Wake Up Call: WilmerHale Partner Eyed for Key Commerce Post

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• Jeffrey Kessler, a partner at WilmerHale, is being considered by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security. If selected, Kessler would oversee export controls on US technology sent to countries like China that pose a risk to national security. He served as the agency’s assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance during Trump’s first term. (Reuters)
• Parambil, an artificial intelligence-powered mass tort analysis provider, raised $2 million in a ...