Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.15.24

* Judge schedules a hearing to hear concerns over the transparency in the bankruptcy auction that awarded Infowars to The Onion. [Bloomberg Law News] * Proposed law to protect journalists from government spying already passed the House but the Senate may not even take it up. Good thing there's not an incoming administration promising to jail journalists or anything. [WIRED] * Senator Thom Tillis says of Fourth Circuit nominee list including former state supreme court chief justice that "Not only are they not fit for the Fourth Circuit, but we wouldn’t even consider them for a district court." As an aside, Thom Tillis voted to confirm Kathryn Mizelle who was an associate at the time. [Courthouse News Service] * Trump placing personal lawyers in key Justice Department positions. [NBC News] * The lawyer for the at-the-time minor at the center Gaetz investigation urges House to release ethics report. [Politico] * Eversheds partner traps pregnant associate in parking garage after she took the spot where he parks his Porsche.  [Roll on Friday] * EU levies massive fine against Facebook for tying its marketplace ads to its social media platform. [Law360]

By Above the Law on November 15, 2024 9:04 am

679007* Judge schedules a hearing to hear concerns over the transparency in the bankruptcy auction that awarded Infowars to The Onion. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Proposed law to protect journalists from government spying already passed the House but the Senate may not even take it up. Good thing there’s not an incoming administration promising to jail journalists or anything. [WIRED]

* Senator Thom Tillis says of Fourth Circuit nominee list including former state supreme court chief justice that “Not only are they not fit for the Fourth Circuit, but we wouldn’t even consider them for a district court.” As an aside, Thom Tillis voted to confirm Kathryn Mizelle who was an associate at the time. [Courthouse News Service]

* Trump placing personal lawyers in key Justice Department positions. [NBC News]

* The lawyer for the at-the-time minor at the center Gaetz investigation urges House to release ethics report. [Politico]

* Eversheds partner traps pregnant associate in parking garage after she took the spot where he parks his Porsche.  [Roll on Friday]

* EU levies massive fine against Facebook for tying its marketplace ads to its social media platform. [Law360]