Eric Holder

  • Morning Docket: 04.20.21
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.20.21

    * Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. now bills at $2,295 an hour in private practice. Quite a step up from the government grind… [ABA Journal]

    * A disbarred lawyer has been sentenced to prison for stealing nearly $1 million from a first responder who suffered 9/11-related illnesses. [New York Daily News]

    * A Texas attorney has been charged in a $225 million tax fraud. [Houston Chronicle]

    * Attorney General Merrick Garland led a commemoration for the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings, a case with which Garland was involved as a federal prosecutor. [New York Times]

    * The lawyer for “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli is having his retirement accounts garnished as part of a restitution order related to purported wire and securities fraud. [ABA Journal]

  • Morning Docket: 02.13.19
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.13.19

    * Former Attorney General Eric Holder headed to Iowa earlier this week, but claims that he’s still deciding whether or not he’s going to throw his hat into the already crowded ring for the 2020 Democractic presidential nomination. [NPR]

    * Michael Cohen was supposed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday, but his testimony was postponed for the third time this month, this time “due to post surgery medical needs.” What’s he getting done before jail? [CNN]

    * In the “mommy track” class-action lawsuit that was filed against Morrison & Foerster, the firm isn’t now claiming that its positive track record for supporting women and working parents contradicts claims that MoFo is actually discriminating against mothers and pregnant women behind closed doors. [The Recorder]

    * It is possible to survive — and even thrive — in Biglaw while living with depression and other mental health disabilities. Mark Goldstein, counsel at Reed Smith, tells the tale of how his firm supported him through it all with open arms. [American Lawyer]

    * Jones Day has once again been named by Acritas as the best law firm brand in the country. The firm was “proud” to take the top spot, but other firms like Skadden, which came in second place this year, are busy “catching up.” [Big Law Business]

    * Carmel Prashker Ebb, the first woman to clerk for a federal appellate judge, RIP. [ABA Journal]

  • Morning Docket: 10.29.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.29.18

    * Robert Bowers, the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 dead and six wounded, has been charged with 29 federal criminal counts including hate crimes and using a firearm to commit murder and 36 state criminal counts including homicide and ethnic intimidation. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who lost their lives this weekend. [New York Times]

    * According to the criminal complaint filed against Cesar Sayoc, the pipe bomb he allegedly tried to mail to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was addressed to his office at a “certain law firm” — a certain law firm that’s better known as Covington & Burling. Good thing the package never made it there. [National Law Journal]

    * When asked to reflect on the misconduct allegations against Yale Law School Professor Jed Rubenfeld, alumni from the school are not the least bit shocked. “It was not a surprise to basically any woman in my class that this investigation is going on,” said one 2015 graduate. Will the school take appropriate action? [Yale Daily News]

    * Partners from Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers are cozying up to each other as merger talks between the two firms continue, but there may be trouble in paradise. “There is some opposition in London,” said a former A&O partner, “but it’s fairly disorganised—there’s a lot of moaning but nobody leading a charge.” [International]

    * In case you missed it, after the involuntary revocation of its accreditation, Arizona Summit Law School will eventually close its doors. But first, the school must finalize a teach-out plan for its remaining students, and when it’s all over, “that would be the life of the school.” What a sad little life. Farewell to AZ Summit Law. [Arizona Republic]

    * You might not have known it, but the Michigan State University College of Law has been operating as a private school for all these years. Soon, the school will be fully integrated into the university, and you know what that means: in-state tuition costs will be coming to the MSU Law. Congratulations! [Lansing State Journal]

    * RBG is my Patronus, and a course on Harry Potter and the Law is coming to a law school near you — if you live in India, that is. The National University of Juridical Sciences will be teaching the class, and muggles students are “expected [to] have already read all the books at least twice, if not more.” [The Guardian]

  • Morning Docket: 08.27.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 08.27.18

    * Ken Starr has a new workplace to disgrace! [Law.com]

