Crime
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Government
Rudy Giuliani Sold His Soul To Donald Trump. The Price: $340,000.
The devil went down to Georgia. But first he sent his lawyer. -
Government
Mark Meadows Says He Was Just Doing His White House Job When He Offered GA Officials Campaign Money For 2020 Recount
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Courts, Legal Ethics
Lawyers Whose Lawyers May Themselves Need Lawyers: Trump’s Crackpot Legal Team Of Indictees
There is nothing noble or necessary about being paid handsomely to represent a billionaire’s personal interests.
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Crime
It Pays To *Not* Be In Donald Trump's Inner Circle
A lot of folks are implicated in the former president's fourth indictment. -
Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Brings Flair For Blatantly Misstating Basic Legal Concepts To The Trump Indictment
Do you know what an 'overt act' means? Because Jonathan Turley does not. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.15.23
* Keep track of who’s who in the latest indictment. [Politico]
* Meanwhile, Abbe Lowell and Winston & Strawn have stepped up their collective role in the Hunter Biden case, arguing that the original plea agreement included binding government promises that didn’t evaporate just because the judge rejected the deal. [Law360]
* CFPB going after data brokers selling people’s personal data. Yet again, the government agency making the most direct, tangible impact for people is the one that still worries that every election might be its last. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Justice Department urges Supreme Court to deal with unconstitutional social media laws out of Texas and Florida. [Reuters]
* Has “flexibility” lost all meaning when it comes to law firm office scheduling? No. Just because some law firms try to engage in flexibility newspeak, doesn’t actually change its meaning. [American Lawyer]
* AI may not be ready to replace lawyers, but the California Innocence Project is leveraging the tool to assist in pursuit of justice. [ABA Journal]
* London Kirkland team headed to Paul Weiss resigned on a Sunday in a power move. [LegalCheek]
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Courts
Fulton County Prepares To Take Center Stage In The Case Against Donald Trump
‘Look, we’re ready.’ -
Law Schools
Jonathan Turley Still Can't Figure Out Calendar, Constitution
'Constitutional law expert' Jonathan Turley forgets how the Constitution schedules elections in his latest Trump criminal case analysis. -
Government
John Eastman Would Like To Overturn Democracy Legally. But If That Can't Be Arranged, Violence Is Cool, Too.
Beginning to think this guy may not have the best judgment. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.14.23
* It took a couple of days, but Donald Trump has blown off Judge Chutkan’s warning that further public attacks on the proceedings would result in accelerating the existing January trial schedule. At the rate he’s going, expect the trial next week! [Politico]
* Meanwhile, in Georgia, prosecutors apparently have messages directly tying Trump’s legal team to voting system breach. [CNN]
* Florida Bar proposes allowing law school grads to engage in limited practice before passing the bar exam. One of many emergency measures required to make sure Donald Trump and his fellow indictees can secure local counsel. [Jax Daily Record]
* Law.com lists lawyers on social media it considers attorney-influencers. [Law.com]
* UPS reached an agreement with its workers, but it had strikebreaking plans all worked out. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Judge charged with murdering wife. [Law360]
* Sam Bankman-Fried off to Brooklyn MDC after judge finds witness tampering efforts in violation of bail, bringing renewed publicity to the facility’s abhorrent conditions. [Reuters]
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Government
As Trump Howls About First Amendment, Court Issues Protective Order In Trump Jan 6 Case
Dude, shut up and take the "W."
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.10.23
* Another day, another several hundred grand worth of unethical and undisclosed gifts for Clarence Thomas. [ProPublica]
* ABA encouraging law firms to redouble efforts to expand diversity… before the Supreme Court makes it illegal. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Lawsuit alleges private attorney took on upwards of 600 indigent client criminal cases, collecting huge sums from the city, and then not doing any work. That’s not totally true… the lawsuit alleges that the lawyer was quite diligent about filing motions for fees. [ABA Journal]
* Treasury announcing regulations to curb money laundering through real estate. Maybe Manhattan will be affordable again in 15 years! [Reuters]
* A Wisconsin police department refuses to divulge the name of officers who shoot people citing victim’s rights laws and arguing that if they shot someone they must have felt threatened and therefore are the real victims. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
* Don’t use AI to write your firm’s web content reports the department of obvious things. [Search Engine Journal]
* Ninth Circuit says text spam is not covered by the TCPA. Great! Just in time for generative AI to remove almost every entry barrier to mass text spamming. [Law360]
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Government
Trump Flogs Bizarre Lie About Prosecutor's Sex Life As Georgia Indictment Looms
Getting prosecuted by a Black woman is racist. By definition. -
Crime
Ron DeSantis Doesn't Think Your Vote Matters If You Vote For A Democrat
The Florida governor suspended the Orlando prosecutor in a move being criticized as purely political. -
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Government
Trump Claims First Amendment Right To Publish Names Of Witnesses Against Him In Jan 6 Case
Is that how discovery works?