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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.12.18

* A sneak peek at Am Law 200 reports. [American Lawyer] * Two lesser charges against Tex McIver shot down. [USNWR] * The Waffle House sextortion case ends in acquittal. Defendants celebrate at IHOP. [Daily Report Online] * Four Thomas clerks are behind the new "HAWA" legal challenge to make Harvard All White Again. [National Law Journal] * A quick look at Robert Khuzami, the former SEC Enforcement honcho who most likely fulfilled the SDNY USAO's role in ordering the Cohen raid. [Courthouse News Service] * JP Morgan decided to join the cryptocurrency revolution by declaring that customer purchases of cryptocurrencies were really "cash advances" instead of regular transactions... a move that allowed them to charge higher fees. Now cryptoheads are suing. Look, you can't have it both ways. [Law360]