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This document is a Law360 email newsletter dated March 5, 2019, summarizing various legal news stories, including the trial of a former KPMG partner, a suit involving a Trump associate and Mariah Carey's ex-manager, and various law firm hirings and suits. The document appears to be included in the collection due to a 'JOBS' listing on page 4 for the law firm 'Epstein Drangel, LLP', which is an Intellectual Property firm and likely unrelated to Jeffrey Epstein personally. The document contains no flight logs, direct communications with Jeffrey Epstein, or information regarding his criminal network.

People (12)

Name Role Context
David Middendorf Former KPMG Partner
On trial for alleged conspiracy to steal inspection plans from PCAOB.
Mariah Carey Singer
Mentioned in suit regarding hacking of her ex-manager's electronics.
Donald Trump President
Mentioned in relation to former associate hacking suit and Trump Tower Moscow project.
Andrew Wheeler EPA Administrator
Touted EPA success in Superfund cleanups.
Tara Lenich Prosecutor
Accused of wiretapping in suit against NYC.
Tamara Kurtzman Founder, TMK Attorneys PC
Quoted regarding women in law.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Penned three opinions after returning from cancer surgery.
Donald McGahn Attorney
Returning to Jones Day after stint as White House counsel.
William Barr Attorney General
Cleared to oversee Mueller probe; swore in replacement for Whitaker.
Robert Mueller Special Counsel
Conducting probe overseen by AG Barr.
Matthew Whitaker Former Acting Attorney General
Resigned from DOJ.
Ronald "Rocky" Robins Jr. General Counsel, Big Lots
Interviewed about his role.

Organizations (20)

Name Type Context
Law360
Sender of the newsletter.
Epstein Drangel, LLP
Listed in 'JOBS' section seeking IP Litigation Paralegal and Associate. (Likely reason for search hit).
KPMG
Former partner on trial.
PCAOB
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, victim of alleged data theft.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Sued for pregnancy bias.
Wesco Insurance Co.
Sued Zane & Rudofsky.
L & K Coffee Co. LLC
Sued for false labeling of Kona coffee.
U.S. Department of Labor
Sued by NY AG regarding wage theft amnesty.
Citigroup
Involved in employee retirement plan settlement.
Insys Therapeutics Inc.
Subject of stock drop suit involving Fentanyl.
Adidas
Mentioned in bribery conviction case.
Nasdaq Inc.
Bidding for Oslo Bors VPS.
Euronext NV
Competing bid for Oslo Bors VPS.
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency.
WeWork
Purchased Manhattan property for $850 million.
Jones Day
Hired Donald McGahn back.
U.S. Department of Justice
Matt Whitaker resigned; Barr cleared for Mueller probe.
Clifford Chance LLP
Offering 2-month unpaid leave program.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Launched retail industry initiative.
Big Lots
General Counsel interviewed.

Timeline (3 events)

2019-03-04
Former KPMG partner David Middendorf took the stand in his own defense.
Manhattan federal court
2019-03-04
Wesco Insurance Co. sued Zane & Rudofsky.
New York state court
Wesco Insurance Co. Zane & Rudofsky
2019-03-04
NY Attorney General sued Trump administration regarding wage theft records.
New York
NY AG Trump Administration Dept of Labor

Locations (5)

Location Context
Location of Law360 and various courts mentioned.
Location of pregnancy bias suit against MoFo.
Location of stock exchange involved in bidding war.
Location of corruption case involving Baker McKenzie.
Project mentioned in relation to testimony.

Relationships (2)

Donald McGahn Employment Jones Day
Donald McGahn is returning to Jones Day to act as the global law firm's U.S. government regulation practice leader.
William Barr Professional Oversight Robert Mueller
Attorney General William Barr to oversee the probe being conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Key Quotes (2)

