Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.12.23

* Trump indicates that he would consider a plea deal if the DOJ would "pay me some damages." It's possible he's not receiving top notch legal guidance right now. [Newsweek] * JPMorgan Chase has settled with Jeffrey Epstein's victims. [MarketWatch] * Civil rights lawyer arrested for filming a traffic stop as creeping fascism breaks into a sprint. [ABC News] * 3M tried to wiggle out of earplug liability through bankruptcy. The courts seem to have grown wise to this strategy. [Financial Times] * Government digging into allegations of COVID test fraud, where people ordered free tests on behalf of dead people. Look, I don't know if anyone in DC is tracking the level of COVID denialism out here but maybe we don't need to complain about anyone wanting tests. [Bloomberg Law News] * Title IX changes expected to trigger wave of litigation. [Law.com] * Marvel settles with classic creators who possessed the most important superpower of all: a colorable copyright interest. [Law360]

President Trump Delivers Remarks On Lowering Drug Prices In Rose Garden

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* Trump indicates that he would consider a plea deal if the DOJ would “pay me some damages.” It’s possible he’s not receiving top notch legal guidance right now. [Newsweek]

* JPMorgan Chase has settled with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. [MarketWatch]

* Civil rights lawyer arrested for filming a traffic stop as creeping fascism breaks into a sprint. [ABC News]

* 3M tried to wiggle out of earplug liability through bankruptcy. The courts seem to have grown wise to this strategy. [Financial Times]

* Government digging into allegations of COVID test fraud, where people ordered free tests on behalf of dead people. Look, I don’t know if anyone in DC is tracking the level of COVID denialism out here but maybe we don’t need to complain about anyone wanting tests. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Title IX changes expected to trigger wave of litigation. [Law.com]

* Marvel settles with classic creators who possessed the most important superpower of all: a colorable copyright interest. [Law360]