DOJ Filing Straight Up Says Crimes Were Committed At The White House
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Insider Trading Rep. Collins Immediately Regrets Asking Constituents To Advise Court On Sentencing
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Morning Docket: 10.01.19
* IP professors swear IP cases are going to be interesting this time. Of course they say that... it's their trademark response. [National Law Journal] * Chris Collins resigns from Congress in advance of pleading guilty to abusing his board position. [Law360] * California has fired the first, serious shots at the NCAA's student-exploitation model. Where do we go from here? [Sports Illustrated] * Forever 21 enters Chapter 11, learning exactly what 32 feels like. [USA Today] * Law firm merger market remains relatively quiet. [American Lawyer] * Companies hiring GCs increasingly consider candidates based on potential to move into executive leadership someday. [Corporate Counsel]
Morning Docket: 09.13.19
* Two law schools notified that they're out of compliance. [ABA Journal] * Rep. Chris Collins gives the judge a hot tip about all the defense motions he plans to file. [Law360] * Prosecutors don't get to snoop through opposing counsel's internal documents which seems obvious but required an appellate decision. [National Law Journal] * Experts weigh in on the Mercedes Murder case. [Corporate Counsel] * Andrew Yang's out here buying votes. [New York Times] * Michael Cohen cooperating in Trump Organization probe. [CNBC]
Morning Docket: 08.09.18
* The Keystone Kops that are Trump's legal team have rejected Mueller's interview request and posed a counteroffer to answer only questions about the weather. [ABA Journal] * If you're getting tired of hearing that the Big 4 will soon come in and crush the rest of the legal landscape... well, too bad, because here's the latest ominous development. [ALM Legal Intelligence] * Rep. Chris Collins will continue to seek re-election after getting indicted. He must have some hot inside info on his re-election chances. [NBC] * New York issues a wage base for Uber, Lyft, and other ride-share drivers. And then promptly squanders that good deed by putting a cap on licenses, artificially jacking up the price. [Law360] * TIL there's a Mexican condom cartel. Now all I can think about is a show like Queen of the South... but for condoms. [Corporate Counsel] * Alex Jones's lawyer is looking to dox the parents of the children killed at Sandy Hook because everyone involved with Alex Jones is an inhuman monster. [The Hill] * The law requiring drivers to only use the left lane to pass is "routinely ignored by drivers" This story should read "routinely ignored by bad drivers." [KRISTV]
More Judicial Nominations From The Trump Administration
We were right about a number of nominees; let's look ahead to the next batch.
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Morning Docket: 01.04.12
* Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s Attorney General, wants Rick Perry’s election law suit to be dismissed, because really, what’s the point? Standing or not, Perry got completely hosed in Iowa. [Bloomberg] * What’s next for Stephen Glass? When all else fails, hire a high-profile appellate team to do your dirty work for you. He could write […]