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Morning Docket: 08.07.18
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.07.18

* Update from the Paul Manafort trial: Rick Gates admitted... everything in testimony yesterday. He admitted he helped Manafort under-report income, create fake loans, and hide foreign accounts. Oh, and he says he did it all "at the direction of Mr Manafort." [CNN]

* HSBC to pay $765 million to end the Department of Justice's investigation into its mortgage securities business that was initiated after the financial collapse.[Law360]

* In a bid to combat its financial woes, the ABA is decreasing the cost of membership. They hope this will encourage more attorneys to become members. The organization has seen a 4 percent drop in membership in 2018 from 2017. [Law.com]

* Jeff Sessions has committed the DOJ to fighting U.S. District Court Judge John Bates's order that the government reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. [Slate]

* New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is going after the Department of Labor for not responding to her FOIA requests. [New York Law Journal]

* The campaign of Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Steven Foster has hit a bit of a snag -- the former emergency room doctor has been convicted of driving under the influence. [Law and Crime]

I Can Tell That The Summers Are Home And School Hasn’t Started Yet — See Also
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I Can Tell That The Summers Are Home And School Hasn't Started Yet -- See Also

IF THE STUDENTS WERE STILL HERE: This story would have done better.

BUT, REAL LAWYERS AREN'T ON VACATION: Which means this story did fantastic.

MEANWHILE, WHAT'S GONG ON IN ASIA? The region has become ground zero for the Big 4.

WHILE WE'RE HERE, WHAT'S GOING ON AT OHIO STATE? They've hired a Biglaw firm to look into Urban Meyer.

HERE'S A STORY ALL OF OUR AUDIENCES CAN GET BEHIND: Former U.S. Attorney flees police.