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Morning Docket: 08.17.26
* Trump’s legal team at S&C just keeps shrinking. [Politico] * Armed men claiming to be ICE agents try to bust into immigration law firm. [Sacramento Bee] * Already facing ethical questions, the Chicago US Attorney’s Office now revealed to have been...
PTC Therapeutics’ $211M Bid Wins Bankruptcy Auction For Sangamo Gene Therapy
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The Temptation And Corruption Of Andrew Boutros
Another day, another wild story about corruption at the US Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois. The New York Times’ Glenn Thrush reports that prosecutors at the formerly august institution spent the past year harassing the family of a state judge in...
Michigan court revokes death sentence for bulldog who bit house guest
{mag_summary}A bulldog named Chance got a second one from a Michigan appeals court that spared him the death penalty for attacking a woman at a…
Uber’s lawyers getting death threats over sexual assault cases
{mag_summary} Lawyers representing Uber Technologies have told a judge they received death threats after The New York Times published an article in August critical of…
Big Law firms are building up their national security practices to meet market demands
{mag_summary} Several Big Law firms are expanding their national security practices in response to their clients’ increasing focus on anti-money laundering, sanctions, export control and…
Emergency docket heats up
On this day in 1937, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. Black went on to serve for just over 34 years, and he remains among the longest-serving justices in the history of the court.At the CourtOn Friday, the Trump administration...
Who is Justice Barrett?
In 2024, Justice Amy Coney Barrett ended the Supreme Court’s term with two dissents that complicated the usual descriptions of her as a textbook conservative. In Ohio v. EPA, decided on June 27, 2024, Barrett joined the court’s three liberal justices in opposing...
SCOTUS litigator Floyd Abrams at 90
Source: YouTubeSummaryFloyd Abrams’ initials signaled his destiny as a First Amendment lawyer. More than any others, Abrams’ name is synonymous with freedom of speech and the press. Now nine decades into his life journey, I thought it would be good to provide a...Why...