State Attorneys General
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GovernmentSurvivor Alum Makes Legal History
He's been pretty busy since his reality TV debut 23 years ago. -
CourtsGOP AGs Argue States Have Compelling Interest In Getting Teen Girls Pregnant!
Abortion pill case continues and the GOP can't stop shooting itself in the foot. 
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GovernmentAfter Kris Kobach's Incompetence Costs Kansas $1.9M, Voters Choose Him As State's Top Lawyer
Well ... can't say they weren't warned. -
GovernmentWhen It Comes To Housing, Big Cats Aren’t A Force Majeure
Don’t the rich know that NIMBY by proxy isn’t the cat’s meow? -
GovernmentMichigan Attorney General Is Who We Want To Party With
It's OK, if we had to deal with the Kraken suits, we'd need a drink too. -
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GovernmentTexas AG's SCOTUS Suit To Cancel The Election Manages To Get Even Stupider Somehow
Don't mess with Texas, 'cause they're already knee-deep in bullshit. 
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GovernmentWith Nothing Better To Do, Alabama AG Sues City For Removing Confederate Statue
Protecting Confederate monuments is apparently a top priority in a state routinely ranked in the bottom 5 of... everything. -
GovernmentRepublican State AGs File Motion To Tell Flynn Judge How To Law Good
Yeah, that'll go over! -
Technology10 State AGs Join Forces, Will Sue To Stop T-Mobile Sprint Merger
Renewed fight over industry consolidation. -
GovernmentAttorney General Of Louisiana Makes Dumb Argument Two Different Ways
This is the worst law take since the R. Kelly interview. -
GovernmentThe Regulator You Really Need To Be Afraid Of
States are picking up the enforcement slack.
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GovernmentThe First Woman And Person Of Color To Serve As New York AG Is Coming For Trump
The president can run, but he can't hide from Letitia James. -
CourtsConservatives Really Want You To Remember Justice Breyer Got Arrested In College
The next conservative talking point is forming and it's laughable. -
RacismNew Jersey Radio Hosts Decide To Throw Around Some Slurs About State Attorney General
Hosts go for cheap, bigotry-pandering laughs and earn a suspension. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 06.20.18
* A Guatemalan woman seeking asylum in the United States has filed suit against the Trump administration, alleging that her 7-year-old son was taken from her at the border last month. She’s only spoken to him once, and desperately wants to be reunited with her child. [The Hill]
* Stop the inhumane insanity: A group of state attorneys general and former U.S. attorneys have written letters to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, demanding that he “immediately” reverse his policy of separating families at the border, letting him know that “the unfolding tragedy falls squarely on [his] shoulders.” [National Law Journal]
* After being dumped by McDermott Will, Michael Cohen has hired Guy Petrillo as his attorney. Petrillo is an ex-S.D.N.Y. prosecutor, which could make it easier for his client to negotiate a deal of some sort after he starts cooperating. [New York Times]
* Seyfarth Shaw has been slapped with a $40 million malpractice suit by Manhattan’s Blue Dog restaurant group, with claims that the firm “negligently, deceptively, and repeatedly” failed in its attempts to properly represent them. [American Lawyer]
* The Justice Department will be holding its annual DOJ Pride event on June 26, and it’s doubtful that AG Sessions will attend. To be honest, given his record, it’s probably better this way for the LGBT employees who’d be celebrating. [Washington Blade]
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TechnologyThe Death Of Net Neutrality Will Be Official In April (Cue The Lawsuits)
The only thing slower and costlier than the impending litigation will be the Internet if Ajit Pai wins. -
Courts56 Attorneys General Want To End Forced Arbitration For Sexual Harassment
Attorneys general from every state and U.S. territory signed on. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 02.13.18
* Trump tabs Skadden partner Michael Scudder for Seventh Circuit seat. Here’s some quotes from James Comey praising Scudder, so we know the Deep State must be happy. [National Law Journal]
* Yes, it’s accurate to say that the specific job of sheriff has an “Anglo-American heritage.” And, yes, given that it’s entirely unnecessary to do so — when terms like “common law” exist — the fact that someone would use that phrasing is indicative of racial bias. In fact, if anyone drops “heritage” when talking about white people it’s probably a bad sign. [Washington Post]
* All 56 Attorneys General are asking Congress to end forced arbitration in sexual harassment cases. Florida’s Pam Bondi stepped out of her usual ethical cloud to say, “decades of private arbitration proceedings regarding sexual harassment have had the unintended consequence of protecting serial violators.” You can go ahead and delete “regarding sexual harassment” and only improve the accuracy there. [Daily Business Review]
* DLA Piper has a new senior partner, which I believe grants him the official title of “Pied Piper.” [International]
* ABA looking to make online education easier. [Inside Higher Ed]
* Jones Day continues to have the top law firm brand according to the annual Acritas survey of clients. [American Lawyer]
* One of the tourists killed in the Grand Canyon helicopter crash this weekend was a lawyer. [American Lawyer]
