Tag: Hunter Biden

* Law firms don’t appreciate associates building their own brand through social media. Because “professional development” only flows one direction. [Legal Intelligencer]

* Hunter Biden seems to have found lawyers who are aware that ripping private data off a computer is generally a crime. [Washington Post]

* Real Criminal Defendants Of Beverly Hills. [Reuters]

* Andrew Tate’s got a new lawyer. He’s probably mansplaining how the law works to her right now. [Rolling Stone]

* Supreme Court considers whether algorithms might evade the spirit of internet laws. [The Atlantic]

* A federal judge has certified a class action filed by peanut farmers alleging that companies conspired to depress the price of peanuts. Guess the farmers didn’t want to be paid “peanuts” for their crop… [Counter]

* Pinterest has settled a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a former executive for $22.5 million. [CNN Business]

* Attorney General Bill Barr will resign his position next week. [New York Times]

* A probe into Hunter Biden’s taxes is purportedly complicating Joe Biden’s search for an Attorney General. [Politico]

* A prominent Los Angeles attorney, who was involved in the case that inspired the movie Erin Brockovich, has had his assets frozen by a judge. This might be a good plot for a sequel… [Los Angeles Times]

* Rapper Lil Wayne is due to make his first court appearance related to a weapons bust that took place on a private plane last year. Wonder if the judge will call him “Lil Wayne” in court… [All Hip Hop]

* Home Depot has settled a multimillion-dollar class-action related to a data breach. [National Law Review]

* Facebook has finally been hit with long-anticipated antitrust litigation. [NPR]

* Hunter Biden is allegedly under investigation for tax issues. [Guardian]

* Vermont Law School is considering a move to Burlington, Vermont. Would be a good decision, Burlington is a nice town. [VT Digger]

* The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Don’t get it, people still use Ask Jeeves, AOL Keywords, and Prodigy, right…? (I’m really dating myself here!) [Wall Street Journal]

* Lawyers at Jones Day have purportedly donated far more money to Joe Biden than President Trump, even though the firm is working on President Trump’s re-election campaign. [Reuters]

* The Los Angeles District Attorney and her husband are being sued over an incident earlier this year in which the husband of LA’s district attorney allegedly pointed a gun at protesters. [Fox News]

* President Trump has requested that Attorney General Barr investigate Hunter Biden for alleged improprieties. [Bloomberg Law]

* New Hampshire is suing Massachusetts in the Supreme Court of the United States for taxing New Hampshire residents even though they are working remotely. This is going to be a “wicked” interesting case. [Fox News]

* Lawyers who represent Hunter Biden in a paternity case filed against him in Arkansas have asked a court to withdraw from the case. [Arkansas Times]

* Attorney General Barr is at odds with the Justice Department’s Inspector General over key findings concerning the FBI’s Russia investigation. [Washington Post]

* Comedian Pete Davidson is allegedly requiring audience-members to sign $1 Million non-disclosure agreements to see his show. Leaving aside how wild this practice is, news outlets have already begun to cast doubt on the enforceability of such agreements. [Variety]

* Allan Dershowitz is hoping to utilize the fact that David Boies seriously considered that a fraudster had sex videos of public figures to make claims in his own Jeffrey Epstein-related lawsuit. [Miami Herald]

* A U.S. Attorney has stated that there is more that will be revealed about the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa after being asked about Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman. Isn’t it settled that he’s buried under Giants Stadium or something? [Detroit Free Press]

* Allan Gerson, the lawyer who counseled victims of the Lockerbie bombings and pioneered lawsuits against foreign governments, has passed away. [Washington Post]