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note:
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Quote
of
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Day.
I
don’t
think
that
there’s
a
single
industry
that’s
safe
anymore,
safe
meaning
like
off-limits
from
investigations.
—
Michael
Bell,
a
partner
at
Hogan
Lovells,
in
comments
given
to
the
National
Law
Journal,
on
why
Biglaw
congressional
investigations
practices
are
getting
ready
for
more
work
in
2025,
when
the
White
House
and
Congress
will
be
controlled
by
Republicans.
“From
a
pure
bandwidth
perspective,
there
could
be
some
impact,
certainly
at
the
beginning
of
the
new
administration,
where
there
will
be
a
huge
focus
on
confirming
appointees
to
the
various
positions
within
the
Trump
administration,”
Bell
continued.
“And
that
will
take
up
a
significant
portion
of
the
bandwidth
in
the
Senate,
and
so
it
may
delay,
or
slow,
to
some
extent,
the
initiation
of
some
investigations,
but
I
do
think
over
time,
we’re
going
to
see
a
fairly
significant
increase
in
that
activity
in
the
Senate.”
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
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editor
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Law,
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worked
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2011.
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