Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.02.19

* After what could only be described as a rough day, Attorney General Bill Barr has opted to skip the House Judiciary Committee hearing he's supposed to attend and force us to remember that Congressional subpoenas are basically worthless. [National Law Journal] * Speaking of Barr, yesterday spawned a bunch of somber takes like this article with lines like "A few months ago, William Barr was a well-respected former top federal law enforcement official." No he wasn't. He was the cover-up artist who helped the first Bush administration stifle Iran-Contra. [The Bulwark] * Walmart has hired a new general counsel for health and wellness. One might have thought "paying your workers enough money to eat" would be a better way of promoting wellness, but Walmart decided to go with a lawyer. [Corporate Counsel] * Julian Assange doesn't want to be extradited to the United States which is an absolute shocker. [ABC News] * The administration argued that it should be able to keep the emails from private accounts sent as part of its joke voter fraud commission under wraps because irony is dead. Judge Hellerstein disagreed. [Courthouse News Service] * Google's CLO made over $47 million last year even though almost every decision he made last year was questionable. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice on May 02, 2019 9:03 am

Attorney General William Barr

* After what could only be described as a rough day, Attorney General Bill Barr has opted to skip the House Judiciary Committee hearing he’s supposed to attend and force us to remember that Congressional subpoenas are basically worthless. [National Law Journal]

* Speaking of Barr, yesterday spawned a bunch of somber takes like this article with lines like “A few months ago, William Barr was a well-respected former top federal law enforcement official.” No he wasn’t. He was the cover-up artist who helped the first Bush administration stifle Iran-Contra. [The Bulwark]

* Walmart has hired a new general counsel for health and wellness. One might have thought “paying your workers enough money to eat” would be a better way of promoting wellness, but Walmart decided to go with a lawyer. [Corporate Counsel]

* Julian Assange doesn’t want to be extradited to the United States which is an absolute shocker. [ABC News]

* The administration argued that it should be able to keep the emails from private accounts sent as part of its joke voter fraud commission under wraps because irony is dead. Judge Hellerstein disagreed. [Courthouse News Service]

* Google’s CLO made over $47 million last year even though almost every decision he made last year was questionable. [Law360]