Trump

* You think Trump is going to turn himself in? Unrelated, I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. [Newsweek]

* Hofstra Law’s asylum clinic is doing more than teaching students. It’s changing lives. [Newsday]

* Will be hard for Trump to take the “I’ll just pardon myself” route if he can’t even run for office a second time. [Forbes]

* Slow Work Doesn’t Excuse Slow Billing! Biglaw firms are cracking down on lazy time entry. [American Lawyer]

* Is Hawaiian Electrical Ind. Inc. basically a governmental agency? If so, they’re about to be out of a lot of money. [Yahoo!]

* First razor blades in chocolate, now this?! [Reuters]

* The Department of Transportation is tripping over Southwest’s refund policies. [Slate]

* Ding Dong! The taxes are in! I’m sure this won’t prove a bunch of illegal activity! [NBC Philadelphia]

* Forget Bitcoin, FTX customers want mum to be the word. [Reuters]

* Biden’s work to diversify the judiciary is leaving quite the legacy. Thanks, Obama. [AP News]

* Trump suggested that the Constitution be suspended if it would benefit him and people are expressing faux outrage about it. [MSNBC]

* Chickens come to roost: Law implemented for keeping immigrant parents away from their children is biting Trump in the rump. [Buzzfeed News]

* Is this the part where the tables turn? Two Trump appointed judges take a third to task. [NYT]

* Sometimes, telling someone to shut up is an act of care. [Bloomberg]

* Are the Twitter employment lawsuits on the way?! Gee Golly this is going to be a fun week of writing for me! [Business Insider]

* The first rule of stealing from law firm trust accounts: Do not steal from law firm trust accounts. [NBC 12]

* Not sure what to make of courts putting the hold on Biden’s debt relief? Here’s a primer. [WWLT]

* Democracy litigated: The attacks on the Voting Rights Act foretell a different relationship to democracy and representation for many. [Al Jazeera]

* Peering at a jury of peers: Jury selection is staring for Trump’s tax evading shenanigans. [NPR]

* Peer Pressure: NY’s pay transparency law may have the dire impact of encouraging people to demand equal pay for equal work. The horror. [NY Post]

* Been wondering about Trump’s defamation case but been too afraid to ask questions? We’ve got you covered. [CBS News]

* Maybe his fraud case is more your speed? We’ve got you there too. [Business Insider]

* Back in my day, the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was just a weird Florida thing. Moves were recently made to make it national. [NBC News]

* Turns out the answer to “Who Watches The Watchmen?” is simple: Appeals Courts. [NPR]

* A hotel tried to ban all Native Americans in response to a shooting. The DOJ isn’t having any of that. [Newscenter]

* Trump may soon be in court for rape charges. Unrelated, I doubt this will damage his reputation among his cult following. [NYT]

* Aspiring JD concerned about the environment? Check out Vermont Law! [VT Digger]

* Chipotle to shell out $8 million tied to child labor law violations. Whoever tipped them off probably didn’t get a good serving size. [NJ Monitor]

* Adobe and Antitrust go together in more ways than just alliteration. [Axios]

* Bit of legal humor to start the day off? Here’s a thread of some “allegedly” good legal jokes. [Reddit]

* Whose Flight Is It, Anyway?: Lawsuit aims to enforce minimum seat sizes among airlines. Looking at you Spirit and Frontier. [Reuters]

* Remember Independent state legislative theory? That’s still a thing, and it looms darker than before. Like fair elections? Pay attention.  [Common Dreams]

* The DOJ subpoenaed over 30 people related to Trump’s mucking about. Somebody is gonna fold, and Twitter will be ablaze. [CNN]

* Reporting sexual assault is hard enough as is without the risk of a kit being used against you. [The Guardian]

* Sotomayor has temporarily weighted in on the nuanced question of if Yeshiva University has a religious right to discriminate against their student’s affiliations. This is a good primer. [Vox]

* First they came for “CRT” and no one cared. Next, they came for the scientists. [WRAL]

* Climate laws are benefiting Korean firms. [Bloomberg]

* Who needs climate change laws when you have trees? No seriously, that’s a Senate candidate’s platform. [Wa Po]

* How bad was Trump’s FBI and CIA document pirating anyway? Oh…like 300 documents big? [NYT]

* Surprising no one, Bremerton was just the start. [Baptist News]

* How private is data privacy really? NPR has a great primer on what happens when cops want to know about your social media. [NPR]

* Remember a while back when folks were arguing we could either choose the rule of law or Trump? The DHS is finding that out the hard way. [The Hill]

* A Bill of Rights for the homeless may be underway in the city of brotherly love. [Law.com]

* Being out of practice by choice is one thing, but that’s not what happened to this former councilman. [Penn Live]

* Trump thinks drug dealers should be killed. That’s a mainstream opinion now. [Twitter]

* Biden administration suggests legalizing psychedelics for treatment usages within 2 years. That’s close; far out dude! [The Intercept]

* Police officer who blames her slur use on rap music quickly turns off her body cam. If only Congress had the opportunity to root out casual racism in police departments. [Washington Examiner]

* Power companies are dropping a lot of coin to prevent innovation in the field. That sounds a little anticompetitive. [The Guardian]

* Two Americas: Legal battles are making for radically different living experiences state by state. [NYT]

* Too little, too late? New federal anti-lynching law may not be enough of a deterrent. [NPR]

