John Eastman

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  • Morning Docket: 06.21.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.21.23

    * Sam Alito… COME ON DOWN! You’re the next contestant on “ProPublica is absolutely going to find all your past judicial ethics issues.” It’s becoming a popular show this year. [ProPublica]

    * Trump’s documents trial set for August 14… before all the whining motions begins. [Law360]

    * Fund manager explains that the legal industry is in trouble because all of his rich buddies are using ChatGPT to write all their contracts. Oh, this is going to be very funny! [Yahoo Finance]

    * John Eastman’s disbarment proceedings went about as well as you’d expect. [Washington Post]

    * Interesting analysis of how the nature of the student impacts the success of online legal education. [Law.com]

    * Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care struck down. [Reuters]

    * America needs to embrace failure a little more. It would certainly help if corporations were more open to investing in the future instead of overreacting in the present to trim enough expense to save a penny before the end of the quarter. [O’Dwyer’s]

  • Morning Docket: 06.20.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 06.20.23

    * Judge Reinhart reminds Trump team that they can’t publicly disclose classified materials, though if they could follow that rule we wouldn’t be here. [Reuters]

    * So far, legal experts aren’t particularly impressed with Trump’s legal strategy. [The Hill]

    * John Eastman’s disciplinary proceedings kick off today. [CNN]

    * Lawyer convicted of killing girlfriend dies awaiting sentencing. [CBS News]

    * Justice Thomas dissented in the whistleblower case citing “serious constitutional questions” about a legal concept that was both long-established at English common law and fully understood to be constitutional at the time of the Founding. It’s like this Originalism thing is just a made up PR gimmick. [Law360]

    * Quinn Emanuel partner leaves firm to preside over traffic court. [Bloomberg Law News]

  • Morning Docket: 01.27.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 01.27.23

    * There’s a lot to say about Brett Kavanaugh’s speech at Notre Dame Law School, but he used the opportunity to bash the US News rankings blasting the idea that the publication’s reputation survey can capture the quality of an education. His clerks this Term all went to Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. [CNN]

    * Shearman & Sterling used to be a top 5 earning firm. Now it’s banking on a merger — that feels more like a takeover — to save it. What happened? [American Lawyer]

    * Forum shopping has gotten to the point where attorneys pushing fringe legal theories have a 100 percent chance of landing a friendly judge. [The Nation]

    * Ted Lieu proposes resolution to regulate AI written by AI. I guess we already let oil companies write environmental laws so this isn’t much different. [NBC]

    * John Eastman disbarment proceedings coming soon. [The Guardian]

    * Republicans target ESG rules. It’s one thing to complain about the SEC, but these proposals would bar investment funds from making demands on companies they own. So much for the free market! [Bloomberg]