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Michael Flynn

  • Technology

    Flynn Family’s SLAPP Suit Against CNN Slapped Down By Judge

    From the where-we-slapp-one,-we-slapp-all dept

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 12.28.17

    * 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]

  • Politics, Technology

    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.

  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 02.14.17

    * 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]