Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.03.24

* Trump claims the gag order prevents him from testifying. So now Justice Merchan is going to have to the comically uncomfortable conversation asking if he thought he could lie about the court or if his elite white-collar lawyers have provided woefully ineffective assistance. [CNN] * "The antitrust laws are not designed to ensure competitive markets," declared the closing in Google's antitrust case. Up is also down and we've always been at war with with Eastasia. [Bloomberg] * Greenberg Traurig sues student group claiming that its speech activities against the war in Gaza amounts to "substantial assistance to a Foreign Terrorist Organization and its allies." That, um, is not how the First Amendment works. [Fox News] * Senior lawyer posts video of himself hiking naked through the forest. I've changed my mind, maybe it is time to ban TikTok. [Roll on Friday] * Who will regulate AI? What about the CFTC? The answer, of course, will be "nobody" after the Supreme Court strikes down Chevron but for now androids can dream of electric enforcement actions. [Law360]

By Above the Law on May 03, 2024 9:12 am
Jury Selection Continues In Former President Donald Trump’s New York Hush Money Trial

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* Trump claims the gag order prevents him from testifying. So now Justice Merchan is going to have to the comically uncomfortable conversation asking if he thought he could lie about the court or if his elite white-collar lawyers have provided woefully ineffective assistance. [CNN]

* “The antitrust laws are not designed to ensure competitive markets,” declared the closing in Google’s antitrust case. Up is also down and we’ve always been at war with with Eastasia. [Bloomberg]

* Greenberg Traurig sues student group claiming that its speech activities against the war in Gaza amounts to “substantial assistance to a Foreign Terrorist Organization and its allies.” That, um, is not how the First Amendment works. [Fox News]

* Senior lawyer posts video of himself hiking naked through the forest. I’ve changed my mind, maybe it is time to ban TikTok. [Roll on Friday]

* Who will regulate AI? What about the CFTC? The answer, of course, will be “nobody” after the Supreme Court strikes down Chevron but for now androids can dream of electric enforcement actions. [Law360]