The White House is suspending the active security clearances of lawyers from Covington & Burling who are working with former special counsel Jack Smith. Smith prosecuted Donald Trump unsuccessfully on behalf of the Justice Department under the Biden administration. According to a White House memo, all executive agencies are to suspend the clearances that may…

A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing troves of sensitive personal data from the Department of Education and the Office of Personnel Management. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman ruled that the agencies and their staff may not disclose the personally identifiable information (PII) of those who apply…

Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong has said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to drop a lawsuit against the firm. The SEC has claimed that the cryptocurrency exchange violated laws by offering investments that are subject to its rules despite not registering as an exchange, broker and clearing agency with the regulator. Armstrong said…

Alexander Cardillo, a librarian at the Maurice M. Pine Library in Fair Lawn, N.J. since 2004, has filed a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination against Library Director Adele Puccio. Cardillo claims that Puccio favored female employees, systematically cutting his hours and ultimately firing him after he raised pay concerns. The lawsuit, filed on February 13 in…

A federal judge has lifted an order that blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that forces millions of business entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners to the Treasury Department. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle in Tyler, Texas, put on hold an order he issued halting the Corporate Transparency Act’s…