TimothyShiou-Ming Wu is a Taiwanese-American legal scholar who served as Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy from 2021 to 2023. He is also a professor of law at Columbia University and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is known legally and academically for significant contributions to antitrust and communications policy,coining the phrase "network neutrality" in his 2003 law journal article,Network Neutrality,Broadband Discrimination. In the late 2010s,Wu was a leading advocate for an antitrust lawsuit directed at the breakup of Facebook.
Venable LLP is an American law firm headquartered in Washington,D.C. It is the largest law firm in the state of Maryland. Founded in 1900 by Richard Venable in Baltimore,Venable operates 13 offices across the United States and employs about 850 professionals specializing in regulatory,litigation,corporate,and investigations matters.
David Anthony Yost is an American politician and lawyer who currently serves as the 51st Attorney General of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party,Yost previously served as Ohio State Auditor.
The attorney general for the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District of Columbia. While attorneys general previously were appointed by the mayor,District of Columbia voters approved a charter amendment in 2010 that made the office an elected position beginning in 2015.
Irvin Bertram Nathan is an American lawyer from Washington,DC. He served as the Attorney General of the District of Columbia from 2011 to 2015. He was appointed in 2011 by Mayor Vincent C. Gray. He previously served as the general counsel of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Nathan announced his resignation the day after the November 2014 election,in which voters chose Karl Racine as the first elected Attorney General of D.C.
Paul H. Zukerberg is an American activist,lawyer,and politician. Through a series of lawsuits and appeals,Zukerberg successfully ensured the direct election of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia in 2014 after the Council of the District of Columbia and incumbent Irv Nathan sought to postpone the vote.
Mark H. Tuohey III is an American attorney best known for representing corporations and white collar clients. In February 2015,he was appointed by Muriel Bowser as director of the Mayor of Washington D.C.'s Office of Legal Counsel In August 2018,he returned to private practice for law firm BakerHostetler.
Edward H. "Smitty" Smith II is an American lawyer. He was a candidate for Attorney General of the District of Columbia in the 2014 election and a former adviser to the FCC.
Lorelie Sue "Lorie" Masters is an American lawyer specializing in insurance litigation notable for her work supporting District of Columbia home rule and opposing human trafficking. She was a candidate for Attorney General of the District of Columbia in the 2014 election. She is currently a partner in the law firm of Hunton Andrews Kurth in Washington.
The 2014 District of Columbia Attorney General election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Attorney General of Washington,D.C.,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in various states and elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
DoorDash,Inc. is a San Francisco–based company that operates an online food ordering and food delivery platform. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share,DoorDash is the largest food delivery company in the United States. It also has a 60% market share in the convenience delivery category. As of December 31,2020,the platform was used by 450,000 merchants,20,000,000 consumers,and one million delivery couriers.
Robert C. White Jr. is an American attorney and politician who has served on the Council of the District of Columbia since 2016.
On November 6,2018,Washington,D.C.,held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser won re-election,becoming the first Mayor to do so for Washington,D.C.,since Anthony A. Williams won a second term in 2002.
On November 8,2022,Washington,D.C.,held an election for its mayor. Incumbent Democrat Muriel Bowser was elected to a third term. The Republican nominee,Stacia Hall,received 2,368 votes in the primary,and independent candidate Rodney "Red" Grant garnered 4,700 signatures to gain ballot access. Both appeared on the general election ballot along with Libertarian Party candidate Dennis Sobin. D.C. Statehood Green Party nominee Corren Brown did not appear on the general election ballot.
On November 8,2022,the District of Columbia held an election for its non-voting House delegate representing the District of Columbia's at-large congressional district. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
In 2020,a general election for Council of the District of Columbia was held on November 3,and a special election was held on June 27. Elections were held in four of the districts and one at-large. The Democratic Party retained its control of the city council and the council became majority female for the first time since the 1998 election.
The 2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next attorney general for the District of Columbia. This was the third attorney general election in D.C. history.
On November 8,2022,a general election was held for the Council of the District of Columbia. Elections were held in four ward districts as well as for Chairperson of the council and two at-large seats. Democrats remained in control of the council,electing 6 out of the 7 positions that were on the ballot. Independent Kenyan McDuffin,formerly the Democratic councilperson for Ward 5,was also elected.
Brian Lawrence Schwalb,is an American politician and attorney serving as the attorney general of the District of Columbia. Schwalb won the primary election in 2022 against Bruce Spiva and Ryan Jones. Prior to becoming attorney general,Schwalb was the Partner-in-Charge of Venable LLP's D.C. office.
