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LEGAL BUSINESS / TECHNOLOGY

General Counsel Moves

1. Merlin appoints Jon Glass as general counsel - musicweek.com, (General Counsel), August 10, 2026
2. Landstar's New General Counsel Has More Than 20 Years' Experience - stocktitan.net, (General Counsel), August 10, 2026

1. Legaltech Clinic: AI consumption for law firms and avoiding “token gestures” in cost control - Legal IT Insider, August 10, 2026
2. Bird & Bird hires EY transformation team led by Shahin Baghaei - Legal IT Insider, August 10, 2026

1. Ryan McGovern Adds Government Contracts Depth to Womble, August 10, 2026
2. Freshfields Advises ENEOS on TPC Acquisition, August 10, 2026
3. Jessica Cooper Joins Chuhak & Tecson, August 10, 2026
4. WLF Fights Texas Food Warning Label Law in Fifth Circuit, August 10, 2026
5. Peter Byrne and Tristan VanDeventer Join Paul, Weiss, August 10, 2026
6. Eric Fishman Strengthens Sports and Entertainment at Hogan, August 10, 2026
7. Husch Blackwell Wins Key Sixth Circuit Medicare Precedent, August 10, 2026
8. Benjamin Perry and Lauren Watson Join Husch Blackwell, August 10, 2026
9. Ryan Mitchem Appointed GC of Husch Blackwell, August 10, 2026
10. Paul Hastings Advises DoubleVerify in Nielsen Acquisition, August 10, 2026
11. Ian Edvalson Joins Paul, Weiss as Life Sciences Transactions Partner, August 10, 2026
12. Brian Gillis Joins Plunkett Cooney’s Torts & Litigation Practice Group, August 10, 2026

1. The World's Largest AI Companies Built Deployment Arms This Year. Harbor Built One For Law., HBR Consulting: Law Department Surveys, August 10, 2026

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Federal Trade Commission

1. FTC Stops Sprawling Credit Repair Scheme that Scammed Consumers Out of Nearly $200 Million, FTC: Speeches, August 10, 2026
2. FTC Stops Sprawling Credit Repair Scheme that Scammed Consumers Out of Nearly $200 Million, FTC: News Releases, August 10, 2026

1. Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 11, 2026
2. Queens Accountant Indicted for Multiple Real Estate Investment Fraud Schemes and Federal Bankruptcy Fraud, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 11, 2026
3. After Runaway Ship Incident in 2024 in Charleston, South Carolina, Vessel Operator and Chief Engineer Sentenced, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
4. Jury convicts Army veteran of embellishing health issues to defraud the VA, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
5. USAO-KS files denaturalization case against man ordered deported then used a false identity to become a U.S. citizen, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
6. Wayne County Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Crime, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
7. Former Employee of Maryland State Contractor Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Benefits Fraud Charges, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
8. Ecuadoran National Charged with Offenses Related to Theft of U.S. Treasury Funds, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
9. West Virginia Convicted Felony Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Over 50 Gigabytes of Child Sexual Abuse Material, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
10. Justice Department Secures $150,000 Settlement in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Kentucky Landlord, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
11. Illegal Alien Convicted in Homeland Security Task Force Case Involving Deadly Alien Smuggling Operation, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
12. Unlicensed Tour Operator Charged For Causing Deaths Of Five-Month-Old Infant And 27-Year-Old Woman In New York Harbor Boat Capsizing, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
13. Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $46 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Liability for Kickback Scheme, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
14. New Orleans Man Indicted for Methamphetamine Distribution, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
15. Illegal Alien from Mexico Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the United States and Possessing Firearm as a Felon, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
16. Ashland Man Sentenced for Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
17. Huntington Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
18. Senate Confirms Timothy VerHey as United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
19. Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay Over $46M to Resolve Criminal and Civil Liability for Kickback Schemes, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
20. One Year After Federal Law Enforcement Surge, D.C. Is Safer as Crime Declines Sharply, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
21. Illinois Man Accused of Sex Trafficking of Woman Who Later Fatally Overdosed, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
22. Former Magoffin County High School Teacher Sentenced for Online Enticement of a Minor, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
23. Middle District of Florida Agencies Receive $3.5 Million to Improve Safety, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
24. Rio Grande City man sentenced for soliciting sexually explicit images of minors, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
25. Two Charged After Alleged Meth Delivery Attempt During Prison Visitation at FCI Hazelton, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
26. Democratic Republic of Congo Man Indicted for Wire Fraud and Bank Fraud, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
27. Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Trying to Obtain U.S. Military Equipment, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
28. South Bend Felon Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of Noblesville Bank, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
29. District Man Charged with Sexually Abusing Multiple Minors and Producing Child Pornography, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
30. Hardin County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
31. The Department of Justice Files Complaints Against New York, Connecticut, and Vermont Challenging State Laws that Provide In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
32. Rayne Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
33. Griffin Grifter Sentenced to Federal Prison for Dogfighting, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
34. Multiple Men Charged in Connection With Cross-Country Drug Trafficking Conspiracy, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
35. St. Lawrence County Man Sentenced for Distribution of Child Pornography, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
36. Rayne Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Interstate Threats Targeting Mother of Minor He Previously Exploited, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
37. Methamphetamine Seized During Bawcomville Traffic Stop Leads to 24-Year Federal Sentence for Repeat Offender, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
38. Jackson County Men Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
39. Pair Accused of Shooting at St. Louis Police, ATF, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026
40. Masked Gunman who Robbed Leon County Z Mart Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges, USDOJ Antitrust Division: What's New, August 10, 2026

1. Tennessee Healthcare Management to Pay $200,000 in EEOC Race, National Origin and Age Discrimination Lawsuit, August 10, 2026