Antitrust
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.11.22
* Reminder: We’re in the disinformation phase where teachers may be legally required to teach “both sides” of being a Nazi in the bible belt. [WaPo]
* Man skills the old school version of an NFT: a $40,000 super rare Magic: The Gathering card. [ABC7]
* A bunch of Ivy Leagues and fancy-type schools could be facing conspiracy charges on price fixing. Unearth those antitrust outlines! [NBC News]
* Court decides it was permissible to fire police officers who ignored a robbery to play video games on their phone on the clock. [LA Times]
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Finance
O'Melveny's Dan Petrocelli Weighs In On Publishing Industry Antitrust Suit
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.10.21
* Politician under fire after sharing video where he kills Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Look what you’ve started, Bezos! [Newsweek]
* Remember when Biden said he was bringing antitrust back (Yeah!)? Looks like he should be taking some notes from litigators across the pond. [CNBC]
* SCOTUS will be determining if a pastor will pray over this man’s execution. [CBS News]
* Oklahoma’s Supreme Court overturns a $465M nuisance verdict that would have funded efforts to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. [WaPo]
* “We did not order the scramble”: Couple sues fertility clinic that accidentally swapped embryos. [ABC7]
* Kirland & Ellis just got a $200m contingency fee. Talk about a contingency plan! [ABA Journal]
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Government
DOJ, Merrick Garland Deserve Some Credit For $2.2B Publishing Industry Antitrust Suit
When a government office or official does something notably good, it’s worth pointing out. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Expands With New D.C. Office, Focusing On Antitrust And Trade
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.22.21
* OCI numbers are down. Who needs a job anyway? [Law360]
* Hey, M&A people! FTC is watching. [Bloomberg Law]
* Law professor makes argument against legal AI that just happens to keep him employable. [ABA Journal]
* Put your money where your team is! Sports gambling likely to be legal soon in North Carolina. [WRAL]
* You off the Zaza? Amazon supports you. [Politico]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.08.21
* “Are you serious? Right in the middle of discovery?” Gunmaker fluffs documents for Sandy Hook shooting with non-sequitur memes. [CtPost]
* Failed the DC Bar? At least you aren’t the only one who can’t practice there. Tough break, Giuliani. [The Guardian]
* Ex-President sues private companies under a “Freedom of Speech” claim in Florida. The Civil Procedure and First Amendment finals write themselves. [BBC]
* Okay, break it up! Thirty-six states (and DC) set their sights on Google for antitrust litigation over their Play Store. [Washington Post]
* A police department in New Mexico retires its fleet of drug sniffing dogs in the wake of marijuana legalization. Good Boys get to retire early. [KOB.com]
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Technology
Recent Antitrust Push Is Weirdly Narrow, Pretends Telecom And Banking Don't Exist
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.15.21
* An antitrust lawsuit concerning college textbooks has been dismissed. Guess the plaintiffs got schooled… [Reuters]
* A New York woman allegedly posed as a lawyer to bilk immigrants of money devoted to phony visa applications. [Patch]
* A California attorney has been fined for making purportedly derogatory remarks against the judiciary. [Metropolitan News-Enterprise]
* A man, who allegedly threatened a whistleblower’s lawyer, has been sentenced to a year in prison. [Politico]
* A shipyard’s lawsuit against the U.S. Navy has been dismissed. Guess the litigation ship has sailed… [WAVY.com]
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Finance
Return Of Inflation Or Pandemic-Era Blip?
Despite official assurances, investors reacted sourly to the unexpected Consumer Price Index numbers. -
Antitrust, Finance, Government
Big Companies Eye Antitrust Issues As Rhetoric Heats Up
From the Federal Trade Commission to the literary ambitions of two sitting senators, the pressure is building from many directions. -
Technology
Gamers Turn Court Landmark Antitrust Case Into A 'Party'
This is why we can't have nice things. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.22.21
* Google is asking that an antitrust lawsuit filed against it be moved from Texas to California. Interesting, seems like Silicon Valley types keep moving from California to Texas… [Reuters]
* A group called Lawyers Defending American Democracy are calling for Rudy Giuliani to face professional discipline over his work for President Trump. [Hill]
* A judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association can move forward. [ABC News]
* Numerous lawsuits have been filed over the helicopter crash last year that killed NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and several other passengers. [USA Today]
*Alan Dershowitz claims that the Senate does not have jurisdiction to hold President Trump’s impeachment trial. Sounds a little like a “sovereign citizen” argument… [Law & Crime]
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Technology
Judge Not Impressed By Parler's Attempt To Force Amazon To Put It Back Online
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.18.20
* A man has won a federal lawsuit against his parents for throwing away “a trove of pornography and an array of sex toys.” Sure hope they kept his baseball card collection… [Michigan Live]
* A Florida lawyer may face suspension from practice for allegedly having sex with and impregnating a client. [Daily Business Review]
* A federal judge has refrained from imposing a monetary penalty on a lawyer who said they are “not dicking around with a rookie” during a deposition. [ABA Journal]
* Vanessa Bryant, wife of late basketball player Kobe Bryant, is being sued by her mother for allegedly not paying her mom for her supposed work as a “longtime personal assistant and nanny.” [Fox News]
* A voting-machine company is demanding that a pro-Trump attorney retract claims made about voting machines made by the business. [ABC News]
* Google is now facing its third antitrust lawsuit. Guess third time’s a charm… [CNN]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.24.20
* Law enforcement personnel have filed a lawsuit to stop the legalization of marijuana in South Dakota. The Super Troopers would have never done this… [Hill]
* The New York Attorney General is suing the Buffalo diocese for an alleged “sex abuse cover-up.” [BBC]
* New Jersey has passed a new law aimed at protecting home addresses and other information of judges and other public officials after the family of a New Jersey federal judge was attacked earlier this year. [NBC News]
* The Attorney General of Indiana must pay around $19,000 in expenses related to a disciplinary investigation stemming from groping allegations. [Chicago Tribune]
* A group of U.S. states is planning on filing another antitrust action against Google next month. Seems like there is a “googolplex” amount of antitrust litigation against Google… [Reuters]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.27.20
* The judge in the Google antitrust case just set the first hearing in the lawsuit. Maybe the parties scheduled it through Google Hangouts… [Fox Business]
* Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in last night as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. [New York Times]
* Another lawyer, who accused the Attorney General of Texas of criminal acts, has resigned. [Seattle Times]
* A lawsuit filed by the estate of a Holocaust survivor featured in the new Borat movie has been dismissed. [Deadline]
* A former employee at Goldman Sachs is suing the company for sexual misconduct allegedly committed by a top lawyer at the shop. [Business Insider]
* The Idaho Attorney General is warning of fake COVID-19 cures. It’s like the Carbolic Smoke Ball all over again… [Idaho Statesman]