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Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman is a Litigation Reporter at ALM covering antitrust complaints, federal judicial nominations and legal matters in the Washington, D.C., metro area. He’s an alumnus of Temple University and longtime journalist who previously worked for publications in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He also performed writing gigs at Babson College and SoFi Technologies Inc. before joining ALM in 2024.
January 22, 2025 | National Law Journal
"This Executive Order, which generally reinstates the one issued in 2020, is intended to cover as many as 50,000 employees, leaving them vulnerable to being fired for any reason, including political agenda," counsel for the National Treasury Employees Union alleged in a complaint challenging President Donald Trump's workforce policy.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 22, 2025 | National Law Journal
"Release of Volume II to Congress under the proposed conditions … presents a substantial and unacceptable risk of prejudice to [the remaining co-defendants]," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order blocking the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the now-abandoned classified records retention case against President Donald Trump.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 21, 2025 | National Law Journal
"KKR complied with the HSR Act for each transaction the Antitrust Division has investigated," co-counsel for KKR wrote in a refiled complaint against the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission seeking exoneration in Manhattan federal court.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 17, 2025 | The Recorder
"Orion's allegations were sufficient to allege a cause of action for conspiracy or aiding and abetting a fraudulent transfer," Justice Audrey B. Collins wrote in the unpublished opinion for the California Court of Appeal, reversing part of the Los Angeles County trial court's judgment. Presiding Justice Brian S. Currey and Justice Helen Zukin concurred in the judgment.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 17, 2025 | National Law Journal
Amex GBT's Biden-bashing defense strategy may have no influence on the ultimate outcome of the government's lawsuit opposing Amex GBT's proposed acquisition of rival travel management company CWT, according to antitrust litigation experts.
By Dan Novak and Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 15, 2025 | National Law Journal
"The Antitrust Division's threatened action against KKR is massively disproportionate to any previous HSR enforcement action," Quinn Emanuel co-counsel wrote in a countersuit against the Justice Department seeking declaratory relief on behalf of the large asset management firm.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 14, 2025 | National Law Journal
Some of the high-profile cases U.S. District Senior Judge Peter J. Messitte presided over include emoluments clause litigation against President-elect Donald Trump and a defamation lawsuit against Amazon.com dismissed voluntarily by the plaintiff.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 14, 2025 | National Law Journal
The office of former Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded it had enough admissible evidence against President-elect Donald Trump to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial for Trump's alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 13, 2025 | National Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found "insufficient basis" to prevent the Justice Department from releasing part of Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump in his now-dismissed D.C. election-interference case.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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January 10, 2025 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected an emergency motion seeking to block U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland from releasing Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report in the federal prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman
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