Sitemap - 2023 - Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast

Legal News for Fri 12/29 - NYTimes vs. OpenAI, Trump Gets Bumped in Maine, Bankrupt Celsius Network Moves to Mining

Legal News for Thurs 12/28 - Apple Watch pause ban, New York legal landscape changed, rise of PFAS litigation, and the FTC sues Grand Canyon University

Legal News for Weds 12/27 - New beneficial ownership rules, 2023 a big year in legal AI and 2024 set to be more of the same, Apple appeals ban on Watch Imports.

Legal News for Tues 12/26 - SEC Payouts Plummet, State Min. Wage Hikes Coming (?), Apple Watch Ban Takes Effect, Twitter Improperly Withheld Bonuses and Private College Property Tax Exemption Reform

Legal News for Fri 12/22 - Giuliani Goes Alex Jones Route, Paul Weis with Largest Commercial Lease of the ear, Thomas Called to Recuse and Trump Plans to gut the Civil Service

Legal News for Thurs 12/21 - Trump to Challenge CO Ballot Ruling Before SCOTUS, CA law Barring Guns in Public Blocked, M&A Poised for Strong 2024 and Coming Nasdaq Diversity Rules

Legal News for Weds 12/20 - WilmerHale Getting to Bottom of OpenAI Ouster, Trump off the Ballot in Colorado, Texas Sued for Border Crossing Nonsense and Florida Bill Would Protect Privacy of the Dead

Legal News for Tues 12/19 - Apple Watch in Trade Jail, Bayer hit With Monsanto Verdict, Final DEI Law School Class and my column on OECD Pillar 2 Tax Credit Loopholes

Legal News for Mon 12/18 - Giuliani Loses, Alex Jones Wants to Settle, Coinbase Challenges the SEC and Activision and CA Settle Workplace Harassment Suit

Legal News for Fri 12/15 - Deepfake Protections in CA, US Naval Academy Race-Conscious Admission Remains, Dentons With a New CEO and J&J Execs Lose Appeal

Legal News for Thurs 12/14 - Rise of LSAT Alternatives, Elon vs. the SEC, Michael Cohen Nonsense Citations, and Sonos Prevails Over Google for Importation of Speakers

Legal News for Weds 12/13 - Biden Impeachment Inquiry, Musk's Legal Battle with Investors, NY's Social Media API Bill, and Tesla's Autopilot Recall

Legal News for Tues 12/12 - Wall Street Preps for 401(k) Advice Rule, Epic Beats Google, FCC Rule on Lead Generation Forthcoming and Column Tuesday on Wealth Tax vs. Estate Tax

Legal News for Mon 12/11 - Alex Jones Selling Junk on Stream, Trump Won't Testify in NY Fraud Trial, Rudy Giuliani Heads to GA Court and Stanford Law with New Approach to Loans

Legal News for Fri 12/8 - NCAA Anticompetitive? AI Redaction Tool Tested, Trump Immunity Appeal is Last Hope, Ex-Apple Lawyer Insider Traded and Video Games are Addictive?!

Legal News for Thurs 12/7 - A Date That Will Live in Infamy, Airgas Defends Firing of Worker with Cancer over Cannabis, Paxton Claims Fed Gov Funding Conservative Censorship and Column on Form 1099-K

Legal News for Weds 12/6 - ESG in Crosshairs in NY, Penn Sued by Students, California Privacy Rules Meet Insurance Regulations, and Colorado Supreme Court Looks at Trump Ballot Eligibility

Legal News for Tues 12/5 - Potential Consolidation of Ozempic lawsuits, Non-ABA CA Law schools, DeSantis Accuses Disney of Plying Previous Board with Gifts, and Trump Attempts to Appeal Gag Order

Legal News for 12/4 - Oops! All SCOTUS: Death of Sandra Day O'Connor, Review of Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy, Bayer and RoundUp, and the Moore Case

Legal News for 12/1 - Santos Indicted and Maybe to be Expelled, Montana TikTok ban Blocked, Google Calls for Antitrust Action Against Microsoft, Meta Sues FTC and Purdue Pharma Settlement Problems

Legal News for Thurs 11/30 - Kissinger Dead, IL Wants SCOTUS to Block Assault Rifle Ban, TX Asks Appeals Court to Reinstate Book Ban and EPA Proposal to Replace Lead Pipes

