Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Obama Nominates RIAA Lawyer for Solicitor General




  • 6:32 pm  |  

  • Categories: RIAA LitigationThe Courts

    President Barack Obama nominated former Recording Industry Association of America lawyer Donald Verrilli Jr. on Monday to serve as the nation’s solicitor general.
    If confirmed by the Senate, Verilli, now the White House deputy counsel, would assume the powerful position left vacant by Elena Kagan, who was elevated to the Supreme Court. Obama said he was “confident” Verrilli, one offive former RIAA attorneys appointed to the administration, would “serve ably.”

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