John Eastman
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Government
John Eastman Posts Love Note To Trump On Fulton County RICO Docket
He's not flipping. Definitely not. No way. Never. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.10.23
* Treat your significant other the way you’d want to be treated if they’re called to testify against you in a multi-billion dollar fraud trial. [Reuters]
* Chevron doctrine on the chopping block. Because what this country needs is every mundane detail of government in the hands of the laser-focused geniuses in the House of Representatives. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Drew Magary calls for an end to the Supreme Court’s soft dictatorship. [SF Gate]
* A thorough analysis of Ken Chesebro’s effort to overturn the 2020 election concludes that it doesn’t seem like that’s legal. [Just Security]
* In bid to keep his law license, John Eastman testifies that there’s been “200 years of dispute” over whether the vice president can unilaterally overturn elections. [Law360]
* Biglaw firms weather economic jitters by showing up in midmarket deals. [American Lawyer]
* Documentary profiles the attorneys who held Nazi groups accountable. [Daily Beast]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.15.23
* Hunter Biden indicted on gun charge. You are not prepared for the sneering glee Justice Alito will put into his opinion using Joe Biden’s son as the vehicle to strike down gun laws. [CNN]
* In black box hearing, a NY appellate judge has put a halt on Trump’s financial crimes case pending review by a full panel and throwing a wrench in the delicate schedule of multiple overlapping criminal trials. [Daily Beast]
* Did you know nasal decongestants don’t work? Apparently true! Here come the lawsuits against folks who saw the unfortunate souls struggling to breathe enough to get through the work day and decided to bleed us dry. [Reuters]
* House Republicans maintain laser focus on fighting ESG guidelines. Because capitalism means private businesses have freedom until they use that freedom to invest in solar power. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Eastman ally takes stand. Unable to cite any support for his election denial stuff either. [Law360]
* ASS Law bans professors from having sex with students because… obviously. [Law.com]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.06.23
* If Senator Whitehouse thinks John Roberts will take action after Sam Alito straight up admitted to breaching ethics rules, then he doesn’t know John Roberts! [Law360]
* Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. [Reuters]
* GPT-4 wins a lawyering contest featuring various AI options, but still isn’t as good as humans. Kinda supercharges why states might want to find licensing pathways that don’t involve an algorithm gaming a test, huh? [New Scientist]
* Nationwide says it is not on your side if you’re accused of aiding in an abduction. [Law.com]
* John Eastman has failed to get out of his disciplinary proceeding on Fifth Amendment grounds. That was the obvious outcome, but if John Eastman accepted the obvious dictates of the law he wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place. [Bloomberg Law News]
* An interview with super agent Leigh Steinberg. [ABA Journal]
* CiteRight and Jurisage to merge as Canadian legal tech providers eye expansion. [Law.com International]
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Courts
Clarence Thomas Clerks Defend Boss With Worst Letter This Side Of Your Middle School Poetry
Put aside the substance, this letter is just hilariously bad. -
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Government
John Eastman Would Like To Overturn Democracy Legally. But If That Can't Be Arranged, Violence Is Cool, Too.
Beginning to think this guy may not have the best judgment. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.08.23
* Biggest law firm no more… Dentons splitting from Dacheng as China institutes new cybersecurity regulations. [Financial Times]
* The folks behind the Supreme Court case striking down affirmative action in higher education are now launching suits against diversity in the private sector. [WSJ]
* John Eastman wants his disbarment proceedings halted so he can concentrate on being an (as yet) unindicted co-conspirator. [The Hill]
* The Federal Circuit wants to sideline Judge Pauline Newman for not submitting to a mental health examination… or more accurately their mental health examination. Because she has been examined by a neurologist who blasted the circuit’s recommendation. First federal judges explain history to historians, now they’re explaining neurology to neurologists. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Trump judge orders Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend “religious freedom” training from designated hate group. [Law360]
* Stroock and Stroock and Leavin’. More partners jump ship as the firm votes to end its pension obligations. [American Lawyer]
* Attorneys in Wells Fargo case ask for $180 million. Or double what Wachtell wanted for the Twitter deal that got everyone in a tizzy. [Reuters]
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Government
Trump Brags About All The Lawyers Dying To Represent Him At Party For Capitol Rioters
You wouldn't know them. They live in Canada.
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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]
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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]
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Legal Ethics
John Eastman Lawyer Defends Client In Bar Complaint: 'He's Not Rasputin'
Maybe work on the beard ... -
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]
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Government
Ginni Thomas -- And Other Election Deniers -- Come For Kevin McCarthy
Unsurprising these folks want to watch it burn. -
Government
Jan. 6 Committee Tells Special Counsel Jack Smith To LOCK HIM UP
And your little dog Eastman, too. -
Courts
John Eastman Face Plants Into Ninth Circuit, Is Immediately Laughed Out Of Court
Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and it got out of hand.