Legal News for Weds 11/29 - AI Disclosure by Law Firms, SCOTUS Looks at SEC In-House Enforcement, Adobe Defends Figma Acquisition in EU and Meta to Appeal Privacy Ruling

Tues 11/28 - Binance CEO Must Remain in US, NLRB Finds Starbucks Illegally Fired Union Workers, SEC Regulates Asset-Backed Securitizations and UK Electronic Sales Suppression

Mon 11/27 - BK Big Biz for Kirkland and Ellis, Federal Defenders Team up at SCOTUS, SEC Executive Clawback Rule and Adult Survivors Act Deadlines

Fri 11/24 - UN Comes for DuPont and Chemours, Apple Settles with DOJ Over Hiring, Biden Admin. Defends West Point Race Conscious Admissions and AI Guidelines for Appeals Court

Thanksgiving 2023 - Abraham Lincoln "Pardons" a Turkey and the Thanksgiving Proclamation

Weds 11/22 - Binance and CEO Plead Guilty, Macy*s in AFI Crosshairs, Egg Price Fixing, NJ Phases out Gas Cars, Musk Knew Autopilot had Problems and Altman Returns to OpenAI

Tues 11/21 - OpenAI Implosion and Altman Ouster, Racial Discrimination Suits Harder to Bring, X/Twitter Sues Media Matters, DC Firm Offers Huge Bonuses and Column Tuesday on Wile E. Tax Policy

Mon 11/20 - Wisconsin Electoral Drama, Trump to Challenge Gag Order, More Payments from Bayer for Roundup, and Musk Threatens Media Matters

MaxMin - The Gettysburg Address

Fri 11/17 - Wall Street Firms Build DEI Practices, Louisville Breonna Taylor Mistrial, Macy*s PAGA to 9th Circuit and CA Bar Passes AI Guidelines

Thurs 11/16 - Government Hangs "Open" Sign, Alex Jones Wants to Sell His Guns, GPT-4 Passes MPRE and my Column on the failure of the TCJA

Weds 11/15 - Social Media Addiction Lawsuits, Santos Fundraiser Pleads Guilty, Trump's GA Trial in Interminable and Law School Free Speech ABA Vote Forthcoming

Tues 11/14 - SCOTUS "Code" "of" "Ethics," Special Counsel Says Trump Wants a Carnival, BK Judge Ethics Fallout, NYC Real Estate Brokerage Sued and Amazon <3s Casino Apps

Mon 11/13 - Fortnite Dance Copyright Suit, ASC 606 Here to Stay, Trump Wants TV Cameras in Courtroom and CA Bar Passage is Down

Fri 11/10 - ATF Ghost Gun Rule Gone, Backlog of Labor Permits, Trump Wants Fraud Trial Tossed and a Tax Prof Claims Age Discrimination

Thurs 11/9 - Stroock Sucked up by Hogan, Ivanka Worried Dad was Broke, House Oversight Impeachment Inquiry Expands, AI Makes Law Students Faster but not Better

Weds 11/8 - Big Law Bonus, Cravath Nonequity Partnership, Ivanka to Testify, WeWork Bankruptcy, Amazon Antitrust Defense Preview and Column on Estate Tax and George Steinbrenner

Tues 11/7 - Trump Fraud Trial Nonsense, Google v. Epic Games, Ozempic Lawsuit, U of C Tests Waters with Undocumented Student Hiring

Mon 11/6 - Stroock Goes Kaboom, SCOTUS Case Pits DV and Gun Rights, "X" Restructuring Hampers Misinformation Research

Fri 11/3 - SBF Guilty, Eastman Culpable, NASCAR Biased Against White Men (??), Eric Trump to Face More Tough Questions and Giuliani Wants His License Back

Thurs 11/2 - DJTJ Says He Didn't Do Nuttin', Judges Defeat Misconduct Claim, Dunkin' Settles Vapin' Donuts Case and Tesla Wins its First Autopilot Suit

Weds 11/1 - "Trump Too Small," SBF Closing Arguments, DJTJ to Testify, and New Bar Exam Catches on

Tues 10/31 - Montana's Privacy Law Irks 23andMe, JetBlue's Acquisition of Spirit Faces Antitrust Challenge and Column Tuesday on AI Tax Preparation

