Tag: Rod Rosenstein

* The Florida Senate just passed a bill to shield businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits. Many wish Florida was doing more to shield residents from COVID-19… [Tampa Bay Times]

* A former lawyer for AT&T is accusing the company of overcharging needy schools and libraries for internet service. [Dallas Morning News]

* A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a journalist over allegedly illicit wiretapping. [Politico]

* Check out this interesting article on removal and remand rates in federal court. [Juris Lab]

* An Illinois attorney has been suspended from practice for allegedly mishandling client money. [Quad-City Times]

* A prominent lawyer for computer hackers has been arrested for destroying his son’s computer. Guess that’s another kind of hacking… [New York Daily News]

* Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced yesterday in a new interview that she is cancer free. [USA Today]

* Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers have asked the judge overseeing his criminal case to recuse himself over comments the judge made about Weinstein texting in court. [NBC News]

* Rod Rosenstein, the former Deputy Attorney General, has announced his post-Justice Department plans. [Washington Post]

* Jennifer Lopez’s Hustlers character is suing the movie’s production company for defamation and other causes of action. [Hollywood Reporter]

* An attorney has been arrested for allegedly obstructing justice for the benefit of his son. [Daily Herald]

* Rod Rosenstein is heading to the job market. I’m available to consult if Rod needs some résumé polishing tips. [National Law Journal]

* Legal employment numbers are up! That’s… not actually great news. [Law.com]

* If you were trying to draw up the most glaring gender bias suit, you’d probably pass on “female general counsel asked to serve the men cake” as too far-fetched and yet here we are. [Law360]

* If you’re looking for more insight into the Am Law 100 numbers, the folks you brought them to you will be having an in-depth discussion on the topic all day today. [American Lawyer]

* Trump’s suing to block congressional subpoenas of his banks because he really, really, doesn’t want people to know he’s not a billionaire. [Huffington Post]

* The Seventh Circuit says death by autoerotic asphyxiation isn’t accidental. In case, you know, you were planning something in Chicago. [Courthouse News Service]

* Tech giants are trying to gut California’s privacy law. [WIRED]

* Even Jonathan Adler, no fan of Obamacare, can’t support the Justice Department’s shift of position in the ongoing Affordable Care Act litigation out of Texas. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

* John Lauro continues to protect the reputation of his client Wendi Adelson, ex-wife of murdered law professor Dan Markel. [2paragraphs]

* Meanwhile, another player in the Dan Markel case — David Oscar Markus, counsel to Charlie Adelson — argues that Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein made the right call on obstruction of justice. [The Hill]

* Speaking of the Mueller investigation, Brianne Gorod points out that Congress has the power to ask the district court to release grand jury transcripts and related information from the case. [Take Care]

* Whether or not you agree with Senator Marco Rubio’s proposed constitutional amendment to fix the size of the U.S. Supreme Court at nine justices, it’s not a bad idea to think about possible ways to restructure SCOTUS — as Gordon Renneisen does here. [Law360]

* Meanwhile, as the Court grapples with the cross-shaped war memorial case this Term, Rick Garnett wonders: can a liberal state favor one religion over others? [First Things via PrawfsBlawg]

* Legal tech M&A activity continues apace, with vLex’s acquisition of Justis. [Artificial Lawyer]

* Accountants are the new bakers when it comes to discriminating against gay people. I guess this means tax prep is more a matter of artistic interpretation, which in fairness explains Amazon’s tax bill last year. [Fox News]

* Tesla GC self-driven back to Williams & Connolly after two months. [National Law Journal]

* “Lawyer likens R. Kelly to Beethoven to explain studio move.” Who can forget that “immortal beloved” letter about urolagnia? [Star Tribune]

* A good look at the renewed effort to undermine the litigation finance business for doing the unconscionable and allowing regular folks to afford to bring meritorious claims against big companies. [CDR Magazine]

* A call for law schools to be accredited based on post-graduation job prospects. It seems like a certain website’s been calling for that for years now… [Law.com]

* Strip club copyright suits are the lucrative niche practice no one knows about. [Law360]

* Rosen likely to succeed Rosenstein. [Courthouse News Service]

* Direct call for quotas to improve Biglaw diversity — for women anyway. [Legal Cheek]

* In case you missed President Trump’s wall speech, he stopped short of declaring a national emergency at the border (lost that bet), instead referring to the situation as a “growing humanitarian crisis” — a “manufactured” one, per Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. [USA Today]

* Remember the contempt order against a state-owned foreign corporation that Chief Justice Roberts stayed in the Mueller probe? The Supreme Court restored it, and that company filed for cert under seal. Suspense! [National Law Journal]

* Speaking of the Mueller investigation, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, who has been overseeing the probe more or less since it began, is planning to quit his job in the coming weeks after William Barr is confirmed as the new attorney general. [ABC News]

* “I don’t want to speculate about her health, but it doesn’t seem like a good sign.” Justice Ginsburg missed oral arguments two days in a row, which has prompted much concern about her well-being. Please stay strong, RBG. We need you! [The Hill]

* Justice Kavanaugh released his very first decision, and in keeping with legendary SCOTUS tradition, it looks like he was assigned an easy-peasy, “one-issue, unanimous opinion to write.” One down, and only a countless number to go. [Big Law Business]

* Puff, puff, pass along your résumé: Biglaw behemoth Dentons recently poached a partner from Jones Day to run its marijuana practice, and he’s hiring people who want to work for the “number one firm” in the cannabis industry. [Business Insider]

* Law students are being screwed by the government shutdown. Students who were supposed to extern at federal agencies may have to go without these “huge components on their résumé,” and that’s got to be a horrible experience. [Law.com]

* Is anything going on today? [BBC]

* Anything at all? [USA Today]

* Dan Snyder and Cadwalader settle their massive malpractice suit so Snyder can focus full time on his team’s inevitably heartbreaking collapse. [Law360]

* Speaking of Washington’s football franchise, the heiress of its former owner is facing criminal charges for allegedly saying, “hurry up Jew” before beating a lawyer in the head until he bled. Lovely organization Washington’s got there! [Fox News]

* After months of bad press, America’s tech giants are calling for a federal privacy law. Or, more accurately, after California passed a privacy law, America’s tech giants are calling for a neutered federal law to preempt California’s. [Reuters]

* Since Rod Rosenstein might be leaving our public lives as early as today, here’s an in-depth look at one of his most bonkers cases. [Washingtonian]

* DLA Piper adds the former ambassador to Argentina as a special advisor. In other news, David Mamet’s son used to be the ambassador to Argentina? Was anyone else tracking that? UPDATE: OK, I feel vindicated that I hadn’t missed something huge. DLA Piper confirms that he’s not actually David Mamet’s son. I would’ve thought that would have been a bigger deal. [National Law Journal]

* Amazon’s commitment to screwing over its workers and leaving taxpayers to foot the bill runs right up to the NLRA line. But it’s cool since that law won’t survive Kavanaugh’s first year. [Gizmodo]

* Why PwC’s new Fragomen partnership is a big deal. [Law.com]