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...Miraculously, Nippon has managed to anger both sides of the US’s deeply divided political spectrum: Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both opposed to the deal....
...There was a sense of déjà vu as Donald Trump and Jack Smith found themselves together once again in a courtroom this Thursday....
...The 49-page indictment against Donald Trump unsealed on Friday is a charging document of uncommon specificity, legal experts said....
...For more than a year, a criminal inquiry into whether Donald Trump masterminded a “hush money” scheme to keep porn actress Stormy Daniels silent was thought to be dead and buried....
...Beginning with former president Donald Trump’s trade war, tensions have continued to escalate....
...But that changed when the congressional panel investigating last year’s attack on the US Capitol recommended Donald Trump face federal prosecution for his attempts to overthrow the results of the 2020 election...
...lawmakers have pledged to put the administration of Joe Biden under the microscope — and investigate matters including alleged tax violations by the president’s son Hunter and the FBI’s decision to raid Donald...
...Cecilia Malmström, the EU’s trade commissioner from 2014 to 2019 and now an adviser at law firm Covington & Burling, is worried by the combination....
...Several rightwing media stars will also makes an appearance, including Missouri couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who were filmed brandishing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in St Louis, and Covington...
...Some people, like Donald Trump, may think it is “smart” to avoid taxes, but as our colleague Martin Sandbu pointed out last month, eradicating “kleptocracy” should be a priority for governments....
...said John Hall, a lawyer at Covington and Burling. “This is just a blunt way to whack the company now while doing nothing to achieve the stated objective of the purpose.”...
...Earlier this year, the company brought in Republican Senator Jon Kyl and his team at law firm Covington and Burling to investigate whether the company was discriminating against rightwing views....
...Donald Trump told a reporter on Monday that “we are trying to take liability away from these companies”, while Larry Kudlow, the US president’s top economic adviser, said on Wednesday that “guard-railing...
...As the administration of President Donald Trump struggles to satisfy critics that it is testing enough people to control the coronavirus pandemic and start to revive the world’s largest economy, this part...
...They acted very deliberately in trying to tailor the proposed regulations to true national security needs,” said Mark Plotkin, a partner at Covington and Burling, the law firm....
...Another factor is President Donald Trump....
...Last week lawyers from Skadden Arps and Covington & Burling — America’s two pre-eminent law firms that advise on national security reviews of dealmaking — were poached by other firms....
...Covington has hired Jeremy Newell as a partner in the law firm’s financial services group in Washington....
...Most recently, he was chairman of the financial institutions group at Covington & Burling, a law firm....
...Mr Kyl is a conservative who has been helping usher Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, through his confirmation hearings....
...With his decision to begin a national security investigation into automotive imports, President Donald Trump is aiming his fire at one of the biggest components of global trade....
...Covington & Burling has hired Denny Kwon from Wilson Sonsini as a partner for its corporate practice in San Francisco. Baird Global Investment Banking announced eight new managing directors....
...When Robert Lighthizer, America’s top trade official, took a recent chance to engage with Donald Trump’s conservative base, the issue that animated him most wasn’t the deal clinched just days before to revamp...
...The dilemma was created after Donald Trump in May withdrew the US from the 2015 nuclear agreement Iran signed with world powers, including the EU, the UK, France and Germany....
...The audits come as Facebook is trying to be more transparent and fend off regulation after revelations of a massive data leak to Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that worked for Donald Trump’...
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