Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.11.19

* As Alex Acosta just digs himself in deeper, he's dragging Kirkland & Ellis with him as more people begin to ask questions about Jay Lefkowitz's role in setting up Epstein's sweetheart deal. [American Lawyer] * Ja Rule gets some good news in Fyre Festival suit. [NY Daily News] * Judges are -- finally -- starting to drop the hammer on copyright trolling. [Law360] * There's a fine line between well-reasoned regulation and backdoor efforts to squelch an industry and litigation finance increasingly worries that it's getting pushed to the latter side. [Law.com] * The rise of the legal engineer. [Fast Company] * Love Island may be new to America, but the Brits already have a legally themed translator for the show courtesy of the chief of the criminal bar. [Legal Cheek] * FCC tries to kill San Francisco ordinance encouraging broadband competition because they've completely given up pretending that their job isn't to protect ISP monopolistic behavior. [Ars Technica]

By Joe Patrice on July 11, 2019 8:48 am

* As Alex Acosta just digs himself in deeper, he’s dragging Kirkland & Ellis with him as more people begin to ask questions about Jay Lefkowitz’s role in setting up Epstein’s sweetheart deal. [American Lawyer]

* Ja Rule gets some good news in Fyre Festival suit. [NY Daily News]

* Judges are — finally — starting to drop the hammer on copyright trolling. [Law360]

* There’s a fine line between well-reasoned regulation and backdoor efforts to squelch an industry and litigation finance increasingly worries that it’s getting pushed to the latter side. [Law.com]

* The rise of the legal engineer. [Fast Company]

* Love Island may be new to America, but the Brits already have a legally themed translator for the show courtesy of the chief of the criminal bar. [Legal Cheek]

* FCC tries to kill San Francisco ordinance encouraging broadband competition because they’ve completely given up pretending that their job isn’t to protect ISP monopolistic behavior. [Ars Technica]