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Courts
D.C. Circuit Says, 'Pay No Attention To Our Crazy Trump Co-Workers' In Flynn Order
Court rules 8-2 to overturn panel's 2-1 opinion. -
Government
Bill Barr Defends Hero Cops Who Shoot Lots Of White People, Too
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Government
Now Bill Barr's High School Wants Nothing To Do With Him
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.25.20
* The Department of Justice has backed a lawsuit against Hawaii over the state’s mandatory quarantine for out-of-state travelers. Maybe DOJ lawyers just really want to visit the Aloha state… [Fox News]
* A South Carolina lawyer has been disbarred for making numerous false and misleading statements on her bar application. [Bloomberg Law]
* A lawyer who walked out on a client during settlement negotiations is on the hook for a $300,000 malpractice verdict. [Legal Newswire]
* The Second Circuit expressed bewilderment while considering the bail request of two lawyers charged with firebombing an NYPD police vehicle during protests last month. [Law360]
* Bayer has agreed to pay $10 billion into a settlement fund to resolve thousands of lawsuits related to the weedkiller Roundup. And Bayer was able to settle the lawsuits without having to pay two plaintiffs’ lawyers a $200 million “consultation” fee. [NBC News]
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Courts
Michael Flynn Opinion Protects Bill Barr From Having To Go Ahead And Lie Under Oath
Neomi Rao has her Supreme Court resume and it's quite the disgrace. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.23.20
* Lawyers for the estate of the helicopter pilot accused in a lawsuit of causing the crash that killed Kobe Bryant and others wants the case removed from Los Angeles. Pretty sure people know who Kobe Bryant is outside of LA… [Yahoo Sports]
* Lyft has settled a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging that the ride-sharing service violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. [Tech Crunch]
* The Trump Administration is facing a lawsuit for failing to provide COVID-19 relief money to undocumented families. [Buzzfeed News]
* A lawyer for alt-right figure Richard Spencer has been allowed to withdraw from representing him in a case involving the 2017 Charlottesville violence. [Yahoo News]
* Check out this profile of a top Hollywood lawyer who wheels and deals while walking around 10 miles a day. That’s kind of the opposite of the Lincoln Lawyer… [Wall Street Journal]
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Government
Now That Everyone In DC Has Read It, DOJ Demands Injunction For Bolton's Book
That ship has definitely sailed. -
Crime
Explaining Michael Flynn’s Case To Non-Lawyers And Other Challenges
There are some very ill-informed things being said about this case... mostly by the DOJ. -
Government
Barr Threatens Suit To Stop Bolton's Book Because The First Amendment Is, Like, More Of A Suggestion Really
I'll take PRIOR RESTRAINT for $600, Alex! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.15.20
* A lawyer who claims a sleazy, toupee-wearing criminal in the film The Wolf of Wall Street was based on him has lost his defamation lawsuit. [Business Insurance]
* The New York Attorney General is interviewing Amazon workers in a probe over Amazon’s COVID-19 response. [CNN]
* A Florida lawyer is facing ethics charges over a practice at his firm of telling clients the firm settled cases for less money than was recovered and pocketing the difference. [Daily Business Review]
* A new lawsuit alleges that a Drake University coach told a player who accidentally shot another student in the head to lie to the police. [Des Moines Register]
* An appeals court said the judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s criminal case may have picked an “intemperate” lawyer to write an opinion over the Department of Justice’s decision to drop the case. Those are some fighting words. [Fox News]
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Courts
Trump Seeks New Solicitor General For Inevitable Supreme Court Case Canceling Election
Who will Trump select to replace him? -
Courts
Judge Gleeson Comes Right Out And Calls Bill Barr Corrupt
That did not go like Barr drew it up. -
Government
Congratulations To The 2020 Bristow Fellows
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.12.20
* A strip club owner has sued New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over closures related to COVID-19. Cuomo should pay any settlement in dollar bills. [New York Post]
* The Georgia Attorney General has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the Ahmaud Arbery case. [CNN]
* The Federal Circuit wouldn’t give a lawyer a mulligan and affirmed a lower tribunal’s ruling that the attorney did not have the right to a golf patent. [Reuters]
* Almost 2,000 former employees of the Department of Justice have called on Attorney General Barr to resign. [Washington Post]
* A college that is accused of being a “sham” has recieved millions of dollars of relief related to COVID-19. Sounds like a bad sequel to the movie Accepted. [NPR]
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Government
U.S. Attorney For D.C. 'Borrows' His Predecessor's Bar Number For Flynn Filing
Because the Flynn filing was hinky enough already! -
Crime
Michael Flynn Case Inspires Deluge Of Incredibly Terrible Legal Takes
This is what happens when bad lawyering is coming straight from the top. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.08.20
* Legal Sea Foods has filed a lawsuit against their insurer over business interruption insurance. Bet they hope the denial of their claim was just a “fluke.” [Boston Herald]
* A judge has dismissed a lawsuit stemming from a sex tape involving Kevin Hart. Sounds like this could form the basis of another Jumanji sequel. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]
* The Department of Justice has dropped criminal charges against Michael Flynn. [AP]
* A federal appeals court has ruled on legal fees to be doled out in the NFL concussion litigation. Don’t remember lawyers being involved in the Will Smith movie… [Legal Intelligencer]
* Tara Reade, who accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault, has hired a lawyer who represented six Harvey Weinstein victims. [New York Magazine]
* Zoom will start cracking down on Zoombombing in a deal with the New York Attorney General. Will Ferrell should still be allowed to crash Zoom calls… [NPR]