Morning Docket: 01.13.20

* A top lawyer for Google's parent company is resigning amid allegations of inappropriate relationships. [Washington Post] * The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has appointed an Obama administration lawyer to oversee the implementation of reforms. [Fox News] * President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen claims he deserves early release from prison. [Guardian] * A Nebraska lawyer has been accused of accepting cocaine in lieu of fees. This guy better accept Bitcoin too... [NBC News] * The federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein died is getting a new warden and a new lawyer. [New York Daily News] * Prosecutors have expressed a desire to pursue federal death penalty charges against an individual accused of murdering a prominent attorney. [U.S. News & World Report]

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* A top lawyer for Google’s parent company is resigning amid allegations of inappropriate relationships. [Washington Post]

* The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has appointed an Obama administration lawyer to oversee the implementation of reforms. [Fox News]

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* President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen claims he deserves early release from prison. [Guardian]

* A Nebraska lawyer has been accused of accepting cocaine in lieu of fees. This guy better accept Bitcoin too… [NBC News]

* The federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein died is getting a new warden and a new lawyer. [New York Daily News]

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* Prosecutors have expressed a desire to pursue federal death penalty charges against an individual accused of murdering a prominent attorney. [U.S. News & World Report]

Jordan Rothman is a partner of The Rothman Law Firm, a full-service New York and New Jersey law firm. He is also the founder of Student Debt Diaries, a website discussing how he paid off his student loans. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.