Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.26.18

* Chuck Grassley asking Justice Department to launch a criminal inquiry into Michael Avenatti and his client. So now Grassley cares about investigations. [Law360] * Does Megyn Kelly have a prayer in her looming battle with NBC? Personally, I don't think they should fire her -- they should make her sit in her office and do nothing for 40 hours a week like they did with Ann Curry. Curry did nothing to deserve that -- Kelly on the other hand.... [Law and Crime] * NYAG suit over Trump Foundation breaching charity rules during the campaign looks like it's got legs. [Courthouse News Service] * Justice Kagan doesn't completely blow off the idea of 18-year terms for the Court, which is something. [National Law Journal] * Georgia seeks an emergency stay of the temporary restraining order barring the state from disenfranchising absentee voters because injustice delayed is injustice denied. [Daily Report Online] * Lawyer couple disciplined for talking to each other. [Law.com] * Japan's letting the cryptocurrency industry police itself. This will end well. [MIT Technology Review]

By Joe Patrice on October 26, 2018 8:50 am

* Chuck Grassley asking Justice Department to launch a criminal inquiry into Michael Avenatti and his client. So now Grassley cares about investigations. [Law360]

* Does Megyn Kelly have a prayer in her looming battle with NBC? Personally, I don’t think they should fire her — they should make her sit in her office and do nothing for 40 hours a week like they did with Ann Curry. Curry did nothing to deserve that — Kelly on the other hand…. [Law and Crime]

* NYAG suit over Trump Foundation breaching charity rules during the campaign looks like it’s got legs. [Courthouse News Service]

* Justice Kagan doesn’t completely blow off the idea of 18-year terms for the Court, which is something. [National Law Journal]

* Georgia seeks an emergency stay of the temporary restraining order barring the state from disenfranchising absentee voters because injustice delayed is injustice denied. [Daily Report Online]

* Lawyer couple disciplined for talking to each other. [Law.com]

* Japan’s letting the cryptocurrency industry police itself. This will end well. [MIT Technology Review]