Morning Docket: 08.11.26
* Biglaw firms hit with data breaches. [Law360]
* Office of Legal Counsel takes position that executive privilege extends to unofficial, unconfirmed people the president talks to. [Alternet]
* Court appearance coming up for Luigi. [Reuters]
* FOIA requests become “Kafkaesque” mess with this administration. [ProPublica]
* New White House Counsel is exactly what you’d expect. [Bloomberg Law News]
* DOJ sues the whole Second Circuit over offering in-state resident tuition to non-citizens who reside in state. [VTDigger]
* The Fifth Circuit remains obsessed with punishing DeRay Mckesson for constitutionally protected speech. [Balls and Strikes]
* Class action alleging that early-decision amounts to illegal price-fixing moves forward. [Law360]
* Law school dean writes parody of children’s classic. [ABA Journal]
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