Laurence Tribe

  • Morning Docket: 08.03.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 08.03.23

    * Plaintiff seeks sanctions against Rudy Giuliani in breach of contract lawsuit. This seems like… not the most pressing of the former NYC mayor’s legal woes. [New York Law Journal]

    * Norton Rose Fulbright partner Vincent Dunn is working on the road from Australia. That’s because his daughter, Crystal Dunn, is playing for the U.S. Women’s National Team in the World Cup. [National Law Journal]

    * 96-year-old Judge Pauline Newman wrote a pointed dissent amid questions of her competency. [Law360]

    * Harvard Law’s Laurence Tribe weighs in on the case against FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on behalf of the defendant. [Reuters]

    * Georgia district attorneys are suing over a new law giving the state the power to remove the elected officials over discretionary decisions. [Bloomberg Law]

  • Morning Docket: 01.13.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 01.13.23

    * Friday the 13th comes for Donald Trump, as the Trump Organization entities pegged with tax fraud are sentenced today. [Reuters]

    * This is the economic cycle where clients will drive work toward the Am Law second hundred in earnest. We say that every economic downturn and it never really ends up happening and this recession isn’t actually materializing, but… it’s gonna happen! Kidding aside, it might, but probably because companies are slashing legal department budgets regardless of the economic climate. [Law.com]

    * Maybe not all legal departments… Apple’s top lawyer got a pay bump. [Bloomberg]

    * Laurence Tribe joins Kaplan Hecker & Fink. Didn’t see that one coming, but if he joined any firm, this is the one that makes sense. [American Lawyer]

    * Sam Bankman-Fried’s pre-trial blogging continues bashing Sullivan & Cromwell’s bankruptcy efforts and offering insights into his defense strategy. [Law360]

    * Also, happy birthday week to Judge Richard Posner, who just turned 84!

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