Martin Shkreli

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli On Wrong Side Of Preliminary Injunction

A one-of-a-kind album is at the center of the legal squabble.

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Lashes Out At Second Circuit Because Consequences Are Hard

Shkreli f-ed around, now he's finding out.

Morning Docket: 01.23.23

* The Supreme Court leak investigation accomplished two things: (1) we're all more sure than ever that the leak sprung from a justice; and, (2) the justices have burned every bridge with their extended staff. [NY Times] * Three Days of the Counsel-OR. OK that was a stretch, but the Am Law 100 is coalescing around three-day office policies. Even if firms remain divided over what that looks like in practice. [American Lawyer] * Director Doug Liman did a more comprehensive job vetting Brett Kavanaugh than the FBI. [Washington Post] * Government asks to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt. There are so many industries in this world... is it that hard not to start a business in one covered by a court order? [FTC] * Proskauer unimpressed with former COO's interpretation of his final days in the office. [Reuters]

As Much As I’d Like To See His Retirement Get Retired, That Would Suck For The Rest Of Us

The Feds, much like Wu-Tang, are nothing to mess with.

At What Point Are You Just Giving Bad People The Attention They Crave?

They'll never learn, but that doesn't mean the public doesn't need to know.

Biglaw Firm Wants Out Because Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Can’t Pay His Bills

Biglaw means big bills -- and Shkreli doesn't have the money to pay them.

Lawyer Who Negotiated Pharma Bro’s Wu-Tang Album Deal Says Buyer Will Go Public Soon

The secret won't last much longer.

DOJ Sells Martin Shkreli’s $2M Wu-Tang Album

Ultra rare recording changes hands.

Morning Docket: 04.30.21

* A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Amazon challenging the award of a lucrative Defense Department contract to Microsoft. Guess Jeff Bezos doesn't have enough money already... [Verge] * The FBI has purportedly seized a phone from a lawyer who has ties to Rudy Giuliani. [Salon] * A lawyer connected to "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has resigned from the New York Bar. [Bloomberg Law] * The family of a protester shot and killed by police during the Capitol riot earlier this year is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. [NBC News] * A New York lawyer, who is accused of vanishing and leaving clients and their money in the lurch, allegedly forged his mother's signature on loan documents. Guess the joke about lawyers being willing to throw their mothers under the bus might be true for some people... [Commercial Observer]

Morning Docket: 04.20.21

* Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. now bills at $2,295 an hour in private practice. Quite a step up from the government grind... [ABA Journal] * A disbarred lawyer has been sentenced to prison for stealing nearly $1 million from a first responder who suffered 9/11-related illnesses. [New York Daily News] * A Texas attorney has been charged in a $225 million tax fraud. [Houston Chronicle] * Attorney General Merrick Garland led a commemoration for the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings, a case with which Garland was involved as a federal prosecutor. [New York Times] * The lawyer for "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli is having his retirement accounts garnished as part of a restitution order related to purported wire and securities fraud. [ABA Journal]

Morning Docket: 05.18.20

* Boies Schiller has been hit with a malpractice lawsuit over a representation involving water balloon patents. The litigants should just have a water balloon fight to settle the dispute. [American Lawyer] * Charges have been dropped against a Tampa megachurch pastor who was accused of violating Florida's safer-at-home orders. [Fox News] * An attorney for Quinton Dunbar, an NFL player accused of armed robbery, claims he has affidavits proving his client's innocence. [Boston Globe] * A federal judge has called "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli "delusional" while rejecting his request for early release to help find a treatment for COVID-19. [Hill] * A lawsuit has been filed against SeaWorld San Diego for continuing to charge annual pass fees while the park is closed due to COVID-19. [NBC News] * Tiffany Trump celebrated her graduation from Georgetown Law this weekend. From one "Hoya Lawya" to another, congrats! [Yahoo News]

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Requests Furlough To Save World From Covid

Everyone's a comedian!

Morning Docket 01.28.20

* "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has been sued by the New York Attorney General. Wonder how he was served in prison. [New York Daily News] * A lawyer who was indicted for allegedly billing West Virginia for more than 24 hours in a day has been caught after a life on the lam. [ABA Journal] * A U.S. Attorney has indicated that Prince Andrew provided "zero" cooperation in the Jeffrey Epstein case. [NBC News] * Ken Star said that impeachment is "hell" at President Trump's impeachment trial yesterday. Maybe he got inspiration from last weekend's Saturday Night Live. [Boston Globe] * Roy Moore has filed a multi-million-dollar "fake news" lawsuit against a Washington magazine. Wonder if Alabama has anti-SLAPP laws... [Al.com]

Morning Docket: 10.31.19

* Johnny Depp has settled a lawsuit against his former attorney who allegedly bilked him out of millions. In other words: Jack Sparrow has bested another pirate. [Bloomberg] * Hillary Clinton told an audience at Georgetown Law yesterday that she played a pivotal role in the selection of RBG to the Supreme Court. Maybe she'll play herself in the next RBG movie. [CNN] * Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has been charged with unlawfully touching a third woman. [Yahoo Entertainment] * Attorneys handling the Equifax data breach class action are asking for $77M in fees. I'm still waiting for the money AOC promised me! [Daily Report] * The Second Circuit has upheld the conviction of Martin Shkreli's lawyer for his role in helping Shkreli defraud investors. [Reuters] * R. Kelly skipped a hearing relating to his federal charges because he allegedly had an infected toenail. This excuse is even worse than saying he had to wash his hair. [People]

Morning Docket: 04.12.19

* Judge Maryanne Trump Barry recently retired from the Third Circuit, meaning that the judicial ethics inquiry into her alleged inheritance tax evasion be all for naught. [Associated Press] * No, it isn't true that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court papers won't be released "until a hundred years after the last justice with whom she has served is no longer alive." Much like conspiracy theorists' claims about RBG's death, that would be insane. [National Law Journal] * Numerous progressive groups have asked the House of Representatives to investigate Justice Brett Kavanaugh's "sham confirmation process" after he was accused of sexual misconduct -- but it's unlikely this will go anywhere. [BuzzFeed] * In case you missed it, former Skadden partner Greg Craig was charged in connection with the Mueller investigation for making false statements to the DOJ that were tied to his work for Ukraine. If you recall, former Skadden associate Alexander van der Zwaan was the first to be sentenced in the Mueller probe. [American Lawyer] * "I’m used to always being the caretaker for other people. It’s not natural for me to accept help." Dean Lyrissa Lidsky of the University of Missouri School of Law is battling breast cancer, and her law school colleagues and students have offered her all of their support. We're with you too, Dean! #LidskyStrong [Law.com] * Pharma bro Martin Shkreli, whose prison pals "affectionately call him 'asshole," is reportly fighting an antitrust lawsuit from solitary confinement. [Big Law Business]