DC's Big Blizzard(s): Will the SEC Still Declare Your Filings Effective? I won't whine since I grew up in Chicago, but a second blizzard is expected today in Washington as federal government offices are closed here for a second straight day as we dig out from the first. As I blogged on Friday, fede ...

Via C-Net: FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited Police want backdoor to Web users' private data Police survey provides glimpse of Net-surveillance figures What's this all about? A NTIA/Commerce Department meeting yesterday for the Online Safety and Technology ...

Though over-the-top busy, I've agreed to two perhaps not terribly high-profile Media Appearances.First, tomorrow (Wednesday 2/3) from 10:06 to 10:30 AM on the Kathleen Dunn show on Wisconsin Public Radio, I'm being interviewed live on such topics as "the broader implications of the current tax code, ...

Last week, we spoke with Conan O'Brien's high-profile attorneys: Patricia Glaser of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro and Leigh Brecheen of Beverly Hills entertainment boutique Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman and Goodman. Brecheen is O'Brien's contracts lawyer and Glase ...

The closure of the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay Cuba is beginning to look like a protracted and uncertain project for the Obama administration as political, legal and security concerns limit the president's options. Having blown the one-year closure deadline set last January in an ...

Dave & Marty: Live at the Hotel Del Coronado! Last week, Dave Lynn and Marty Dunn got together during Northwestern's annual Securities Regulation Institute in San Diego to tape this podcast, including a discussion of: - The Staff's new position on Section 3(a)(9) exchanges - Drafting director dive ...

Virginia attorney Jay O'Keeffe is a self-described "kid in a candy store" when it comes to appellate litigation, and his passion for that type of work comes through in his blog posts on De Novo: A Virginia Appellate Law Blog. At the encouragement of professional development coach Cordell ...

    Chicago criminal defense attorney and political strategist Tamara Holder discusses the Brown Senate victory and the upcoming state of the union address with LB Network host Scott Drake.     Sign up for the LB Network free weekly newsletter!       ...

Tipping Point: Tony Mauro writes that Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Theodore Olson was responsible for shaping the constitutional arguments which led the Supreme Court to upend roughly a century of campaign finance law in Citizens United v. Federal Election...

The partner smack down has started. Here’s the most recent tally for equity partner announcements: Skadden, Arps named 8 new partners, down from 25; Debevoise & Plimpton named 2, down from 6; Weil, Gotshal promoted 3, down from 7; Cleary Gottlieb elected 4 new partners, half as many as in ...