"telling a Manhattan federal jury he'd acted appropriately, not criminally, upon learning of the scheme."
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"The sheer number of women entering the legal profession means gender equality is coming, one way or the other."
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From: New York Law360
To: [Redacted]
Subject: KPMG's Middendorf Says He Blew Whistle On PCAOB Leaks
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 08:36:54 +0000
Law360 New York
NEW YORK
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
TOP NEWS
KPMG's Middendorf Says He Blew Whistle On PCAOB Leaks
A former KPMG partner on trial for an alleged conspiracy to steal inspection plans from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board took the stand in his own defense Monday, telling a Manhattan federal jury he'd acted appropriately, not criminally, upon learning of the scheme.
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Ex-Trump Associate Hacked Mariah Carey's Ex-Manager: Suit
A former associate of President Donald Trump hacked electronics belonging to Mariah Carey's ex-manager, according to a $1 million suit that was filed in New York federal court Friday shortly before the defendant, a Russian-born businessman, is slated to testify to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project.
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7th MoFo Atty Added To $200M Pregnancy Bias Suit
A former New York-based Morrison & Foerster LLP lawyer has become the seventh female attorney to join a $200 million California federal class action accusing the firm of systematically discriminating against pregnant women, claiming she was unlawfully fired for not being adequately "committed" to the firm after twice taking maternity leave.
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Wesco Says NY Attys Hid Misconduct Claims, Voiding Policy
Wesco Insurance Co. sued Zane & Rudofsky in New York state court on Monday, saying the law firm didn't disclose that it was once on the verge of being sanctioned for misconduct and likely faced a malpractice suit when it purchased a professional liability policy.
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CONSUMER PROTECTION
Coffee Seller Hit With False Labeling Suit Over 'Kona' Blends
A consumer hit L & K Coffee Co. LLC with a proposed class action in New York federal court Sunday alleging some of its Magnum Exotics coffee blends are wrongly labeled as "Kona" coffee because the mixtures don't have the same composition as authentic "Kona" coffee.
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EMPLOYMENT
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LAW FIRMS
Akin Gump
Axinn
Bailey & Glasser
Baker McKenzie
Brown Rudnick
Bruch Hanna
Cadwalader Wickersham
Clifford Chance
Cohen & Frankel LLP
Cole Schotz
Davis Polk
Emery Celli
Fried Frank
Gibson Dunn
Harris Wiltshire
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jones Day
Katsky Korins
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Levi & Korsinsky
Levitt & Boccio
Lucas Magazine
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NY Wants Info On Cos. Getting Federal Wage Theft 'Amnesty'
The New York attorney general's office sued the Trump administration Monday, demanding records from the U.S. Department of Labor related to a federal wage theft self-reporting program called Payroll Audit Independent Determination, calling it a "non-enforcement initiative" that gives amnesty to violators.
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Firm Ordered To Drop Arbitration Bid In $2.3M Atty Fee Fight
The New York federal judge who oversaw the settlement of a case focused on a Citigroup employee retirement plan ordered one of the plaintiff co-counsels on Monday to withdraw a request for court-ordered arbitration to resolve a dispute over $2.3 million in legal fees.
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SECURITIES & WHITE COLLAR
Insys Investors Seek Cert. In Fentanyl Stock Drop Suit
Insys Therapeutics Inc. investors urged a New York federal judge Friday to certify their putative class action accusing the pharmaceutical company of overstating its opioid spray's financial strength, a move that sparked a stock downturn once the accounting problems were revealed.
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Wiretapped Ex-Asst. DA's Suit Against NYC, Staff Survives
A former Brooklyn assistant district attorney who sued New York City and several city workers who allegedly failed to prevent renegade prosecutor Tara Lenich from wiretapping her has had most of her case survive dismissal, with the court cutting one claim against individual defendants but greenlighting the rest of the suit.
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Adidas Bribery Convict Contests Schools' Restitution Bids
One of three men convicted of bribing student basketball players to attend Adidas-sponsored schools urged a New York federal judge Monday to deny two of the schools' restitution bids, saying they filed the requests too late and are not entitled to attorney fees.
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Nasdaq Matches Euronext's Bid For Norway Exchange
Nasdaq Inc. on Monday increased its offer to buy Norwegian stock exchange Oslo Bors VPS, matching a competing bid from Euronext NV worth 6.8 billion Norwegian krone ($795 million) as the trading venues look to sway shareholders to their respective sides.
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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL
EPA Chief Touts Superfund Progress, Slams Enviro Critics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Monday touted the EPA's success in finalizing cleanups at Superfund sites across the country in 2018, and slammed environmentalists who say too many sites are being written off too quickly.
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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
Manatt Phelps
Marks O'Neill
McTigue Law
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison Cohen
Nexsen Pruet
Nixon Peabody
Ogletree Deakins
Paul Hastings
Paul Weiss
Petrillo Klein
Pierce Bainbridge
Pillsbury Winthrop
Pryor Cashman
Quinn Emanuel
Robinson Brog
Ropes & Gray
Rubin Ehrlich
Sanford Heisler Sharp
Schulte Roth
Sheehan & Associates PC
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Stein Mitchell
Sullivan & Cromwell
TMK Attorneys PC
Trench Rossi
Vorys Sater
Wachtell Lipton
Williams & Connolly
Willkie Farr
COMPANIES
Abercrombie & Fitch
Adidas AG
