Trump moves to get Judge Chutkan kicked off his case because at a sentencing for a low-level January 6er, she said that the organizers of the riot had not been charged. But she never said Trump was the one who organized the riot. So. his lawyers are the ones making the connection that well obviously our client organized the riot. Galaxy brain work, gang! [CNN] NY judge strikes down state's ethics commission, ruling that it violates separation of powers for former governor Andrew Cuomo to be subject to an independent ethical probe. By way of pure coincidence, this judge was a Trump nominee who failed to reach a Senate vote. [Law360] Because, relatedly, the Supreme Court eyes another run at the CFPB arguing that it violates the separation of powers to have an agency that lawmakers can't unilaterally zero-fund at any moment. [Reuters] The Google antitrust defense team learned its trade while working on the other side of the Microsoft antitrust case. Around, arou
Harvard Law School grads don't end up in the Boston market. Here's another shocker: Yale grads don't practice in New Haven, either. [bloomberg] Paul Weiss keeps raiding Kirkland. [Financial Times] Can you properly call someone holding an "office" of the United States an "officer" of the United States muses former Attorney General. The answer is yes, because that's how the English language works. [WSJ] Joshua Wright's behavior was an "open secret" around the law school. And no one did anything. [Law360] Mark Meadows tried to move his case to federal court. He failed. [reuters] Microsoft plans to cover costs of litigation sparked by its AI. [Ars Technica] Google antitrust showdown begins. [Washington Post]
Alabama's open defiance of the Supreme Court's election law ruling sets up a potential return trip to DC, with Republicans hoping they can flip Brett Kavanaugh this time. A new leak which we'll also never get to the bottom of suggests Kavanaugh's original vote was the product of lengthy negotiations with John Roberts. Is Roberts leaking this to shame Kavanaugh into remaining consistent. or is Alito leaking this to call Kavanaugh a cuck for respecting the Voting Rights Act? Both good guesses! [CNN] Speaking of Kavanaugh, he says that being a judge is like being an umpire. Though for colleagues like Thomas and Alito it seems to be more like being an NBA referee. Specifically Tim Donaghy. [Law360] Data privacy is a massive battleground for future legal tussles, but law schools are more interested in maintaining courses on who controls a whale carcass under admiralty law to bother teaching about data. [Legaltech News] Judge Pauline Newman releases h
If Senator Whitehouse thinks John Roberts will take action after Sam Alito straight up admitted to breaching ethics rules, then he doesn't know John Roberts! [Law360] Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. [Reuters] GPT-4 wins a lawyering contest featuring various AI options, but still isn't as good as humans. Kinda supercharges why states might want to find licensing pathways that don't involve an algorithm gaming a test, huh? [New Scientist] Nationwide says it is not on your side if you're accused of aiding in an abduction. [Law.com] John Eastman has failed to get out of his disciplinary proceeding on Fifth Amendment grounds. That was the obvious outcome, but if John Eastman accepted the obvious dictates of the law he wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. [Bloomberg Law News] An interview with super agent Leigh Steinberg. [ABA Journal]
The collapse of crypto is paying off for lawyers. [NY Times] Federal Circuit moves to dismiss Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit challenging the court deciding to kick her off panels arguing that no court can question their internal affairs. Sounds like the Federal Circuit is taking a lot of lessons from the Supreme Court. [Reuters] A primer for Ken Paxton's impeachment trial. [Law360] All-white federal district courts still exist. Because people like this still exist. [Bloomberg Law News] Dechert facing sanctions over dragging out discovery. [American Lawyer] NY begins cracking down on Airbnb. [NY Daily News]