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We had a great chat on the #prosay #podcast with @PaulWeissLLP's Jeh Johnson about #cybersecurity. The episode drops over the weekend at https://t.co/nVy1uGzFLh

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Ex-Akin Gump Atty Says Feds Handed Him Stolen Complaints - The ex-Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorney who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to sell a sealed whistleblower complaint said the government gave him back a hard drive... https://t.co/QcSsrdM6mw

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GOP Rep. Wants Commission To Study Artificial Intelligence - Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., introduced legislation Wednesday to study the potential national security implications of artificial intelligence, saying the technology is likely in the future ... https://t.co/ztletZzyIX

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Facebook Shareholders Sue Over Data Firm Tied To Trump - Facebook investors hit the social media behemoth with a stock-drop suit in California federal court Tuesday, alleging that it made misleading claims about its use of user data, which blew up thi... https://t.co/A0mpu3M49O

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IBM Can't Escape Army's $5.9M Clawback Bid On IT Contract - The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals has refused to toss the U.S. Army’s bid to claw back $5.9 million from IBM after the technology giant allegedly failed to meet network security re... https://t.co/1Mi8Pwqrp2

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Former NJ US Atty Joins Arnold & Porter - New Jersey’s longest-serving U.S. Attorney in five decades, Paul J. Fishman, is taking his 35 years of experience on both sides of the private-public fence to Arnold & Porter’s crisis management and strategic ... https://t.co/JkuRnpu4ib

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FBI Properly Withheld Trump's Tax Returns, DC Judge Says - A D.C. federal judge on Monday ruled against a journalist and a historian who sought information related to President Donald Trump’s tax returns, finding the FBI and Secret Service conducted a... https://t.co/cLadsjzu9k

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Sessions Fires FBI's Former No. 2 Just Before Retirement - Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe late Friday night, roughly a day before McCabe was set to retire, because he said an internal report found the lon... https://t.co/JhUa4JJzMT

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3rd Circ. Won't Grant New Trial To Car Dealer In Fax Row - The Third Circuit on Friday denied a car dealership's bid for a new trial against the former president of a roofing company in a class action over unsolicited faxes advertising its services, r... https://t.co/AvwD5U6STe

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9th Circ. Urged To Rethink HIPAA Probe Coverage Ruling - Millennium Laboratories asked the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to rethink its ruling that Allied World Assurance Co. does not have to cover the $5 million it spent defending against a federal inve... https://t.co/UIZfZM9pdm

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Dish Again Loses Bid To Trim TCPA Class Owed $61M - Dish Network cannot get reconsideration of its bid to trim a class of thousands of consumers in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class who are due a $61 million judgment, with a North Carolina fed... https://t.co/e2QeEsS1H3

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SEC Urged To Amend Rules Governing ICO Market - A cryptocurrency lawyer told a House of Representatives committee on Wednesday that Congress should urge the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend its rules to improve clarity in the market for ini... https://t.co/LxxxBPwwut

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Senate Passes Partial Dodd-Frank Rollbacks - The Senate passed a rollback Wednesday of bank and other financial institution rules from the Dodd-Frank Act, with backers of the measure claiming it will remove the worst of the regulatory costs for smalle... https://t.co/y7yoFuGrKC

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7th Circ. Revives TCPA Suit Against Text Message Marketer - A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday revived a man’s suit accusing a company of sending him unsolicited text messages in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, finding that he shoul... https://t.co/ALuVp2YKaz

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Pomerantz, Rosen Law Seek Top Spots In Intel Stock Row - Two Intel Corp. investors asked a California federal judge Monday to appoint Pomerantz LLP and The Rosen Law Firm PA as co-lead counsel in their stock-drop putative class action against the chip... https://t.co/muS0RPYnCZ

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Oil Bribery Scheme Defendant's Server Must Stay In US - A Florida federal judge on Friday blocked the shipment to Swiss authorities of a computer server belonging to one of the dozens of defendants named by Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA in... https://t.co/BpShqIUEYa

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ManTech, 2 Others To Dole Out $1.18M In Missed OT Pay - Cybersecurity firm ManTech International Corp. and two subcontractors will fork over $1.18 million in back pay to more than 200 employees who were shorted on compensation for overtime while worki... https://t.co/fQ3dRlSb78

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Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction - It is undisputed that in his first year in office President Trump was able to confirm a significant number of judges to the federal bench. How it happened — and whether it's a good thing — are... https://t.co/2WUyOtRf61