Mon 10/30 - SCOTUS Considering who can be Blocked, Biden Exec. Order on AI, Trump Ballot Disqual. in CO, CA Assault Rifle ban Upheld and UAW Wins big

Fri 10/27 - Big Law Bonuses, CA Crypto Regulation, Clarence Thomas Ethics, ABA Micromanages Law Schools and Judge Newman Fights Back

Thurs 10/26 - Ford Strikes Tentative Deal with Striking Workers, New NLRB Rule on Joint Employers and the Next Gen Bar Exam’s Debut is Delayed

Weds 10/25 - Trump and Cohen 👀, Eastman Fights for Law License, States Back Subjecting MLB to Antitrust Law, NLRB Case on College Athlete Employee Status and my Drexel Kline Undergraduate Tax Class

Tues 10/23 - Menendez Pleads Not Guilty, CO Can't Bar Anti-LGBTQ School from State Program, Biden Judicial Nominations Profiled, BK in Radiology and Banks vs. CFPB

Mon 10/23 - Google Liable for $1m in Gender Bias Damages, AFL Sues NYU, SBF Defense Doesn't Like his Cartoon Villain Image and Sen. Menendez to Enter New Plea

Fri 10/20 - Alex Jones Owes $1.1b, Term Limits for SCOTUS, Jim Jordan Picks up SALT, Trump is not Immune, Powell has Flipped and no More Logic Games on the LSAT

Thurs 10/19 - MLBPA Files Amicus Brief on MLB Antitrust Exemption, H-1B Visa Changes may be Coming, Bankruptcy Judge Resignation Leads to 3,500 Case Reassignments and Eastman's Excuses

Weds 10/18 - SALT Cap Political Salience, SEC Distances from ESG, Google Defends Against Web-Scraping for Bard, SBF Says he wasn't Reckless and Musk v. Wachtell Moves to Arb

Tues 10/17 - Egg Producers Face Price Fixing Litigation, No Fakes Act, Binance Halts Withdrawals, Rite Aid BK and Column Tuesday on Carbon Border Tax

Mon 10/16 - Bankruptcy Judge Resigns, CA Bill to Regulate Crypto, Menendez Indicted, More Shushing of Trump and Microsoft Acquires Activision

Fri 10/13 - Rite Aid Needs Aid, WGA Wins Restrictions on AI Usage, Judge in MT Calls TikTok Ban Paternalistic, Citi New ESG Initiative, SCOTUS May Provide Cover for Racial Gerrymandering

Thurs 10/12 - Ban on High Capacity Gun Magazines Mostly Stays Alive in CA, Blum Drops Perkins Coie Affirmative Action Case and Pzifer Agrees to $50m EpiPen Settlement

Weds 10/11 - SCOTUS Declines to Take up GOP Issues, a Dissent Is Formatted as a Majority Opinion, Chevron Doctrine May Not Have Long and SBF Trial Rolls On

Tues 10/10 - 23andMe Data Breach Class Action, Former Starbucks CEO Labor Law Violation, Sonos Loses Patent Dispute and Column Tuesday on the Sales Tax Gap

Fri 10/6 - Challenges to Naval Academy’s Admissions Policy, SEC Tries to Force Musk to Testify, Continued Legal Drama at Bed, Bath & Beyond and Alex Jones Demands Backpay

Thurs 10/5 - 9th Circuit reviewing Meta’s “Citizenship Bias,” Trump-era CMS rule struck down, SBF’s Trial Rolls on and Trump's Judge Frustration

Weds 10/4 - Trump Gagged, SCOTUS Might not gut CFPB, Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty, SBF Trial Resumes and Column Tuesday on Software Development Expenses

Tues 10/3 - Kirkland Promotes a Ton of Partners, X Sued by X, and Trump Reaped $100m Through Fraud

Mon 10/2 - Congress Avoids Shutdown, Gas Furnace Efficiency Requirements, Big Law Firm Middle East Expansion, Trump to Appear in NY Court and SCOTUS Decision May Help Hunter Biden

Fri 9/29 - Suffolk Law is Awesome, IRS May Furlough Staff, NLRB Nationwide Ruling Against Starbucks, USPTO Stays Open if Gov Shuts Down and SCOTUS Case on 2A

