Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.03.23

* Plaintiff seeks sanctions against Rudy Giuliani in breach of contract lawsuit. This seems like... not the most pressing of the former NYC mayor's legal woes. [New York Law Journal] * Norton Rose Fulbright partner Vincent Dunn is working on the road from Australia. That's because his daughter, Crystal Dunn, is playing for the U.S. Women's National Team in the World Cup. [National Law Journal] * 96-year-old Judge Pauline Newman wrote a pointed dissent amid questions of her competency. [Law360] * Harvard Law's Laurence Tribe weighs in on the case against FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on behalf of the defendant. [Reuters] * Georgia district attorneys are suing over a new law giving the state the power to remove the elected officials over discretionary decisions. [Bloomberg Law]

By Kathryn Rubino on August 03, 2023 8:55 am

USWNT Soccer Crystal Dunn United States of America v Netherlands : Final – 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France

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* Plaintiff seeks sanctions against Rudy Giuliani in breach of contract lawsuit. This seems like… not the most pressing of the former NYC mayor’s legal woes. [New York Law Journal]

* Norton Rose Fulbright partner Vincent Dunn is working on the road from Australia. That’s because his daughter, Crystal Dunn, is playing for the U.S. Women’s National Team in the World Cup. [National Law Journal]

* 96-year-old Judge Pauline Newman wrote a pointed dissent amid questions of her competency. [Law360]

* Harvard Law’s Laurence Tribe weighs in on the case against FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on behalf of the defendant. [Reuters]

* Georgia district attorneys are suing over a new law giving the state the power to remove the elected officials over discretionary decisions. [Bloomberg Law]