Ron DeSantis
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Podcasts
Ron DeSantis Is A Walking Law School Exam Of What Not To Do
How can one guy mess up this much? -
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Government
DeSantis Throws Parents Of Trans Kids Under The Bus To Go To War With The 14th Amendment
You know people are going to get killed over this, right?
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Government
Disney Lawyers Seem Honestly Shocked That Ron DeSantis Legal Team Is So Bad At This
This is basic civil procedure. How is this guy so bad at it? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.17.23
* Supreme Court will delve into whether lawmakers can probe Trump’s hotel deal with the government. We’ll see how Harlan Crow weighs in on this. [Politico]
* It’s becoming a mantra but, “Disney’s lawyers are smarter than Ron DeSantis’s lawyers.” [New York Times]
* Legislators press Navy to move faster on Camp Lejeune claims… so we know they’ve been watching late-night TV too. [Bloomberg Law News]
* On the one hand, sleeping with your client while repping her in a divorce is an ethical violation, it did create a new ground for divorce so… getting closer to the finish line! [Law.com]
* Chief legal officers are getting more compensation in the form of bonuses… which just so happens to consistently favor male attorneys because it’s all a game of discriminatory whack-a-mole. [Corporate Counsel]
* Federal Circuit tussle over Judge Pauline Newman’s competency continues, with a special committee asking the judge to respond to a request that she undergo psych evaluations. Imagine if the courts dealt with, I don’t know, taking hundreds of thousands in donor gifts and under-the-table compensation with the same alacrity. [Law360]
* Holograms testifying at trial? It’s like living in the future but just with the frivolous parts. [Reuters]
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Biglaw
The All-You-Can-Eat Frustration Buffet Special
Go on, indulge. Ron DeSantis, AI, incivility. Fill up and go back for seconds. -
Law Schools
Who Says You Have To Graduate Law School Before You Make A Difference?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.09.23
* Senate Democrats ask Harlan Crow for details on all gifts granted to Clarence Thomas… or any other justice. A request that he’ll ignore and the Democrats won’t do anything about. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Donald Trump allowed limited access to evidence against him in criminal trial, only in the presence of his attorneys in a bid to prevent the defendant from causing a social media firestorm. Aw… after this many years, folks still think Trump listens to his lawyers? [Law360]
* Disney’s superior attorneys are just going to keep updating this complaint every time Ron DeSantis digs himself a little deeper. [Deadline]
* Sam Bankman-Fried asks judge to dismiss 10 of 13 charges against him because if anyone knows a worthless claim when he sees one it’s Sam Bankman-Fried. [Reuters]
* Despite doom and gloom from firms cutting headcount, the industry overall is in recovery… but Biglaw and Small Law are taking different paths back to the summit. [American Lawyer]
* An interview with Steven Thomas, a former Sullivan & Cromwell partner who started his own practice focusing on litigating against Big 4 audit firms for failing to detect fraud at their clients. [Oh My Fraud]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.04.23
* Harlan Crow paid for Clarence Thomas to send his kid to private school?!?! Honestly, I’m starting to think ProPublica brilliantly slow-played all these stories to give the Wall Street Journal and Fox maximum opportunity to embarrass themselves by going all in on “personal hospitality exception” before dropping this. [ProPublica]
* Now Trump says he will probably attend his own rape trial. But his legal team has yet to amend its prior position that it would not call any witnesses so he’s just planning to hang out. [Reuters]
* CFTC Inspector General suspended pending investigation into squelching whistleblower complaints. [Law360]
* DeSantis selling merchandise designed to invoke the Disney trademark because he hasn’t given them enough to sue him over. [Bloomberg Law News]
* And because no one in Florida government understands that admitting to abusing public office is a problem for its legal claims, the legislature is passing bills to crackdown on the Disney Monorail. [Forbes]
* Lewis Brisbois chair steps down following mass exodus. [The Recorder]
* McDonald’s franchise caught employing 10-year-olds. [NPR]
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Government
FL Lege Allocates $12 Million For DeSantis To Kidnap More Migrants
One man's human trafficking is another man's "unauthorized alien transport program." Particularly if that man is the governor of Florida. -
Podcasts
Bold Proposal: Let's Just Convict People Of Crimes We Can Prove They Committed
Also Ron DeSantis is getting beaten up by Disney again. -
Courts
We Shouldn't Have To Choose Between Disney Whipping DeSantis And A Dickensian Hellscape
The Constitution dooms DeSantis, but should Disney be pointing that out?
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Government
Disney Litigators Take Their Turn Beating The Hell Out Of Ron DeSantis With New Federal Lawsuit
Disney wishes Ron DeSantis 'A Magical Day' in federal lawsuit. -
Courts
Judge Who Denied Teen An Abortion Over Her Grades On Shortlist For Florida Supreme Court
This is exactly the kind of guy Ron DeSantis wants on the court. -
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Government
Chris Christie Dunks On Ron DeSantis For Getting Out-Lawyered By Disney
When Mickey Mouse gets the best of you, perhaps you aren't ready for the geopolitical stage. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.14.23
* Somehow the Clarence Thomas ethical morass got worse. [ProPublica]
* Biglaw firms consider recapturing the magic of lockdown profits by severely curtailing travel for in-person meetings. Yeah, that’s what the clients want in 2023… firms to Zoom them to save $5K. [American Lawyer]
* Liberals claim calls for Dianne Feinstein to resign are “sexist.” Which is exactly what the same liberals said about calls for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign and how did that work out for you? [Bloomberg Law News]
* SCOTUS refuses to halt student debt settlement involving schools that the government characterized as functional diploma mills. Don’t worry, they’re still on track to strike down the student debt settlement that could help the most people. [Reuters]
* Former client is “batshit crazy” says attorney. I don’t know about this specific client, but there’s a generalizable ring of truth to this. [Law360]
* DeSantis signs 6-week abortion law which, as political mistakes go, is right up there with “pissing off Disney.” [AP]
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Podcasts
Disney's Newest Princess Dooms Ron DeSantis
Also Morgan & Morgan has had it with insurance lobbyists and the legal profession is losing talent to OnlyFans. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.05.23
* Overrated: Making these business records charges stick in 2023 rests on some flimsy legal theories. Underrated: Just charge Trump with anything and let him build a criminal contempt case for you. [Reuters]
* Back in the Miller high life again: Democrats end conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Judge tosses the $500M defamation claim that Alan Dershowitz brought against CNN for making fun of him for taking the public position that presidential actions aren’t impeachable if a president believes they will “help him get elected in the public interest,” which was a legal theory only slightly less stupid than thinking you can get $500M when networks point out that it doesn’t make sense. [Law360]
* Ron DeSantis mentions “woke” and “gender ideology” multiple times in his memoir, spurring a movement to get his book banned under the explicit terms of his own anti-woke law. [The Guardian]
* Law firm for Uber suffers data breach. That’s the sort of thing that only earns you 4 stars. [Dark Reading]
* Penn Law appoints a professor to serve as first female dean. Admit it, you’re going to have to click on this just to assure yourself that it’s not Amy Wax. [Law.com]
* UK’s Shoosmiths becomes the first big firm to join TikTok. Or as its new followers might understand it, think of Nicholas Cage as “the rest of Biglaw” and Pedro Pascal as Shoosmiths. [LegalCheek]