Jared Kushner
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Finance
Jared Kushner’s Dad, A Convicted Felon Who Trump Pardoned, Donates A Million To Trump PAC
To anyone who is not a legal gymnast or a fervent partisan, giving a million bucks to the super PAC of the person who pardoned you looks an awful lot like paying for a pardon. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.26.20
* Johnny Depp’s lawyer has been reportedly thrown off a defamation case for revealing information covered by a protective order. Maybe the information was “pirated” or the judge should make the attorney “walk the plank”… [Courthouse News Service]
* A lawyer for the Lincoln Project told Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to “peddle their scare tactics elsewhere” after the couple threatened to sue the anti-Trump group over billboards in New York City. [Wrap]
* An Ohio lawyer has been arrested on human trafficking, racketeering, and related charges. [Cincinnati Enquirer]
* The Trump Campaign and the Nevada GOP have filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking election officials from counting early votes. [Business Insider]
* A photographer has filed a lawsuit after being hit with the horns of a steer after the 2019 Sugar Bowl. Sounds like a law school hypothetical… [AOL]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.17.20
* Kayne West said he was going to tweet his recording contracts since he apparently needs “every lawyer in the world to look at these.” Can all of us lawyers send him a bill if we review the agreements? [Hollywood Reporter]
* Joe Biden is purportedly assembling an army of lawyers for a possible post-election legal fight. [Guardian]
* A new lawsuit has been filed against Kushner Companies, the outfit owned by Jared Kushner’s family, over allegedly dangerous living conditions at apartment buildings owned by the company. [Hill]
* An OBGYN is being accused of fertility fraud after it was allegedly revealed that the doctor’s sperm, and not that of an anonymous donor, was used to create an embryo. [Fox News]
* William H. Gates, Sr., a name partner of K and L Gates, has passed away. He is also the father of billionaire Bill Gates, what a legacy! [American Lawyer]
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Government
Jared Kushner Declares No Plans To Cancel Election. Yet.
In case you slept through ConLaw ... NO. -
Government
After Kushner Mangles Stockpile Law At Corona Presser, HHS Mangles Stockpile Website
When the lie becomes fact, print the lie? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.29.20
* President Trump’s impeachment lawyers are getting paid from various sources. [Washington Post] * A lawyer linked to Jared Kushner was removed from the jury pool in Michael Avenatti’s criminal case. The other potential jurors will need to find other excuses… [New York Post]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.20.19
* Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank reportedly saw suspicious activity in accounts belonging to Donald Trump and Jared Kushner and thought it ought to be reported to the Treasury Department‘s financial-crimes unit, but… that never happened because “[i]t’a the D.B. way.” [New York Times]
* That’s one way to land a Biglaw job: According to Greg Craig, there was nothing “improper or tawdry” about him asking Skansen Arps to hire Paul Manafort’s daughter to get more business. In fact, he says this sort of thing happens “daily in private law firms.” [POLITICO]
* In case you missed it, on Friday afternoon, the American Bar Association adopted a controversial new bar-pass accreditation standard that requires at least 75 percent of a law school’s students to pass the bar within two years of graduation. How many law schools are going to close thanks to this new rule? [Law.com]
* Stormy Daniels has reached a settlement with Michael Cohen in a suit that was filed by her former attorney Michael Avenatti over Donald Trump’s affair hush money, saying she’s “ready to move on and put these cases behind her.” [Los Angeles Times]
* Is the billable hour what’s driving all of the mental health and burnout issues that lawyers are facing? All signs seem to point to yes, but at least some firms are trying to figure out a new way to do business. [Law.com]
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Government
Jared Kushner Laments Loss Of Civility Caused By Mueller Investigation. If Only We Could Be More Like His Friend MBS!
