Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.01.16

* The Justice Department is seeking a stay of Judge Andrew Hanen's benchslap and order of ethics training while it appeals the ruling -- a ruling the DOJ says could cost approximately $5 million to $8 million to comply with. [Texas Lawyer] * Cheryl D. Mills, chief of staff to Hillary Clinton at the State Department, wishes that the issue of Clinton's private email server "had been something we thought about." [New York Times] * Jim Lewis, counsel to Sigfredo Garcia, the man charged last week with the murder of Professor Dan Markel, maintains that Garcia had "had nothing to do with" the crime. [Tallahassee Democrat] * Former attorney general Eric Holder says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a "public service" by sparking a debate over government surveillance -- but still must pay a price for his illegal actions. [CNN] * The Fourth Circuit holds that the police don't need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data. [How Appealing] * In other Fourth Circuit news, the court won't go en banc to rehear its prior ruling in favor of the Obama Administration's policy that transgender students are protected under existing civil rights law (aka the "transgender bathroom case"). [BuzzFeed via How Appealing] * Those unsealed Trump University documents we mentioned yesterday? They don't put the Donald in the best light. [New York Times] * And Donald Trump isn't getting much financial love from the legal community, as measured by campaign contributions (c'mon, Jones Day lawyers, help your client out). [American Lawyer] * Judge Joseph Portelli of New Jersey, recently reprimanded for alleged inappropriate comments to counsel, gets renominated to the bench. [ABA Journal] * Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: congratulations and best wishes to acclaimed novelist (and Dentons partner) Scott Turow and fellow lawyer Adriane Glazier -- who first met when he interviewed her years ago for a summer associate gig. [New York Times]

By David Lat on June 01, 2016 8:59 am
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* The Justice Department is seeking a stay of Judge Andrew Hanen’s benchslap and order of ethics training while it appeals the ruling — a ruling the DOJ says could cost approximately $5 million to $8 million to comply with. [Texas Lawyer]

* Cheryl D. Mills, chief of staff to Hillary Clinton at the State Department, wishes that the issue of Clinton’s private email server “had been something we thought about.” [New York Times]

* Jim Lewis, counsel to Sigfredo Garcia, the man charged last week with the murder of Professor Dan Markel, maintains that Garcia had “had nothing to do with” the crime. [Tallahassee Democrat]

* Former attorney general Eric Holder says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by sparking a debate over government surveillance — but still must pay a price for his illegal actions. [CNN]

* The Fourth Circuit holds that the police don’t need a warrant to obtain a person’s cellphone location data. [How Appealing]

* In other Fourth Circuit news, the court won’t go en banc to rehear its prior ruling in favor of the Obama Administration’s policy that transgender students are protected under existing civil rights law (aka the “transgender bathroom case”). [BuzzFeed via How Appealing]

* Those unsealed Trump University documents we mentioned yesterday? They don’t put the Donald in the best light. [New York Times]

* And Donald Trump isn’t getting much financial love from the legal community, as measured by campaign contributions (c’mon, Jones Day lawyers, help your client out). [American Lawyer]

* Judge Joseph Portelli of New Jersey, recently reprimanded for alleged inappropriate comments to counsel, gets renominated to the bench. [ABA Journal]

* Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: congratulations and best wishes to acclaimed novelist (and Dentons partner) Scott Turow and fellow lawyer Adriane Glazier — who first met when he interviewed her years ago for a summer associate gig. [New York Times]

David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].