Carter Page

Morning Docket: 11.30.20

* A new lawsuit alleges that a beer manufacturer falsely claimed its brew was made in Mexico instead of Holland. Would be amazing if free beer is part of any settlement... [Fox Business] * Carter Page has filed a lawsuit against the FBI and others for allegedly illicit surveillance during the Russia investigation. [USA Today] * The legal challenges facing the Attorney General of Texas may impede the state's antitrust claims against Google. [Wall Street Journal] * A man sought in the slaying of an Illinois lawyer is on the FBI's Most Wanted List. [Fox News] * Since Above the Law hasn't had a "Lawyerly Lairs" feature in a while, wanted to share that a top Las Vegas attorney has placed his multimillion-dollar mansion on the market. [Review-Journal]

By Jordan Rothman

Government

Trump Advisor Refuses To Help Congress Prove He’s Been Lying

Carter Paige is happy to talk on television, but he wisely invoked his Fifth Amendment rights to Congress.

By Elie Mystal

LexisNexis Practical Guidance Rolls Out Dedicated Practice Area for AI & Technology

The new generation of AI-related legal issues are inherently cross-disciplinary, implicating corporate law, intellectual property, data privacy, employment, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.

By LexisNexis

Plaintiffs Firms

The GOP Search For The Next Hulk Hogan

Donald Trump, Sarah Palin and others use dubious defamation allegations to hammer the "mainstream media."

By James Goodnow

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.12.17

* The Republicans hold on to the House seat vacated by CIA director Mike Pompeo; state treasurer Ron Estes defeated James Thompson, a Wichita civil rights lawyer. [New York Times] * So it seems the FBI did obtain a FISA warrant to monitor the communications of a Trump adviser (foreign policy adviser Carter Page). [Washington Post] * In a time when many firms are closing offices, Adams and Reese is opening new ones, in Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale. [Law.com] * The retirement buzz around Justice Anthony M. Kennedy persists -- and stems from conversations Kennedy has had with people close to him. [Bloomberg and CNN via How Appealing] * As for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has she been enjoying Opus One yet again? [New York Daily News] * Yes, it's possible for an in-house legal department to be too cost-conscious -- just ask Wells Fargo. [Big Law Business] * A professor accused of sexual harassment by a student and a staff member just lost his case before the Sixth Circuit. [Law.com] * Speaking of things sexual... don't write "sexual favors" in the check memo line when paying your taxes. [Billings Gazette]

By David Lat