    * One of the lawyers who spoke at a recent Nazi rally has been disbarred. [Daily Beast]

    * Verizon is now apologizing for its decision to throttle the data of firefighters battling Western blazes, claiming it should not have throttled their data. The company should be apologizing for having a system that automatically artificially caps data in an effort to bleed money out of consumers, but they’re not going to be doing that. [Courthouse News Service]

    * A collection of legal remembrances of John McCain. Eric Holder appears to leave out the whole “McCain fought against Martin Luther King Day” part in his reverential message. [National Law Journal]

    * Former critic named UVA’s top lawyer. [Corporate Counsel]

    * Wait, there are helicopter parents in law school? Cut the f**king cord, people. [Legal Talk Network]

    * The U.S. government’s criminal jurisdiction still requires at least some tie to the United States. [Law360]

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  • Morning Docket: 06.07.17
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.07.17

    * Is there a constitutional right to follow President Donald Trump on Twitter? Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute apparently thinks so, and lawyers from the free-speech center have demanded that Trump’s unblock critics from his @realDonaldTrump account. Good luck! [WSJ Law Blog]

    * Following an investigation conducted by Perkins Coie, Uber fired more than 20 employees thanks to complaints of sexual harassment, bullying, and discrimination. Perkins Coie’s probe is separate from that of former Attorney General Eric Holder, who is now employed at Covington & Burling. [ABC News]

    * Per sources inside the Trump administration, the president is expected to nominate Cheryl Stanton, a former Ogletree Deakins partner, to head the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Stanton shares a former boss with Labor Secretary Alex Acosta: Justice Samuel Alito. [Big Law Business]

    * Michelle Lee, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has resigned. During her time at the USPTO, Lee was known for her efforts to crack down on patent trolls, which ultimately led to a decrease in their vexatious litigation. The Trump administration has not yet put forth a nominee. [Reuters]

    * The American Bar Association has granted provisional accreditation to the University of North Texas Dallas College of Law. Last summer, the ABA refused to grant even provisional accreditation to the school because there was concern about future graduates’ ability to pass the bar exam. Congrats… [ABA Journal]

  • Morning Docket: 01.05.17
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 01.05.17

    * Both Lady Gaga and Katy Perry have now been dragged into the legal battle between Kesha and producer Dr. Luke that’s been ongoing since October 2014. During a recent discovery hearing, a judge ruled that Dr. Luke may show Perry a text message sent from Kesha to Gaga that had previously been sealed by the court. The contents of the mysterious message are currently unknown to the public. [Daily Mail]

    * Oopsie! U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is recusing himself from the Life Technologies v. Promega patent case that was heard on December 6. As it turns out, Roberts owns $175,000 of stock in Thermo Fisher Scientific — which owns Life Technologies — but his chambers “inadvertently failed to find this potential conflict.” Thanks to the error, only seven of the high court’s eight justices will render a decision in the case. [Reuters]

    * Democratic leaders of the California Legislature have hired former AG Eric Holder, now a partner at Covington & Burling, to represent them in any legal fights against Donald Trump’s Republican White House administration. Having Holder on their side will cost a pretty penny, but “[t]he cost will be very minimal compared to the billions of dollars at stake if California doesn’t adequately make its case.” [New York Times]

    * Uh-oh… The European and Middle Eastern arm of King & Wood Mallesons has stopped paying its staff members ahead of its forthcoming administration. The number of staff who have been placed on unpaid leave pending expected layoffs is around 100 at the moment. They were notified earlier this week that while they’re still technically employed by the firm, they won’t receive pay checks. Happy New Year! [Legal Week]

    * “Their malfeasance has made it to where we can’t get federal loans anymore, but they still want us to pay full price and give them that same amount and pretend like they didn’t do anything wrong – like it was our fault.” Charlotte Law students aren’t too keen about taking out private loans to complete their degrees at Florida Coastal Law, and in fact, they’d like to see the school president and dean loss their jobs. [WBTV]

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