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* Jeff Bezos is seeking $1.7 million in legal fees spent defending a failed defamation lawsuit filed against him by his girlfriend’s brother. That’s probably pocket change for a guy like Bezos… [New York Post]
* An emoluments lawsuit against President Trump has been dismissed as moot. [New York Times]
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* President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been temporarily suspended from a YouTube partner program. [Jerusalem Post]
* Nicholas Sandmann, the teenager who went viral for a confrontation at a protest in 2019 and then sued a number of media outlets, has fired his lawyer over pro-Trump tweets his attorney made. [Herald Leader]
* A lawyer who allegedly smashed another attorney in the head with a can of Lysol last year has received his punishment. Maybe he was trying to prevent COVID? [Courier Journal]
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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 [email protected].