
C. Ryan Barber
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ reporter covering DOJ, courts, et al | find me at @cryanbarber.bsky.social | Signal: cryanbarber.41 |
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Alyssa Lukpat |C. Ryan Barber |Tali Arbel
Vance Luther Boelter is set to make his first court appearance on Monday after being taken into custody following a two-day manhuntFederal authorities have announced charges of murder and stalking against the man suspected of shooting two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, in what they described as a chilling, carefully planned political assassination.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Erin Mulvaney |C. Ryan Barber
Seven partners head for the exits, as Willkie becomes latest firm facing backlash for making peace with White HouseA large contingent of Willkie Farr’s San Francisco office is leaving after the law firm made a deal with the White House to avoid a punitive executive order. At least seven partners—six in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles—are decamping to rival firm Cooley.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Erin Mulvaney |C. Ryan Barber
Damian Williams, Manhattan’s former U.S. attorney, is heading to Jenner & Block, a firm that is fighting Trump in court Damian Williams, the Biden-era U.S. attorney in Manhattan, is leaving Paul Weiss just months after joining the firm, the latest fallout from its decision to reach a deal with President Trump.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Sadie Gurman |C. Ryan Barber |Mariah Timms
The case over his wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdownThe Trump administration has brought a man wrongly deported to El Salvador back to the U.S., where he faces federal criminal charges of unlawfully transporting unauthorized immigrants, according to newly unsealed court documents.
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3 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Erin Mulvaney |Emily Glazer |C. Ryan Barber |Josh Dawsey
After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhereAt a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message to leaders of some of the country’s biggest law firms. Brooke Cucinella told them that the hedge-fund company likes to work with law firms that aren’t afraid of a fight.
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