Thurs 9/28 - Mobile Sports Betting in FL in Question, GOP Impeachment Hearing Against Biden, Menendez Won't Step Down, and Judge Recuses in Amazon Antitrust Case

Weds 9/27 - O'Hagan Meyer Grows, SCOTUS tells Alabama to Redraw District, Trump Liable for Fraud in NY and SCOTUS Prepares for New Term

Tues 9/26 - Trump Attorney Sues Wessmann, Zombie Funds, CFPB Expanding Influence, and Column Tuesday on Software Development Expenditures

Fri 8/22 - Racist Juror Removed in District Court, Big Pharma Prepares to Negotiate with CMS, Anti-DEI Comes for Scholarships, Cisco Acquisition and Trump Fraud Trial Drama

Thurs 9/21 - Judge Newman Suspended 1 year, UFC Monopsony Suit, Judiciary has 2 weeks Funding, $10k/hour Legal Fees in Tesla Case, America Supports Strikes and Authors Sue OpenAI

Weds 9/20 - AMC Legal Fees Reduced, Alex Jones Still Lives Opulently, Lawsuit Alleges Invasive Grass Growth Exacerbated Maui Fire, Hunter to Plead Not Guilty and Arnold and Porter to Boston

Tues 9/19 - New Cooley CEO, IRS Open During Shutdown, CFPB Needs to Calm Down, Citi & Crypto & Column Tuesday on Property Tax Reassessments

Mon 9/18 - Litigation Finance Sale, Oklahoma Town Can't Get Enough Federal Prosecutors, and Lyft Fined by SEC

Fri 9/15 - Sinema Opposes NLRB Rule, 1/6 Cases Reach SCOTUS, Smith Rejects Trump's Judge Removal Demand, Paxton Impeachment Nears End

Thurs 9/14 - Hackers Target MGM and Caesars, Law Firm DEI Initiatives in Flux, Citi Undergoes C-Suite Rejigger, and a Connecticut Town Sues the IRS

Weds 9/13 - PwC Not Separating Consulting and Audit Business, SBF Stays in Jail, Paul Weiss Wins, NextGen Bar Exam Details, and the 6th Circuit Defers Liability for CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc.

Tues 9/12 - Burford Makes 37,000%, Microsoft to Defend Copilot Customers in Copyright Suits, Conservatives Want CFPB Gutted by SCOTUS and Column Tuesday on Low-income Energy Credits

Mon 9/11 - Executives go Mum on DEI, Eastman Tries More Tricks, Gas-to-crypto on the rise, Biden Admin's Social Media Muzzle Loosened and Meadows Fails to Remove to Federal Court

Fri 9/8 - Kavanaugh Optimistic About Self-Policing SCOTUS Ethics, Navarro Guilty, and ex-Big Law Partner vs. TikTok Influencer

Thurs 9/7 - MoFo Amends DEI Criteria, DeSantis Sued by Fired Prosecutor, Biden Rejects Gitmo Plea Conditions, Trump off State Ballots?

Weds 9/6 - Elliott Broidy Sues, 3M PFAS Settlement, Apple Execs to Testify Against Google, Oregon Bar Exam Alternative and Play Store Settlement

Tues 9/5 - Hogan Lovells CEO, EU Set to Crack Down on Anticompetitive Behavior, Paxton Impeachment Trial and Navarro Contempt Trials Begin, and Column Tuesday on Millionaire Tax-Funded Student Lunches

Fri 9/1 - Justice Thomas Discloses Crow Gifts, Proud Boys Sentenced, Apple and USPTO Settle in "Smart Keyboard" Trademark Dispute

Thurs 8/31 - X Wants Your Eyes, Trump Can't Get Insurer to Pay For Pollution, 3M Litigation Investors Unmasked, Rejected Law School Applicants Find New Path and Giuliani Defamed GA Election Workers

Weds 8/30 - AMC Shareholder Update, Thiel Insider Trading Accusations, Big Win for Crypto, Proud Boys Sentencing, AI in Law School Exams and iFixIt Takes Aim at McDonald's Shake Machines

Tues 8/29 - Medicare Drug Negotiations Begin, "Opportunity Transparency" Gains Traction at State Level, ABA Announces AI Task Force, and US Judge to Decertify Google Play Class Action