Kushner is more than willing to share his #THOUGHTS on the Mueller probe. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.22.19
* It’s cliché to label this, “but their emails” right? [NY Times]
* R. Kelly wants to see this sex tape. Let’s presume it’s for defense purposes. [TMZ]
* Navigating the privacy waters between GDPR and CCPA. [Corporate Counsel]
* Gordon Caplan has a court date with Aunt Becky. [American Lawyer]
* While eDiscovery has been a thing for over a decade, a new study confirms that a lot of firms still don’t understand it. [Legaltech News]
* The SPLC removed its founder…folks around the work they do think that was the right move. Meanwhile, prepare for years of white supremacists going “I can’t be criticized because SPLC had a sh [New Yorker]
* Mississippi wants a law aborted next. [NBC News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.14.18
* Lawyers dominate quote of the year list. That’s not a good thing. [Law.com]
* Ninth Circuit warns district judges against issuing injunctions because fascism works through shaming not through edicts. [The Recorder]
* Debevoise and Covington have some ‘splaining to do in CBS case. [American Lawyer]
* Stand Your Ground law also applies to police which is obvious because it really just applies to “white people.” [NY Times]
* If you thought the Chief of Staff job couldn’t get dumber than Newt Gingrich, Jared Kushner’s here to raise the stakes. [Vanity Fair]
* Michael Avenatti not having a good run. [ABC News]
*The future of law firms… but UK style. [Legal Cheek]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.17.18
* Michael Cohen is publicly attacking Trump over being a Russian stooge. So much for earning a pardon. [NY Daily News]
* Speaking of Cohen, his adversary Michael Avenatti is now fighting for immigrant kids. I guess hating Trump makes strange bedfellows. [Daily Beast]
* Hogan Lovells is tasked with saving Papa John’s in the post-Papa John world. But can they make that awful stuff edible? [American Lawyer]
* Kushner family under investigation for harassing tenants hardly surprising anyone. [Law360]
* Tesla’s stock takes a hit as the guy Elon Musk randomly called a pedophile threatens to sue. [CNBC]
* The Brexit campaign succeeded by breaking election law. A massively disastrous electoral result brought on by improper electoral meddling? Welcome to the club. [TechCrunch]
* Town finally gets rid of its Footloose law. Spoiler alert: the town is in the South. [Allentown Morning Call]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.18.17
* President Donald Trump claims he has no plans to fire special counsel Robert Mueller — which, according to past precedent in the Trump administration, means Mueller’s days as special counsel may be numbered. [Washington Post]
* By order of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the Second Circuit will be handling the formal inquiry into Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski’s alleged harassment of women who once served as his clerks and externs. [The Recorder]
* Like father-in-law, like son-in-law: a law firm is suing Jared Kushner’s real estate company for failure to pay any of its legal fees for work performed from December 2014 to May 2015. [New York Daily News]
* Uh oh… In other Kushner-related news, word on the street that’s since been confirmed by Abbe Lowell is that the first son-in-law’s legal team is trying to find a crisis public relations firm to handle inquiries into their client’s role in the Trump-Russia investigation. [Washington Post]
* According to recently released Standard 509 reports, law school enrollment was essentially flat between 2016 and 2017, with a negligible 0.7 percent decrease in law students. What’s more interesting is the fact that for the first time ever, law schools’ bar passage rates weren’t included in the reports. That information will be out next March, when it’s less helpful for prospective students. [ABA Journal]
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Biglaw
It Happened AGAIN -- Another Biglaw Partner Falls For Internet Prank
Come on, stop falling for this stuff. -
Politics
A Brand New Email Screw-Up For Abbe Lowell
Email address auto-fill is a real bitch to master, y'all. -
Biglaw
Abbe Lowell Falls For Internet Prank, Still Gives Good Advice
Jared Kushner's attorney gives the world a lesson in cybersecurity 101. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.25.17
* It’s Long Conference Day. For the unaware, this is arguably the most important day of the year for Supreme Court hero-worshippers, as the Court reads and evaluates around 2000 petitions and doesn’t at all phone it in (no matter what the statistics say) because they’re MAGIC! [Constitution Daily]
* Months into his new job — a job that requires a public financial disclosure — Ty Cobb hasn’t yet figured out if he made $5 million or $25 million at Hogan Lovells. Maybe Don McGahn is hiding that information from him too. [Law.com]
* Lawyer accused of flashing girl’s basketball teams. This is all just a big misunderstanding — if his buddies had shown up, it would have been obvious he was just they’d spelled out “Go Team!” on their balls. [Indy Star]
* Jared Kushner apparently used his private email for some White House business. It doesn’t sound like a big deal at all, but that’s not going to prevent everyone from freaking out about it. [Huffington Post]
* Convicted Hunton partner seeks probation in securities fraud case. The government is asking for 51 to 64 months in prison so at least the two sides are pretty close here. [Law360]
* NBC is developing a Supreme Court show following the clerks. It’ll be like The West Wing, except with standing and patent disputes! [Law.com]
* Speaking of the Supreme Court, in what ways are the top law firms making it to the Supreme Court? [Empirical SCOTUS]
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Politics, White-Collar Crime
Trump Has Experienced Lawyers, So Why Aren't They Running This Like A Real Legal Matter?
Trump's lawyers seem constantly behind and that doesn't make much sense.