Amazon.com Inc.
BNSF Railway Co.
Big Lots Inc.
CIM Group Inc.
Citigroup Inc.
Euronext Amsterdam NV
HSBC Holdings PLC
JBS SA
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
KPMG International
LinkedIn Corp.
Lord & Taylor LLC
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
NASDAQ OMX Group Inc.
NBCUniversal Inc.
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NYC Real Estate Week In Review
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP and Cole Schotz PC were among more than a dozen law firms that helped with the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a group of transactions that included WeWork's $850 million purchase of a Manhattan property.
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PEOPLE
Axinn Hires Ex-Manatt Phelps Competition Pro For NY Office
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP has announced the hiring of an attorney who formerly co-chaired Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP's antitrust and competition practice as a partner in its New York office.
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Pierce Bainbridge Adds Compliance Chair, Fordham Prof
Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP has added as partners a recent Baker McKenzie compliance and investigations group practice chair and a former Ropes & Gray counsel with experience in a wide range of commercial, securities and complex litigation, the firm announced Monday.
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
Women In Law Need Equal Treatment, Not Affirmative Action
The sheer number of women entering the legal profession means gender equality is coming, one way or the other. This Women's History Month, BigLaw firms should reflect on this with the understanding that they dismiss the flight of senior female attorneys from their ranks at their peril, says Tamara Kurtzman, founder of TMK Attorneys PC.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Ex-Baker McKenzie Atty To Be Deposed Over Tell-All Memo
Baker McKenzie's alleged dirty laundry could soon be aired by a Virginia federal court after a judge on Friday ordered the deposition of a former partner who wrote a mysterious memo regarding alleged misconduct by the firm's attorneys in a Brazilian corruption case tied to one of the world's largest meatpacking companies.
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Justice Ginsburg Bounces Back With 3 Decisions In 3 Weeks
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has penned three opinions for the high court in the past three weeks, apparently driven to write after missing months of work following cancer surgery in December.
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Jones Day Takes McGahn Back After White House Stint
Donald McGahn is returning to Jones Day to act as the global law firm's U.S. government regulation practice leader, the firm announced Monday, following a stint as White House counsel that included orchestrating the Trump administration's nomination of two U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Read full article »
AG Barr Won't Recuse Himself From Mueller Probe
Ethics officials at the U.S. Department of Justice have cleared Attorney General William Barr to oversee the probe being conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a Monday statement, despite concerns about Barr's possible bias against the investigation.
Read full article »
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Regents of the University of California
Stamps.com Inc.
Terreno Realty Corp.
Toys "R" Us Inc.
Twitter Inc.
UDR, Inc.
Vornado Realty Trust
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
WeWork LLC
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Administrative Conference of the United States
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Executive Office of the President
Federal Election Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Supreme Court
Wage and Hour Division
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Former Acting AG Matt Whitaker Leaves DOJ
Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has resigned from the U.S. Department of Justice, a DOJ spokesperson confirmed Monday, less than a month after William Barr was sworn in to replace him.
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New Clifford Chance Program Offers 2-Month Unpaid Leave
Clifford Chance LLP is trying out a program that would allow attorneys to take two months of unpaid leave under a new framework at the firm meant to provide attorneys with a more flexible approach to their work, the firm announced Monday.
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Akin Gump Initiative Will Watch For Retail Trends, Risks
Attorneys across Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are trying to prepare themselves and their clients for the future of the retail industry's legal landscape through a new "retail industry initiative," the firm said.
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Interview
15 Minutes With Big Lots' General Counsel
Ronald "Rocky" Robins Jr. is familiar with both the corporate and private practice realms, as he has held two general counsel positions and worked at Davis Polk and Vorys Sater. Here, the general counsel of Big Lots shares the most rewarding parts of being a lawyer and the qualities he values most in outside counsel.
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JOBS
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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Associate
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
New York, New York
elite lit boutique // mid level assoc
Schoen Legal Search
New York, New York
IP Litigation Paralegal/Legal Assistant with Expert Presentation Skills
Epstein Drangel, LLP
New York, New York
Intellectual Property — Patent Agent
Troutman Sanders LLP
New York, New York
NYC*Corp*Assoc*Mid-sized*Lifestyle
Schoen Legal Search
NYC, New York
Stellar mid-sized firm seeks outstanding mid level m&a atty
Schoen Legal Search
NYC, New York
Insurance Associate
Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP
New York, New York
Mid-Level IP Litigation Associate with Solid Experience in Trademark and Copyright Law
Epstein Drangel
New York, New York
NYC Big-Law litigation assoc (3-4 yrs exp)
KLR Davis
New York, New York
Employment Associate / NY mid-size law firm
Schoen Legal Search
New York, New York
L&E Partner -Mid-sized NYC law firm
Schoen Legal Search
New York City, New York
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