* Florida has been trying to make the most of the whole 1965 Voting Rights Act being gutted and all. [NYT]

* Trump’s Twitter emulator is failing bigly. Hard to speak freely with bad coders. [BBC]

* All good boys protect and serve: Officer attacking a teenager bitten by K-9. [YouTube]

* Two Wills passing in the night: The 2022 version of Raffles v. Wichelhaus just dropped. [Fox Baltimore]

* No one is safe from this “soul grabbing” police officer — not even his colleagues. [Daily Mail]

* You down with PPP? Every last homie, apparently. [NBC News]

* The Justice formerly known for not speaking is still in the hot seat. I know there’s no Supreme Court binding code of ethics that would mandate recusal, but come on now… [FFRF]

* What’s a little crime between patriots? Judge thinks Trump probably committed a crime, with what the whole not respecting the democratic election process and all. [NPR]

* We all know about pleading the 5th, but the 14th might keep Trump out of office. [Denver Gazette]

* Big Family is watching — because they care: Esther’s Law will make it easier for families to put cameras in nursing homes to make sure their family is safe. [Cleveland 19]

* New JD advantage job just dropped: helping clients confront their mortality. No, it doesn’t involve being a criminal defense attorney. [Insider]

* Doing the rights thing: New York’s Office of the Advocate for People with Disabilities is back. Get the word out! [Chronicle Newspaper]

* Pot of Avarice is back on the ban list: NY regulators say “gifting” weed doesn’t make it any more legal. [Law360.com]

* If each person is a militia wasn’t enough, now every person with a gun license is a law enforcement officer? [WSMW]

* It’s only illegal federally: St. Louis law to prevent cops from enforcing federal gun laws. [ABC News]

* We don’t hate the poor, we just love cats! Silicon Valley’s mountain lions trade off with affordable housing. [Yahoo]

* A challenger approaches! West Virginia may be getting a law school soon. [Herald Dispatch]

* Free speech and a shovel: Trump’s most recent talk might have dug him into some trouble. [The Guardian]

* We are still in a political climate where a not Forbes 400 rich, but still rich guy can treat charges for inciting a riot like making a traffic ticket disappear. Woo. [Reuters]

* Working at a law firm in Philly? You may not need to change out of those sweatpants for a little longer. [Law.com]

* Federal judges gave most of the failed coup’ers lighter sentences than prosecutors recommended. I didn’t expect them to get life in jail for stealing 9 bucks or anything, but come on. [The Crime Report]

* The United States imposes visa restrictions on Cuban officials as a punishment to their connection to arresting citizens for peaceful protests. I hope other countries don’t return the favor. [Jurist]

* OSHA! COVID test for OSHA! Starbucks mandates vaccines or weekly COVID tests for its employees to keep in line with OSHA. [Legal Reader]

* Trump thinks it’s reasonable that his followers were yelling “Hang Mike Pence.” I knew he was the vice president, but who knew the vice was wrath? [Daily Beast]

* One way to support our service folks might be allowing them to sue the Defense Department. [San Francisco Chronicle]

* Rittenhouse’s judge is starting to give me Alabama vibes. Money on which group he’s gonna piss off next? [CNN]

* Oop, found the answer, he’s gonna piss off the impartiality people. Applauding a person about to take the stand might lead to prejudicial deference to their testimony — who knew? [Rolling Stone]

* In a win for labor rights, immigrant detainees in Washington will have to be paid at least minimum wage! Woop woop! [Time]

* Now you’ve just done it! Lawyer behind bars for tempting to extort Nike. [ALJAZEERA]

* Data shows the majority Republican Supreme Court is actually further right than people thought. Numbers don’t lie, but I wish they did. [NPR]

* Looks like BLM protests were overwhelmingly peaceful. Facts don’t care about your feelings, FedSoc bros in ConLaw. [CSR]

* Arizona Secretary of State hopes state attorneys launch investigation to see if Trump, Giuliani, et al interfered with vote counting last November. Come on, progressive prosecutors! [The Root]

* At least one firm will maintain remote work options as we return to normal. Billables are much more bearable on your couch. [ABA Journal]

* “Are you serious? Right in the middle of discovery?” Gunmaker fluffs documents for Sandy Hook shooting with non-sequitur memes. [CtPost]

* Failed the DC Bar? At least you aren’t the only one who can’t practice there. Tough break, Giuliani. [The Guardian]

* Ex-President sues private companies under a “Freedom of Speech” claim in Florida. The Civil Procedure and First Amendment finals write themselves. [BBC]

* Okay, break it up! Thirty-six states (and DC) set their sights on Google for antitrust litigation over their Play Store. [Washington Post]

* A police department in New Mexico retires its fleet of drug sniffing dogs in the wake of marijuana legalization. Good Boys get to retire early. [KOB.com]

* A lawsuit over a house that looks out of the Flintstones has been settled, and the home can stay as it is. Yabadabadoo! [NBC News]

* Trump lawyers have purportedly been warned of potential forthcoming charges against the Trump Organizations and its officials. [CNBC]

* A class-action lawsuit has already been filed over the building collapse in Surfside, Florida last week. [CBS News]

* Johnson & Johnson has settled opioid litigation with the State of New York for $230 million. [Hill]

* A prominent Chicago-area attorney was found dead in his home last week. [Chicago Tribune]

* The management firm that represents Connor McGregor is suing Manny Pacquiao over breach of contract and other claims. Seems like a knockout… [ESPN]