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Morning Docket: 09.13.23

* Sam Bankman-Fried denied pre-trial release after arguing that his alleged witness tampering, not unlike the value of cryptocurrency, wasn't what it looked like on paper. [Reuters] * After opening door a crack to allow some transparency in proceedings during the pandemic, the federal courts look to curtail live audio access. [Law360] * Lawyer informs Texas Senate that Ken Paxton approved every bit of investigation at heart of impeachment. [Texas Tribune] * Trial to begin to decide constitutionality of "America's most extreme gun control law." The law just requires gun owners to get a permit and bans magazines over 10 rounds. Again, this is what passes for the "most extreme" law in the country. [Fox News] * Gibson Dunn alters diversity scholarship criteria as activists ramp up threats to sue law firms for pursuing initiatives to make the profession less white. [Bloomberg Law News] * Meanwhile, two law schools are back in compliance with ABA accreditors after improving faculty diversity and likely putting them out of compliance with these litigious activists (Another law school is back in compliance after improving its finances... which is less controversial). [Law.com] * Governor asks to change state's public records law to keep her travel under wraps. [ABC]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.12.23

* Trump moves to get Judge Chutkan kicked off his case because at a sentencing for a low-level January 6er, she said that the organizers of the riot had not been charged. But she never said Trump was the one who organized the riot. So... his lawyers are the ones making the connection that well obviously our client organized the riot. Galaxy brain work, gang! [CNN] * NY judge strikes down state's ethics commission, ruling that it violates separation of powers for former governor Andrew Cuomo to be subject to an independent ethical probe. By way of pure coincidence, this judge was a Trump nominee who failed to reach a Senate vote. [Law360] * Because, relatedly, the Supreme Court eyes another run at the CFPB arguing that it violates the separation of powers to have an agency that lawmakers can't unilaterally zero-fund at any moment. [Reuters] * The Google antitrust defense team learned its trade while working on the other side of the Microsoft antitrust case. Around, around the revolving door goes! [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court needs binding ethics rules... but don't hold your breath. [Dorf on Law] * Tech and office space enjoy a complicated budgeting relationship. [American Lawyer] * Legendary DC attorney Bob Bennett has passed away. [NY Times]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.11.23

* Harvard Law School grads don't end up in the Boston market. Here's another shocker: Yale grads don't practice in New Haven, either. [bloomberg] * Paul Weiss keeps raiding Kirkland. [Financial Times] * Can you properly call someone holding an "office" of the United States an "officer" of the United States muses former Attorney General. The answer is yes, because that's how the English language works. [WSJ] * Joshua Wright's behavior was an "open secret" around the law school. And no one did anything. [Law360] * Mark Meadows tried to move his case to federal court. He failed. [reuters] * Microsoft plans to cover costs of litigation sparked by its AI. [Ars Technica] * Google antitrust showdown begins. [Washington Post]

By Above the Law