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'Huge Step Forward:' Biden Taps First National Cyber Lead « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary


By  
Brad D. Williams
on April 12, 2021 at 4:20 PM
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration today announced its intent to nominate John Chris Inglis as America’s first national cybersecurity director and Jen Easterly to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Inglis is a former deputy director at the National Security Agency. He is expected to be confirmed by Congress. In the newly created position, he will join the White House’s current cybersecurity team, which includes NSA veteran Anne Neuberger, the first deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology.
The national cybersecurity director position was recommended by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and created by the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law on Jan. 1. The administration’s delay in nominating someone for the position has created tension between the White House and Congress in recent months.

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The Legal Oppression Of Nonbelievers Will Escalate The More Religion Declines


April 12, 2021 at 3:50 PM
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I should not have to care whether my religious beliefs conflict with the majority of those in any branch of our government. The Constitution — as enumerated in Article VI Section 3 and the First Amendment — is supposed to guarantee that government should not care that for the first time ever the number of Americans who belong to a church has fallen below a majority. Unfortunately, a lot of people do care. In fact, some are downright terrified at the decline in religion. And it just so happens, many people who are terrified are also in government.
According to the most recent Attorney General, William Barr, this country was founded on the premise (expressed by John Adams that one time) that our government “was only suitable and sustainable for a religious people.” An attorney general saying this country is only intended and suitable for religious people is deeply disturbing for a couple of reasons. First, one John Adams quote notwithstanding, the Constitution’s plain language that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States” directly contradicts it. It takes a massive, unsubstantiated leap to say our government was intended only to be suitable and sustainable for religious people when religious oaths were banned from the beginning and the only other mention is that government must stay out of religious affairs. Second, and more troubling, is believing government is only suitable and sustainable for religious people means those citizens who does not believe by very definition become

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Boies Schiller Delights With Special Bonuses Of Their Own


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Immigration Reform During A Pandemic? Biden Administration Comes Out Swinging


April 12, 2021 at 2:43 PM
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The COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic effect on immigration law, disrupting policies that were already shaken up by the Trump Administration during its first three years. Practitioners who advise on immigration law now must keep up with changes wrought by the pandemic as well as near-daily immigration news from the Biden Administration.
For the previous Administration, “COVID created the opportunity to significantly curtail legal immigration,” says immigration law expert Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., Chairman of the Executive Committee at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy, LLP and co-author of
PLI Chronicle, Fragomen outlines the immigration actions taken by the Biden Administration in its early days and anticipates changes to come.

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Morning Docket: 04.06.21


April 6, 2021 at 8:58 AM
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* A new lawsuit alleges that a radio personality’s “rabid” fans forced a Florida man to leave the Sunshine State. Maybe the plaintiff was just a “snow bird”… [Tampa Bay Times]
* The highest-paid lawyers at Viacom/CBS were paid $12.7 million last year. [Bloomberg Law]
* The Supreme Court handed Google a win over Oracle in a longstanding copyright dispute. Maybe the justices just hate using Bing… [CNN]
* Harvey Weinstein has filed an appeal of his criminal conviction. [Fox News]
* A group of farmers recently filed an antitrust lawsuit against a number of agricultural companies. [AP]
* A Florida lawyer is getting recognition for helping professional wrestlers trademark parts of their personas. Guess he smells what the Rock is cooking… money. [Tampa Bay Times]

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Morning Docket: 04.05.21


April 5, 2021 at 7:48 AM
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* A law firm suing New York delis and restaurants for purported wage violations allegedly used inaccurate work records. Guess it is alleged they are full of bologna… [New York Post]
* A defaced billboard for a New Orleans attorney claims the lawyer is a bad restaurant tipper. [Newsweek]
* A lawyer accidentally locked himself in handcuffs while preparing for a demonstration in a murder case and then realized he didn’t have the key. Got to hand it to the attorney for his dedication. [Times]
* There may be new attacks on Obamacare at the Supreme Court. [Vox]
* CBS Studios says a lawsuit over the rebooted

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The Next Big Announcement In Biglaw: The End Of The Office Work Week


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For most of its existence, Biglaw has remained relatively conservative in outlook. Cravath would announce annual bonuses, others would follow in lockstep, partnership tracks would run eight years, and salaries would be set and then stagnate for years at a time. But the past handful of years have brought considerable upheaval. Baker McKenzie offered the first bonuses last year. Milbank’s pushing the salary envelope. And the rise of the non-equity partner has thrown the whole game into turmoil.
As we speak, we’re in the midst of an impromptu supplementary bonus war kicked off by Willkie Farr and then blown out of the water by Davis Polk — following a 2020 special bonus where Davis Polk went over the top of Cooley. It feels like everyone is jockeying to be recognized as a market leader.

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