Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.28.23

* Trump countersues in the E. Jean Carroll defamation suit. He also asserts that the defamatory statements themselves are "privileged and protected under the doctrine of absolute presidential immunity." For those of you studying for the bar, that's what we mean when we say, "first eliminate the obviously wrong answer." [New York Times] * Rudy Giuliani interviewed in the January 6 probe. He's gonna need to make some more Cameos! [AP News] * Term limits for active status federal judges is a sensible, simple reform to maintain the integrity of the judiciary and disrupt the "race to the bottom" incentivizing the nomination of unqualified young judges. But if that's NOT the system, then you all need to leave Judge Newman alone. [Bloomberg Law News] * Amazon has some sort of blacklist to undermine IP attorneys, "while directing them to their own Amazon Accelerator Program and their ‘curated’ attorneys." They've settled defamation claims already, but I'd imagine some state bar might be interested in knowing what, exactly, goes into joining that "curated" list. [Law.com] * Chancellor laughs off Disney investor suit looking to make a case out of the company's decision to oppose bigotry and, ultimately, drag Supreme Court dicta into a fight. [Law360] * Kevin Spacey goes to court in wide-ranging sex offense trial. [Reuters]

By Above the Law on June 28, 2023 9:04 am

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* Trump countersues in the E. Jean Carroll defamation suit. He also asserts that the defamatory statements themselves are “privileged and protected under the doctrine of absolute presidential immunity.” For those of you studying for the bar, that’s what we mean when we say, “first eliminate the obviously wrong answer.” [New York Times]

* Rudy Giuliani interviewed in the January 6 probe. He’s gonna need to make some more Cameos! [AP News]

* Term limits for active status federal judges is a sensible, simple reform to maintain the integrity of the judiciary and disrupt the “race to the bottom” incentivizing the nomination of unqualified young judges. But if that’s NOT the system, then you all need to leave Judge Newman alone. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Amazon has some sort of blacklist to undermine IP attorneys, “while directing them to their own Amazon Accelerator Program and their ‘curated’ attorneys.” They’ve settled defamation claims already, but I’d imagine some state bar might be interested in knowing what, exactly, goes into joining that “curated” list. [Law.com]

* Chancellor laughs off Disney investor suit looking to make a case out of the company’s decision to oppose bigotry and, ultimately, drag Supreme Court dicta into a fight. [Law360]

* Kevin Spacey goes to court in wide-ranging sex offense trial. [Reuters]