Ukraine

* Been trying to wrap your head around what geopolitics means for firm life? This is a really good start. [Law.com]

* More than potholes: an in-depth analysis of President Biden’s infrastructure bills. [CNN]

* Wish your contracts outline had more sports involved? Here’s some specific performance for your studying. [The News Gazette]

* Can I get a doggie bag to stay? New Hampshire law lets you bring your pups to outdoor dining. [AP]

* Cluttered space: A space-bound future is gonna need to regulate our galactic litter. [Sun Journal]

* An Ohio lawyer has been suspended for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from clients to pay for his wife’s breast implants, trips to Vegas, a Mercedes, jewelry, and other extravagances. Hope he saved enough money for a good attorney… [ABA Journal]

* Ikea is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly defective dressers. [USA Today]

* A lawyer is in hot water for telling a federal judge that his client has COVID-19 to get an early release when the client had in fact already recovered from the disease. [New York Post]

* Another Texas attorney has put her law practice on hold to be a nurse in an area hard hit by COVID-19. [Fox News]

* President Trump’s lawyers were grilled at Supreme Court oral arguments this week over the release of President Trump’s tax returns. [The Guardian]

* Skadden Arps has reportedly paid around $11 million to avoid a lawsuit involving the former Prime Minister of Ukraine. That’s a lot of cheddar, even for Skadden. [Hill]

* Remember how EU ambassador Gordon Sondland was forbidden to testify before Congress? And how he texted the Ukrainian ambassador that the president wanted “no quid pro quo’s of any kind”? He’s about to testify that language was dictacted by Trump himself. Hmm… [Washington Post]

* Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney who Trump is attempting to distance himself from, is reportedly being investigated by federal prosecutors over his ties to the removal of former Ukranian ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch and whether he violated lobbying laws in the process. [New York Times]

* After much negative publicity and a student protest, Louis Lehot, the DLA Piper partner who was accused of sexual assault by a fellow partner, was kicked to the curb by the firm. [American Lawyer]

* Art Lien, who brings the Supreme Court to life for the rest of us, is one of the last courtroom sketch artists in the nation. The justices are still against cameras in the highest courtroom in the land, but even Lien thinks his days may be numbered. [Quartz]

* In case you missed it, the jury in the Dan Markel murder trial convicted Sigfredo Garcia of first degree murder but declared a mistrial for his co-defendant, Katherine Magbanua. Garcia faces the death penalty, and Magbanua will remain jailed until her case is retried. [Tallahassee Democrat]

* Sign up here if you’d like to take part in a conversation between best-selling author John Grisham and former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara (S.D.N.Y.) this Wednesday. I’ll be there to cover the event for Above the Law, and I hope to see you there. [TimesTalks]