Mon 8/28 - ADHD Medication Generic Approved, 3M Settles Earplug Lawsuit, Tesla Readies for Autopilot Death Case, WSJ Reporter in Russian Jail Updates, and GA GOP to Retaliate Against Trump Prosecutor

Fri 8/25 - Biden Admin Restores Medicaid to TX Individuals, JPMorgan Wins Under Howey, RFK Loses to YouTube, Starbucks Vs. NLRB and Big Don Gets His Mugshot

Thurs 8/24 - Dollar Tree Settles with OSHA, Trump Surrenders in Georgia, Law Schools Change Admission Essays, and Kirkland & Ellis Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Continues

Weds 8/23 - Perkins Coie Sued Over DEI, JPMorgan Bigwigs Sentenced, WV Denied Cert in CFPB Case, Meta Problems in Norway and WGA Strike Updates

Tues 8/22 - Law Firm of the Future, NJ Needs Judges, Activision Sells Cloud Gaming to Ubi, SCOTUS May Review HS Diversity Program and Column Tuesday on Hydrogen

Mon 8/21 - No Copyright for AI Art, Federal Judge Rejects Settlement for Tesla Roofs, AMC Shareholder Drops Suit, California DMV Investigating GM Cruise

Fri 8/18 - Student Loans vs. 401(k), AMC Stock Conversion Challenge, Eastman's Disciplinary Trial, Congressional Probe into Hunter and Kroger's Big Merger

Thurs 8/17 - Threat Against Trump DC Judge, Allstate $90m Settlement, Youtube/Reddit Sued for Radicalizing, T-Mobile Sued for Bad Security and a Trial Date for Trump in Georgia

Wed 8/16 - DeSantis Popular with Lawyers, Davis Polk Bets on Back to Work, VMWare Appraisal Suit, ABA Free Speech Guidelines for Law Schools and Angel Hernandez Loses Appeal

Tues 8/15 - Trump Indicted (4), Youth Climate Plaintiffs in MT Win, Binance Maneuvers v. SEC, ABA Recommends Pay for Law Journal Editors and Column Tuesday on Retirement Equity

Mon 8/14 - Indian Nationals Sue for H-1B Denials, NLRB Hates Starbucks Civility Rule, Liability in Maui Fires, McDonalds Abandons ESG Language and SBF Jailed in Brooklyn

Fri 8/11 - EPA Union Says No to Back to Work, EEOC Settles AI Discrimination in Hiring Case, SCOTUS Considers Overturning Purdue Pharma Settlement and Trump Challenges Evidence Sharing Restriction

Thurs 8/10 - Religious Accommodations and Pronouns, Southwest Fights Training Order, Apple Interim Win v. Epic, Special Counsel Searched Big Don's Twitter

Weds 8/9 - Southwest Airlines Lawyers ADF Training, ABA Looks at Mental Health in Judiciary, Google Antitrust Updates and Column Tuesday on Jewel-Box Museums

Tues 8/8 - 9th Circuit 2A Butterfly Knife Ruling, NJ vs. NY in Remote Work Tax Rule, Biden Admin Rule on Fraudulent Schools Blocked and More DOJ Action Coming

Mon 8/7 - Kirkland Partner Out, Trump Drops GA Lawsuit and Targets Federal Judge, RFK v. YouTube, Law Firm Demand is Up and X Will Pay For It (No They Won't)

Fri 8/4 - Trump Pleaded Not Guilty, Kagan Says SCOTUS Not Imperial, SCOTUS Ruling Imperils Waterways, and Reenactment in Parkland

Thurs 8/3 - State AI Regulation, Congressional Maps Decide 2024, Tesla Class Action Range Lawsuit, SocGen Reaches a Settlement

Weds 8/2 - Trump Indicted Again, Big Law Layoffs and Delays, X vs. India and Attorneys General Ask EPA for Controls on Plastics

Tues 8/1 - Bipartisan Green Card Fix, Alito Wants to Gut Disclosure Requirements, Disney and NBC Eyeing AI bill, and Column Tuesday on EV Backlog

Mon 7/31 - CoComelon Wins, DNC and Big Law, Prosecutors Want SBF Jailed, Trump's "Big Lie" Suit Against CNN Dismissed

