vendors

* Chuck Schumer wants Donald Trump Jr. to testify under oath. Given DTJ’s contempt for anyone not named Trump, this promises to be appointment viewing. [The Hill]

* The Gawker case is keeping the heat on litigation finance. [Law360]

* What you need to know if you have a law firm as a client. [Law and More]

* In case you need more sources to point out the obvious. [Huffington Post]

* Your most important question about Spider-Man: Homecoming, answered. [Slate]

* I know you want to hear Elie Mystal arguing over Kelo v. City of New London, I just know it. [The Greenspace]

* Have you ever ridden a bike? Are you interested in a scholarship? Check out this law firm’s application. [Utah Advocates]

* Ummmm, they're making a sequel to My Cousin Vinny! Okay, it's in book form, but it's titled Back to Brooklyn, so I am already hopeful. [Amazon] * Meet Luis Mancheno, the refugee lawyer working against the Muslim ban. [Huffington Post] * The legal problem with disclosing bad cops to prosecutors. [Slate] * Dude. Jeff Sessions doesn't even have your back. [Salon] * Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, is all upset because he doesn't understand the First Amendment. [Politico] * Best practices for vendor relationships. [Law and More]

Lawyers of any kind need to find and cultivate the right relationships with vendors and non-lawyer businesses, as columnist John Balestriere explains.

Anyone who works with e-discovery has no doubt encountered the bewildering array of vendors and service providers clamoring for legal technology business. It can be confusing. As the e-discovery industry has exploded, vendors’ roles have expanded and changed as well. Just a few years ago, it was more common for attorneys and their firms to […]

A wise man once said: “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” I think of this whenever there are claims of attorneys royally screwing up e-discovery. It’s easy to indulge in some schadenfreude and say, “What suckers!” But truthfully, many firms — even the big, prestigious ones — are more vulnerable than they’d […]