Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.19.24

* Eighth Circuit blocks latest manifestation of student debt relief. To recap, presidents CAN order Seal Team 6 to assassinate their rivals, but they CANNOT waive hidden fees on your loans. [Bloomberg Law News] * Partner leaves firm following whole "caught in child sex sting" thing. [Roll on Friday] * Joe Biden's finally talking about Supreme Court reform and it's far, far too late. [One First] * How did Usha Vance get mixed up in all this? [Ex-Careerist] * Hunter Biden has, predictably, asked for his conviction to be tossed based on Aileen Cannon's "special counsel are unlegal" opinion. [Law360] * Global IT outage as Microsoft's latest patch crashes and burns. It's a good thing we've hinged the whole economy on one point of failure! [NBC] * Harvey Weinstein is back in court looking for a new trial. [Reuters]

By Above the Law on July 19, 2024 8:58 am

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* Eighth Circuit blocks latest manifestation of student debt relief. To recap, presidents CAN order Seal Team 6 to assassinate their rivals, but they CANNOT waive hidden fees on your loans. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Partner leaves firm following whole “caught in child sex sting” thing. [Roll on Friday]

* Joe Biden’s finally talking about Supreme Court reform and it’s far, far too late. [One First]

* How did Usha Vance get mixed up in all this? [Ex-Careerist]

* Hunter Biden has, predictably, asked for his conviction to be tossed based on Aileen Cannon’s “special counsel are unlegal” opinion. [Law360]

* Global IT outage as Microsoft’s latest patch crashes and burns. It’s a good thing we’ve hinged the whole economy on one point of failure! [NBC]

* Harvey Weinstein is back in court looking for a new trial. [Reuters]