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From: Public Policy Law360 <news-q@law360.com> To: O Subject: Senate Rules Axed To Speed Judicial, Administration Picks Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 08:32:08 +0000 ,..ILaw360 Public Policy PUBLIC POLICY Thursday, April 4, 2019 Follow Law360 TOP NEWS ;`',Law360 Pro Say Podcast Senate Rules Axed To Speed Judicial, Administration Picks Senate Republicans voted to ax the chamber's nominee debate rules Wednesday, potentially opening the floodgates for dozens of President Donald Trump's trial judge and lower-level administrative nominees to be confirmed. Read full article » Kirkland, Cuneo Gilbert Tops In Antitrust Cases Kirkland & Ellis LLP was the most prolific member of the antitrust defense bar between 2016 and 2018, while Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP filed more private antitrust litigation than any other law firm due to its role in multidistrict litigation, according to a new Lex Machina report. Listen to our new podcast here Read full article » LAW FIRMS Analysis Court Rulings Take Toll On Private Antitrust Plaintiffs Allen & Overy Private plaintiffs have a better than 50-50 chance of winning antitrust cases Alston & Bird that make it to trial, according to a new report from Lex Machina, but getting Arguedas Gassman there is a trial in itself due to court rulings making it harder to win class Arnold & Porter certification and fend off dismissal motions and summary judgments. BakerHostetler Read full article » Black Srebnick House Dems Request Trump's Tax Returns From IRS Bryan Cave The Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on Call & Jensen Wednesday asked the Internal Revenue Service to furnish President Donald Covington & Burling Trump's tax return information for the past six years, taking the first step in a Cuneo Gilbert likely contentious legal battle. Davis Wright Tremaine Read full article » Dechert House Judiciary OKs Subpoena Of Full Mueller Report Earthjustice House Judiciary Committee Democrats voted Wednesday to issue Farnan LLP subpoenas compelling the release to Congress of grand jury materials Foley Hoag underlying special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of the 2016 election, a Gibson Dunn move Republicans ripped as an attempt to end-run the legal process. Haynes and Boone Read full article )> Holland & Knight Kavanaugh's Law School Gig Faces Student Backlash Hooper Lundy Students at George Mason University are demanding that the school reverse Jager Smith its decision to hire U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a law Jones Day school lecturer this summer in light of decades-old sexual misconduct claims Kirkland & Ellis against him that surfaced during his confirmation hearing. Labaton Sucharow EFTA00026434 Read full article » Latham & Watkins Feature McDermott Will How To Argue Merger Cases And Win Over Judges Meriwether & Tharp What's the best way to wage a merger case in federal court? According to a group of sitting and retired federal judges, attorneys should ground complex Miller Canfield economics in real world-examples and be willing to collaborate with opposing Morgan Lewis counsel to make sure cases move forward quickly. Murphy & McGonigle Read full article » Nussbaum Law Group PC Orrick Herrington BANKING & SECURITIES Paul Hastings CRA Update Could Be Done Within Year, Top Regulators Say Podhurst Orseck The heads of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Quinn Emanuel Comptroller of the Currency signaled Wednesday that momentum is building Robins Kaplan behind an interagency effort to modernize Community Reinvestment Act Ropes & Gray regulations, saying that they could be finished with the project by next year. Sanford Heisler Sharp Read full article » Seward & Kissel SEC Says ICO Doesn't Need To Register As Security Shutts & Bowen Officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a no-action Skadden letter Wednesday allowing an unregistered initial coin offering to proceed, Smith Villazor finding it didn't meet the definition of a security laid out in staff guidance Stoel Rives released alongside the letter. Susman Godfrey Read full article » Tache Bronis House Says Private Email Off-Limits In Collins Case Werksman Jackson The U.S. House of Representatives has urged a New York federal court to White & Case adopt a broader interpretation of the Constitution's speech or debate clause Willkie Farr than the government has presented in its insider trading case against U.S. WilmerHale Rep. Christopher Collins, implying prosecutors overstepped their bounds in seizing legislative materials. Wilson Sonsini Read full article » COMPANIES Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL Allergan PLC Analysis Amazon.com Inc. Judge Throws Wet Blanket On State Water Quality Variance' American Bar Association A Montana federal judge broke legal ground recently with a decision to curtail American Civil Liberties Union an exemption to state water quality standards approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a ruling that suggests other states will American Petroleum Institute Inc. have to stay within strict parameters if they adopt similar "variances." Animal Legal Defense Fund Read full article )> Avalara Inc. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Colo. Lawmakers Tighten Reins On Oil, Gas Drilling Bridgestone Corp. Colorado state lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation that would Center for Biological Diversity dramatically overhaul state oil and gas regulations by tightening health and safety standards and giving local governments expanded authority over Citrin Cooperman where drilling activity takes place. Consumer Bankers Association Read full article » Defenders of Wildlife Elliott Management Corp. Entergy Launches 3rd Suit Seeking Nuclear Fuel Costs Entergy Corp. A nuclear plant owned by Entergy rang the bell this week for a third round of Equifax Inc. litigation over the government's alleged failure to dispose of its spent nuclear waste in Michigan. Facebook Read full article » Hobby Lobby Stores Huawei Technologies 5th Circ. Told EPA Ignored Risks To OK Gulf Driller Permit LexisNexis Group The Center for Biological Diversity told a Fifth Circuit panel in oral arguments Linkedln Corp. Wednesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency didn't do enough Miramax Film Corp. EFTA00026435 to evaluate the dangers posed to marine life before it signed off on a permit National Association of allowing offshore drillers in the Gulf of Mexico to dump wastewater. Manufacturers Read full article » Northeastern University HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES Raytheon Co. Reed Elsevier 1st Circ. Perplexed By 'Odd' Trump Birth Control Argument StubHub Inc. The First Circuit on Wednesday appeared to lean toward reviving Massachusetts' challenge to a Trump administration rule allowing exemptions Tronox Ltd. to birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act, with one judge Trump Organization Inc. finding it "odd" to argue women would not be denied contraception coverage Twitter Inc. and consequently turn to the state for funding. