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Is Viet Dinh The Most Powerful Lawyer In America?

Reports of his power are greatly exaggerated, says Fox’s top lawyer — but there’s no denying that he's had a most interesting and impressive career.

Leon Black To Spend Even More Time With His Alibis For That Visit To Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Island

And Jay Clayton gets to be called ‘Mr. Chairman’ again.

Morning Docket: 03.23.21

* A new lawsuit alleges that marijuana was mixed with salads from Whole Foods and transported interstate to help another weed business. Gives new meaning to the term “Devil’s lettuce”… [Crain’s Chicago Business]

* A former doctor has been sentenced to prison for attempted murder against a California lawyer. [Mercury News]

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Bonuses Keep On Coming — See Also

Davis Polk Will Not Be Denied: Look, they told you that they wanted to have the best bonuses this year and they’re just going to keep raising the bar until you accept that.

Cuomo Administration Sending Attorneys To Work With Witnesses: Your boss’s lawyers are not your lawyers.

Law School Looking Into Professor: Troubling blog posts spark inquiry.

DC Looking Into Statehood: House members looking into insane reasons why not.

This Law School Really Cares About Providing Equal Opportunities For Women

You don't have to sacrifice eliteness to do the right thing.

The Top 5 Gonzo Arguments Against DC Statehood … So Far Today

Who doesn't love taxation without representation, right?

Former ROSS CEO Leaps From Law To Medicine With New Startup

The company plans to develop products to digitize data from diagnostic tests and lab reports and then create analytic dashboards for health professionals to interpret and analyze that data.

China Protecting Soldiers, Executives From Spying, Spontaneous Combustion

There’s a long list of reasons China might not want officials using Teslas, including the one it actually offered.

‘Tech’ To The Future

Some parts of the legal profession really take it out of you.

The Spectacle Of Stigma

It has become very interesting to see when kneeling at a football game is acceptable behavior. 

Prosecutor Gets Demoted For Working As DoorDash Driver While On The Job

In the criminal justice system, late and cold food deliveries are especially heinous.

CUNY Law School Dean Leaving Over ‘Slaveholder’ Remark

This response shouldn't be such an outlier.

Law School Launches Investigation Into Professor’s Shocking Blog Post

Students say it was 'racist, it was offensive,' and fuels the ongoing violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Hospitals To DOJ: UnitedHealth’s Purchase Of Change Healthcare Will Curtail Competition

The transaction would reduce competition in the health IT arena and result in higher prices and lower quality of care, the hospital group says.