Mike LaSusa

  • President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has nominated Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Eugene Scalia to head the U.S. Department of Labor, bucking Democrats who criticized the attorney’s “patent hostility” toward workers’ rights…. Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • A West Virginia magistrate judge recommended that a federal court should toss the conviction of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship because prosecutors admitted they withheld evidence that could have helped him fight charges he conspired to violate mine safety laws… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Law enforcement agencies in California can tell prosecutors that an officer has been investigated for on-the-job misconduct if the officer is set to serve as a witness in a criminal case, the Golden State’s highest court ruled Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • President Donald Trump on Friday asked the full Second Circuit to take another look at an appeal panel’s earlier ruling that the president violated the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter, calling the panel’s decision “fundamentally misconceived”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • The Ninth Circuit has asked the federal government to weigh in on whether the Clean Air Act keeps state and local authorities from going after Volkswagen, affiliates Audi of America LLC and Porsche Cars North America Inc., and auto parts maker Robert Bosch LLC for allegedly tampering with vehicle emission controls… Read this piece in…

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