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Read full article » United States Steel Corp. Medical Pot Law Is Not A Right To Grow, Fla. Court Says Volkswagen A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that a state constitutional Warner Chilcott Limited amendment allowing the use of medical marijuana by qualified patients does Washington Post Co. not allow those patients to cultivate and process marijuana for their own use. Wayfair LLC Read full article » Wells Fargo & Co. Wynn Resorts Ltd. Legalization Advocate Pushes Pa. Court To Reclassify Pot ZTE Corp. Pennsylvania's classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug without any accepted medical use runs counter to the state's own medical marijuana eBay Inc. program and should be eliminated, a defense attorney and legalization advocate told a Superior Court of Pennsylvania panel Wednesday. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Read full article » Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease IP & TECHNOLOGY Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Trump Taking Aim At Online Counterfeit Market California Department of Tax and President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will soon formulate a new Fee Administration strategy to tackle what his administration believes is a rising tide of pirated California Environmental Protection and counterfeit goods being sold through online sellers such as eBay and Agency Amazon. Centers for Disease Control and Read full article >> Prevention Colorado Supreme Court EMPLOYMENT Congressional Research Service Acosta Defends DOL Rules, Epstein Case Handling At Hearing Energy Information Administration Labor Secretary Alex Acosta was grilled during a budget hearing Wednesday European Commission over whether the U.S. Department of Labor has weakened worker Executive Office of the President protections under his watch and claims that he mishandled a decade-old sex Federal Aviation Administration crime case involving millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with Acosta Federal Bureau of Investigation defending his actions on both fronts. Federal Communications Read full article » Commission COMPETITION Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Federal Reserve System BMW's State Aid Appeal Should Be Tossed, EU Court Told Federal Trade Commission The European Commission didn't have to analyze the potential market Florida Department of Health impact for the portion of aid it made Germany cut from a planned €45 million Government Accountability Office ($50.6 million) investment in a BMW electric car plant, an advocate general Internal Revenue Service told the European Court of Justice on Wednesday. Read full article )> Joint Committee on Taxation Massachusetts Gaming CONSUMER PROTECTION Commission NATO Robocall Bill Clears Senate Commerce Committee National Security Agency A bipartisan bill aimed at handing the Federal Communications Office of the Comptroller of the Commission more firepower to combat robocalls sailed through the Senate Currency EFTA00026436 Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday. Securities and Exchange Read full article » Commission AEROSPACE & DEFENSE Solicitors Regulation Authority Spirit Lake Tribe Trump May Allow Turkey To Keep F-35 Despite Russian Deal U.S. Attorneys Office Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has U.S. Department of Defense left the door open for Turkey to continue participating in the F-35 fighter jet program amid its contentious plan to purchase a missile defense system from U.S. Department of Energy Russia, despite defense officials recently moving to cut off Turkey's access to U.S. Department of Health and F-35 parts. Human Services Read full article » U.S. Department of Homeland Security Ex-Pentagon Leaders Warn Against China-Backed 5G Network U.S. Department of Justice Six former U.S. military and intelligence officials warned Wednesday that if U.S. Department of Labor the country's allies use Chinese tech to support 5G networks, Chinese U.S. Department of State espionage is inevitable and future U.S. military operations would be jeopardized. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Read full article » U.S. House Committee on Energy TAX and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives Analysis U.S. Immigration and Customs Calif. Marketplace Law Won't Forgive Past Tax Errors Enforcement A bill quickly moving through California's Legislature to protect small vendors U.S. Supreme Court selling through online platforms from sales and use tax liability comes too late United Nations to help thousands targeted by a state tax agency's ramped-up demands for years of back taxes. Read full article » 'Varsity Blues' Parents May Have Violated Tax Laws: Sens. Leaders of the Senate tax committee on Wednesday asked the Internal Revenue Service to crack down on inappropriate tax deductions that may have been claimed by participants in an alleged college admissions cheating scheme known as the "Varsity Blues' scandal. Read full article » IMMIGRATION 6th Circ. Won't Redo Panel Ruling On Iraqi Deportations The full Sixth Circuit won't reconsider a split panel decision restricting the ability of Iraqi citizens to challenge their longstanding deportation orders in federal court, leaving those who were picked up in recent immigration sweeps in the lurch if Iraq now agrees to take them back. Read full article » Feds Try To Dodge Border Emergency Declaration Challenges The Trump administration wants out of a pair