Morning Docket: 03.28.23

* Mayday mayday! Georgia prosecutor has until May 1 to respond to Trump effort to quash grand jury report. Or, in other words, Trump has inadvertently set May 1 deadline for Georgia prosecutors to level charges. [Reuters] * Hold onto your hats, but a commodity with the word "crypto" in the title might have tried to hide from legal oversight. [Bloomberg Law News] * FTC looks to make it harder for companies to ensnare consumers in difficult to leave subscriptions, which is an immensely popular move so I'm looking forward to the partisan flack this will generate. [Corporate Counsel] * When analogies go wrong: Amgen asked the Supreme Court to think of their patents more like a steam engine, prompting Thomas to quip, "It seems as though you’re actually trying to patent the use of steam pressure...." [Courthouse News Service] * "Football, but without helmets" is apparently also fraught with concussion liability. [BBC] * A dive into why representation matters when you're illegally possessing classified documents. [Salon] * Trainee lawyer diverted $100K in client insurance payments to himself to cover gambling losses. [Roll On Friday]

948267* Mayday mayday! Georgia prosecutor has until May 1 to respond to Trump effort to quash grand jury report. Or, in other words, Trump has inadvertently set May 1 deadline for Georgia prosecutors to level charges. [Reuters]

* Hold onto your hats, but a commodity with the word “crypto” in the title might have tried to hide from legal oversight. [Bloomberg Law News]

* FTC looks to make it harder for companies to ensnare consumers in difficult to leave subscriptions, which is an immensely popular move so I’m looking forward to the partisan flack this will generate. [Corporate Counsel]

* When analogies go wrong: Amgen asked the Supreme Court to think of their patents more like a steam engine, prompting Thomas to quip, “It seems as though you’re actually trying to patent the use of steam pressure….” [Courthouse News Service]

* “Football, but without helmets” is apparently also fraught with concussion liability. [BBC]

* A dive into why representation matters when you’re illegally possessing classified documents. [Salon]

* Trainee lawyer diverted $100K in client insurance payments to himself to cover gambling losses. [Roll On Friday]

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