women, people of color and other protected groups will face greater litigation risk following the Trump administration’s removal of affirmative action guidelines, lawyers say. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week rescinded guidance and a compliance manual on voluntary affirmative action programs, ending agency policies that had been in place for more than 45 years.

Judge Richard Tallman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Courtesy photo The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of a California law that bars employers from disciplining workers who decline to attend meetings about religious or political matters unrelated to their job duties.

President Donald Trump, left, and E Jean Carroll, right. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi/Law.com/Ryland West/Law.com President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take a step it rarely ever does: reconsider a rejected petition for review. In a filing Monday, Trump's lawyers urged the court to "vacate" its denial of his appeal of a $5 million civil sexual assault verdict won by E. Jean Carroll, and agree to hear the case.

Shira A. Scheindlin, of counsel at Boies Schiller Flexner and former judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Courtesy photo Now that the tall ships have sailed, and the spectacular fireworks have receded, it is time to reflect on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and whether we still honor it as a country today. Two-hundred and fifty years is a speck of time in the history of the world.

Ajay Kuntamukkala will remain D.C. office managing partner, after the Cadwalader Hogan Lovells merger. Courtesy photo With Hogan Lovells Cadwalader now launched, lawyers from both legacy firms are planning to practice in one office together in Washington, D.C., this month, while firm leaders have solidified the office leadership and their practice strengths.

Front row, left to right: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., Justice Samuel Alito Jr. and Justice Elena Kagan. Back row, left to right: Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Credit: Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.