Michael Flynn
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Flynn Family’s SLAPP Suit Against CNN Slapped Down By Judge
From the where-we-slapp-one,-we-slapp-all dept
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* Martin Shkreli’s lawyer, Evan Greebel, was convicted of aiding in Pharma Bro’s fraud scheme. He faces up to 20 years. [LA Times]
* It would seem that the Trump legal team want to bash Michael Flynn as a liar — despite everything their client’s effusive defense of Flynn for months. This should be an easy pivot. [Washington Post]
* Reviewing the 2017 Supreme Court — the calm before we bring back Lochner next year. [Law360]
* The pros and cons of staying small — an interesting interview with Otterbourg chairman Richard Stehl about the business of running a 50-lawyer firm. [New York Law Journal]
* Firms expected to spend more on cybersecurity in 2017. Probably for the best since 2017 made at least one firm wanna cry. [Legaltech News]
* 2 Chainz says he was defrauded by a fake lawyer. Maybe that guy would be interested in a federal judgeship? [TMZ]
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alt.legal: The Age Of Congressional eDiscovery
It all makes for good wonky perusing, especially for lawyers, and it helps put into perspective the work of government.
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* It turns out former Acting AG Sally Yates may have first gotten under the administration’s skin when she warned them about Michael Flynn’s dealings with Russia. [Boston Globe]
* That’s a good question… where is Don McGahn in all this? [The Careerist]
* Crowell & Moring’s PPP up $412,000 over the previous year. So, I guess they could afford that associate salary increase. [National Law Journal]
* A lot of companies talk about valuing diversity. HP is withholding legal fees from firms that fail their diversity staffing requirements. [Corporate Counsel]
* New AI system finds tax law answers in Australia. Now, if it can just prove whether or not a dingo ate that baby…. [The Australian]
* Federal judge thinks Holland & Knight may have improperly doubled their pleasure. [Law360]
* Biglaw has stepped up in a big way in response to the Muslim travel ban. Orrick is contributing to the cause with sound data collection, creating a cloud-based system to track the victims of the order. [Big Law Business]