Richard Luthmann

* Some lawyers out there are getting paid for putting together the most financially significant $1.20 deal ever. [Law360]

* Barney Frank, whose nameesake regulations could have prevented the recent bank collapses and then lobbied to support Trump administration efforts to relax those same regulations, sits on the board of now-collapsed Signature Bank. D’oh. [Twitter]

* But Frank isn’t blaming the regulatory rollback he supported. He’s blaming crypto. I guess just because it’s fake money supported by libertarian fever dreams and Ponzi schemes. Though that does force one to ask: why was his bank seemingly so exposed to it then? [Bloomberg]

* Biglaw favors laterals over home-grown associates. So you’re telling me they want all of the revenue generation with none of the training write-offs? Weird. [American Lawyer]

* Trial by combat lawyer seeking unpaid fees from former political candidate. I think I speak for everyone when I say we can resolve this with a simple joust. [NY Post]

* Michael Irvin allegations finally detailed. [Yahoo]

* Lawyers drought in rural states creates massive workloads for those who stay. [Gazette]

* Maybe it’s just me, but your lawyer shouldn’t be giving interviews about he “relishes a challenge,” when your entire defense — to date — is that the case against you is a “nothing burger.” Right? [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

* Remember Kim Davis? Her lawyer Mat Staver wants us to know that people who hate gays are persecuted like Jews in Nazi Germany. Yes… it’s exactly like that. [Huffington Post]

* Have equity partners become employees? [American Lawyer]

* Special prosecutor appointed to look into Richard Luthmann’s alleged use of spoof Facebook accounts to masquerade as various elected officials. Perhaps he should seek to vindicate himself through trial by combat. [NY Post]

* We already knew that trial by combat is allowed in New York, but what about “blood oaths”? According to the SDNY, those are enforceable too. America’s conversion into Westeros is almost complete. [Law.com]

* Philadelphia is suing Jeff Sessions over the administration’s efforts to frustrate the town’s “sanctuary city” status. [Philly.com]

* Speaking of sanctuary, Chief Judge Orlando Garcia blocked the controversial Texas sanctuary cities law. [Washington Post]

* NLJ hands out three lifetime achievement awards. [National Law Journal]

* A considered case for pardoning Edward Snowden by Timothy Edgar, who was on the team responsible during the George W. Bush administration for determining that most of the secret surveillance programs had a firm basis in law. [Lawfare]

* The Virginia Supreme Court denied an effort by Republican legislators to find Governor McAuliffe in contempt over an effort to restore voting rights to felons. [Richmond Times-Dispatch]

* The “Urban Cowboy” threatens to sue New York City. Most importantly, he’s lawyered up with Richard Luthmann, the Staten Island lawyer who previously sought trial by combat. This should be fun. [Gothamist]

* An omnibus look at what the election means for the courts. Beyond Justice Peter Thiel, of course. [Law.com]

* Many University of Chicago professors have denounced the “no safe spaces” publicity stunt from a few weeks ago, but the law school has largely missed the point of the dispute stayed out of the fray. [WSJ Law Blog]

* You don’t see many paeans to the Lochner era, but here’s one. [Library of Law and Liberty]

* Oregon has settled with Oracle over the state’s troubled health exchange. [Oregonlive]

* Walking meetings improve productivity. Yeah, I’ve watched West Wing reruns too. [TaxProf Blog]

* ATL Editor Kathryn Rubino talks politics on the latest Today’s Verdict. [BronxNet]