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