Don McGahn

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.01.20

* A lawsuit says it is unfair patrons can't dine indoors in New York City, but can feast indoors in other New York counties. This lawsuit is important, since NYC has many good restaurants, including some people's favorite New York pizza joint... [New York Post] * A federal appeals court has ruled that former White House Counsel Don McGahn does not need to testify before a congressional committee. [Yahoo News] * A class action in New York has been filed by wedding venues questioning the state's 50-person limit on events in light of the fact that large protests were permitted. [Times Union] * A federal judge had some harsh words for the Kentucky Bar for making a lawyer jump through hoops to be licensed because she had bipolar disorder. [Bloomberg Law] * McDonald's has called its former CEO "morally bankrupt" for attempting to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from alleged sexual misconduct by the former leader. [Eater]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.02.20

* A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump's former White House Counsel, Donald McGahn, does not have to testify before Congress. [CNBC] * Roger Stone called an adversary's lawyer a "little bitch" at a deposition last month. Check out the video to see if the insult was warranted. [VICE] * Lori Loughlin's attorney says that notes written by the mastermind of the Varsity Blues racket exonerate Loughlin of wrongdoing. [Forbes] * This week, the Supreme Court will hear its first major abortion case of the Trump era. [Reuters] * A new lawsuit alleges that Disney is breaking the law by making people with disabilities wait too long for rides. I sense an episode idea for Curb Your Enthusiasm here... [Texarkana Gazzette]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.26.2019

* A federal judge has ordered former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in front of the House impeachment inquiry, stating that "Presidents are not kings." [CNN] * A North Carolina woman has been charged with pretending to be a lawyer in court. She probably told the judge her name was Jerry Callo (can't resit a good My Cousin Vinny reference) [Charlotte Observer] * It looks like there won't be any more episodes of "Serial" -- the Supreme Court announced yesterday that the high court would not be hearing the case of Adnan Syed, the subject of the viral podcast. [Vox] * Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was back at the Supreme Court yesterday after a brief stay at the hospital over the weekend. [Reuters] * More than a thousand American have signed onto a lawsuit against a number of companies for allegedly supporting terrorist groups. [Full Measure] * Devin Nunes has threatened to sue CNN and the Daily Beast over news stories about him. Mr. Nunes may want to brush up on his First Amendment law (or just watch John Oliver). [Vox]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.08.19

* Jones Day partner Don McGahn sued for failing to comply with House subpoena. [National Law Journal] * Short seller argues that Burford is out of money in move that pits highly sophisticated calculated gamblers against highly sophisticated calculated gamblers. [American Lawyer] * A reminder that the Supreme Court is going to hear a case that could allow employers to fire women for not acting feminine enough. [Vice] * ICE deported a guy to Iraq who had never lived there, didn't speak Arabic, and who subsequently died unable to secure insulin. [Slate] * Biglaw is making the diversity officer role more senior and more powerful. [American Lawyer] * MGM complaining that federal government gives tribes "monopoly" over casinos. That's... that's not how this works. [Courthouse News Service] * National Review is arguing for "red flag laws" in an editorial that it will deny ever publishing once the GOP quietly kills this issue. [National Review]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.12.19

* Donald Trump Jr. is going to have a closed-door hearing on a limited number of topics for a limited amount of time before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Should be an informative romp around the invocation of the Fifth Amendment. [POLITICO] * The House Judiciary Committee will sue AG Bill Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn for refusing to comply with subpoenas related to receiving an unredacted copy of the Mueller report on Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s possible obstruction of justice. [NBC News] * “When it comes to corporate power, bigger is not always better.” In case you missed it, 10 states have filed suit to put an end to the Sprint-T-Mobile merger deal, claiming that consumers will be hurt price wise due to the lack of market competition. [Reuters] * Alabama Law isn’t quite through with Hugh Culverhouse Jr. just yet. Professor Ronald Krotoszynski has some wise words to share over how untenable large class sizes would have been for a school that has tried to right-size since the recession severely impacted law graduate employment. [Washington Post] * Ever since CKR Law started having trouble paying its partners, causing some to flee as a result, the firm has stopped growing at the speed it once was. Duh? [New York Law Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.21.19

* Shocking no one, a federal judge ruled that, yes, Congress can issue subpoenas. [Courthouse News Service] * CKR says its rapid growth isn't the reason it's struggling to pay its lawyers. What is the story? It was a bank error, then it was underperforming partners... were people paid last week? [American Lawyer] * After play acting as a defender of the rule of law for the press... Don Mc Gahn's rediscovered his Trump administration bona fides. [Reuters] * Too attractive for law... or too much lip for law? It's a whole thing. [Legal Cheek] * Profesor Epps takes a deep dive into the assault on the Constitution. [The Atlantic] * Steven Hammond, the former Biglaw partner accused of masturbating in a gym sauna always maintained that the story was a fabrication and is now going after the gym for defamation. [Law 360] * Don't murder animals, sure. But is this really a necessary exercise of professional resources in a world with a glaring justice gap and thieving attorneys? [ABA Journal]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.13.19

* According to President Donald Trump, former White House counsel Don McGahn “had a much better chance of being fired” than special counsel Robert Mueller because Trump claims he was “[n]ever a big fan” — but that’s probably because McGahn refused to issue a public statement saying he didn’t believe the president obstructed justice. [Washington Post] * President Trump wants to stop federal judges on lower courts from issuing nationwide injunctions that are screwing up his plans to make America gross again. Even VP Mike Pence hopes the Supreme Court will step in to put an end to the practice. [The Hill] * Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., the Harvard Law professor who is representing accused rapist Harvey Weinstein, has lost his job as a faculty dean at an undergraduate house thanks to his controversial client. [Boston Globe] * “ I know that when I walk into a room that I’ll be underestimated. I’m aware that I need to prove myself. It doesn’t bother me.” Hailyn Chen, a 43-year-old litigator of Chinese descent, is the new co-managing partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Congratulations! [American Lawyer] * Professor Ian Samuel of Indiana Law has resigned from his job following the conclusion of the Title IX misconduct probe against him, which “probably had the side effect of saving [his] life” because he “was becoming an ugly man.” [Big Law Business] * Now that its managing partner is taking his business to Blank Rome, Morris & McVeigh, one of New York City’s oldest law firms, will be closing its doors after about 157 years in business. [New York Law Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.08.19

* Feeling cute, might not allow Mueller to testify, idk: According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, President Donald Trump’s “feeling on the matter” is that special counsel Robert Mueller shouldn’t be permitted to testify before the House. [Huffington Post] * As it turns out, according to recently revealed tax transcripts for the years 1985 to 1994, Trump was in some deep financial doo-doo. His lawyer, Charles J. Harder of Gawker takedown fame, says the tax documentation is not only “demonstrably false,” but that the paper of record’s statements about it is “highly inaccurate.” [New York Times] * In case you missed it, former White House counsel Don McGahn is still following Trump’s orders. He ignored a House Judiciary Committee subpoena for his testimony and records, citing a letter from current White House counsel Pat Cipollone on executive privilege. [National Law Journal] * Michael Avenatti has been given right days to hire a defense attorney in the federal bank fraud case he’s facing, lest he wish to disclose his financials to the court for a public defender to be appointed. [Courthouse News Service] * Do we really need another law school? That’s the hope down in Shreveport, Louisiana, where Southern University may be opening another campus following a study to determine its viability. [710 KEEL]

By Staci Zaretsky