of lawsuits filed in federal court by Texas landowners and environmental organizations challenging the president's national emergency declaration to fund his long-promised southern border wall. Read full article » NATIVE AMERICAN Bill Seeks Better Response To Violence Against Native Women A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that aims to create a coordinated federal government strategy in response to the disproportionately high number of Native American women who are murdered, trafficked or go missing each year. EFTA00026437 Read full article » TELECOMMUNICATIONS FCC Needs Dedicated Robocall Unit, Rosenworcel Says The Federal Communications Commission should add a unit to specifically tackle the scourge of robocalls, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel told a House subcommittee Wednesday. Read full article » Reps. Urge FCC To Correct Broadband Deployment Data Several Democratic members of the U.S. House are asking the Federal Communications Commission why faulty data may have been included in a draft of a major report on broadband deployment, and are urging the FCC to withdraw or correct inaccurate statements based on the data. Read full article » Reps. Divided Over FCC's Scope In Net Neutrality Bill House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders quibbled Wednesday over whether an amendment to a Democratic-backed net neutrality bill sufficiently prevents the Federal Communications Commission from imposing price controls and other regulations on broadband, as the panel readied the bill for a potential floor vote. Read full article » WHITE COLLAR Warren Floats Bill To Expand Criminal Liability For Execs Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill Wednesday that would make executives at large corporations criminally liable for their organization's misdeeds. Read full article » Trump's Opposition To ACA Can't Kill Esformes Trial The Florida federal judge presiding over Philip Esformes' health care fraud trial rejected the nursing home mogul's bid to short-circuit the case based on the Trump administration's new position that the entire Affordable Care Act is invalid, finding Wednesday it does not affect the charges against him. Read full article » EXPERT ANALYSIS Nev. Digital Excise Bill Represents Major Tax Policy Departure Nevada's proposed excise tax on the sale of digital goods and services would create inconsistencies with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement — to which Nevada is a member — and may violate the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, say attorneys at McDermott. Read full article » What Restitution Could Mean For SEC Enforcement Cases A Senate bill would allow the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue restitution in cases against members of the securities industry. But adding this power to the SEC's arsenal is a major leap that should only be taken after all stakeholders have carefully weighed its implications, says Stephen Crimmins of Murphy & McGonigle. Read full article » Calif. Regulators Should Account For PFAS Uncertainty Given that California agencies have recognized that they lack sufficient data to draw credible conclusions regarding the health impact of per- and EFTA00026438 polyfluoroalkyl substances, they should weigh potential costs and benefits before imposing burdensome actions, say attorneys at Alston & Bird. Read full article » Opinion Time To End 'Open Mind' Requirement In Agency Rulemaking A federal court recently found that U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had acted with an unalterably closed mind in choosing to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census. But the requirement for open- mindedness in rulemaking is fundamentally unsound, says Steven Gordon of Holland & Knight. Read full article » LEGAL INDUSTRY Ex-Jones Day Associates Hit Firm With $200M Bias Suit A group of former Jones Day associates hit the BigLaw powerhouse with a $200 million pregnancy and gender discrimination suit Wednesday, accusing the firm of systematically underpaying women, devaluing the work of female associates and pushing out lawyers who have children. Read full article » Analysis GC Missteps Loom Large In Mass. Regulator's Wynn Probe Executives in the legal division of Wynn Resorts were among those flagged in a regulator's report detailing how sexual abuse allegations against ex-CEO and Chairman Steve Wynn were swept under the rug. Here, Law360 looks at how those attorneys may have failed to serve their ultimate client, the company. Read full article » Stars, BigLaw Atty Make 'Varsity Blues' Court Debut Hollywood stars Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, along with ex-Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP co-chair Gordon Caplan, faced a federal judge for the first time Wednesday after being charged in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, attracting a crush of media and autograph-seekers to the waterfront Boston courthouse. Read full article » Allen & Overy Atty For Weinstein Referred For Discipline An Allen & Overy attorney has been referred to a U.K. disciplinary tribunal following an investigation into alleged misconduct connected to the representation of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and the use of nondisclosure agreements to hush up allegations of sexual assault. Read full article » Court Staffer's Happy Hour Sparks Recusal Bid A Georgia man has asked a state court judge to remove herself from his divorce case, saying a member of the judge's staff never disclosed that she attends a monthly happy hour with a lawyer at the firm representing his ex- wife, even when she was asked. Read full article » Amazon Atty Joins StubHub As New General Counsel StubHub has snagged former Amazon attorney Stephanie Burns to be its new vice president and general counsel, the online ticket exchange company announced Wednesday. Read full article » Interview EFTA00026439 Law Firm Leaders: Bryan Cave's Mayhew And Pritchard Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the transatlantic merger that formed Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. The law firm's top leaders, Therese Pritchard and Lisa Mayhew, sat down recently with Law360 to chat about the combination and the law firm's future. 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