Family reunion: The Tipline for 17 October 2023

17 October 2023

Whatever the outcome of the Department of Justice’s ad tech case against Google, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison’s alumni network is coming out a winner. The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has rejected Yelp’s request to have Google’s lead counsel disqualified over work Antitrust Division chief Jonathan Kanter did for Yelp while at the firm. Meanwhile, the Antitrust Division’s lead attorney on the case, Julia Tarver Wood, spent a quarter-century at the firm before moving to the DOJ in January.

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Could have been an email: The Tipline for 1 December 2023
The Federal Trade Commission and House Judiciary Committee appear to be stuck in a stalemate regardless of whether their quarrel occurs in letters or public hearings. Pressed by Republican lawmakers about the FTC’s responses (or lack thereof) to various document demands, the commission’s director of congressional relations had very little to say. “I’m not able to provide that information today, but we're happy to continue talking to your staff,” Jeanne Bumpus said.
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