Morning Docket: 02.17.23

* Fox doesn't own the Discovery Network, but discovery now owns Fox News! See... it's a Rule 26 joke. [Law360] * A lawyer who represents themselves may have a fool for a client, but it's possible that a lawyer hired to represent another lawyer over the handling of Trump's classified documents case also has a fool for a client. [Reuters] * There's a lot of panic that the Supreme Court will fundamentally destroy the internet as we know it, just because they've already destroyed voting rights, reproductive rights, and the Second Amendment as we knew them. But everyone is forgetting that the Supreme Court needs to refill its Mana meter before it can obliterate another cornerstone of society. [CBS] * NBA team hires Weil partner to head up in-house efforts. [Bloomberg] * Another Republican governor pushing to get the data period-tracking apps into the hands of law enforcement because unlike periods, the fascism train is never late. [Washington Post] * Jeremy Clarkson tells a lawyer with dyslexia to "learn to spell," because Jeremy Clarkson is a dick. [Legal Cheek]

onFebruary 17, 2023 at 9:15 AM

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* Fox doesn’t own the Discovery Network, but discovery now owns Fox News! See… it’s a Rule 26 joke. [Law360]

* A lawyer who represents themselves may have a fool for a client, but it’s possible that a lawyer hired to represent another lawyer over the handling of Trump’s classified documents case also has a fool for a client. [Reuters]

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* There’s a lot of panic that the Supreme Court will fundamentally destroy the internet as we know it, just because they’ve already destroyed voting rights, reproductive rights, and the Second Amendment as we knew them. But everyone is forgetting that the Supreme Court needs to refill its Mana meter before it can obliterate another cornerstone of society. [CBS]

* NBA team hires Weil partner to head up in-house efforts. [Bloomberg]

* Another Republican governor pushing to get the data period-tracking apps into the hands of law enforcement because unlike periods, the fascism train is never late. [Washington Post]

* Jeremy Clarkson tells a lawyer with dyslexia to “learn to spell,” because Jeremy Clarkson is a dick. [Legal Cheek]