Fri 7/28 - Taylor Swift Wins, Mastercard Says no Debit Cards for Marijuana Purchases, Mac and Cheese Class Action Lawsuit and Trump in Trouble Again Again Again

Thurs 7/27 - Hunter Plea Deal Delay, Teamsters Win vs. UPS, Covington Must Disclose, Lawsuits in TX Over Book Ban

Weds 7/26 - North Face v. IRS, Meta Australia Fine, Musk v. SEC goes to SCOTUS

Tues 7/25 - Lawyers on Boards, X Trademarked by Many, Quinn Emanuel Data Breach, US Sues TX Over Drowning Border, Column Tuesday on 501c3s

Mon 7/24 - Remote Employment Checks OK, SBF, Gagged, Claims Didn't Witness Tamper, UPS and Teamsters to Resume Negotiations, NJ Sues Biden Admin and Omegle Sued

Fri 7/21 - NYC Settles With Protesters, FTX Sues SBF, Twitter Subpoenas Warren, and KPMG Generative AI

Thurs 7/20 - Cotton v. DEI, DoorDash Hourly Wages, Gun Advocates v. MA, Trump stuck in state court and Elon's Emails

Weds 7/19 - Wachtell Exoduses, Universities Fight Endowment Tax, Visa and Mastercard Antitrust v. Square, Ethics for SCOTUS and Trump J6 Probe Target

Tues 7/18 - US Pillar 2 Reprieve, Trump's Lawyers Back in FL Court, CA Hands Uber Drivers Big Win, Column Tuesday on State Film Credits

Mon 7/17 - Big4 AUS Scandal, Meta Fines in Norway, Dershowitz Fines Here, MS Reports Email Leaks from Government Agencies

Fri 7/14 - Ripple Wins, Disney Wants a Dismissal, IRS v. The Rich Cheats and Twitter Ex-Employee Lawsuit

Thurs 7/13 - Lewis Brisbois Successor Firm Falters, Musk v. Wachtell Lipton, Senate Confirms Young Judge and IRS Goes After Tax Cheats in Puerto Rico

Weds 7/12 - MS Activision Moves Forward, Teamsters Expand, Corporate and Tax Firms Eye Energy Credits and /r/WallStreetbets Moderator Loses Suit

Tues 7/11 - Trump Asks for Delay, No Workplace Protection for DACA Recipients, TX Cuts Property and Franchise Taxes and AI Tax

Mon 7/10 - No MAGA Hats for Mail Carriers, Greenberg Traurig Moves Towards Private Credit, IRS Changes to Dirty Dozen, SVB Sues FDIC and Van Houten Release

Fri 7/7 - Lewis Brisbois Exodus, SCOTUS Takes Up Gun Rights for DV Perps, Nauta Pleads Not Guilty, CA Bar Fees Raised and Musk C&Ds Meta

Thurs 7/6 - UPS Strike Incoming, DOE Mulls Investment in Hydrogen, Biden Social Media Questions, Nauta to Enter Plea and Conservatives Sue Law School

Weds 7/5 - UPS Moves Towards Strike, Paul Hastings Sued, Paxton Won't Testify and Column Tuesday on Senior Property Tax Relief Being Bad Policy

Fri 6/30 - This Supreme Court Will Be Viewed as a Dark Mark on History

Thurs 6/29 - FL Sticks With Old Bar Exam, AMC Meme Shareholders Try for Class Certification, FTX Sues SBF and Lawyer, Littler Wins Big on Starbucks Anti-Union and OpenAI Sued for Scraping

Weds 6/28 - PA State Registration, International Tax, No Independent State Legislature "Theory," Law Prof Sues for Discrimination and SBF Trial Proceeds

Tues 6/27 - KPMG and Lewis Brisbois Cuts, Rite Aid Also Cuts, SCOTUS Rejects Gerrymandering Appeal and Inventor Concerned about Judicial Competence

Mon 6/26 - Audit the Rich, Coinbase Small Win, Special Counsel Wants to Delay Trump Docs Trial, Hunter Biden Case not Stymied and Major Fentanyl Suit

Fri 6/23 - ChatGPT Lawyer Wrist Slap, BDO Goes Corp, SCOTUS Rules Against Navajo, Huge Fees for Meta Privacy Suit and Titan Sub Liability

Thurs 6/22 - Perkins Coie Delays Start Dates, US Needs Global Minimum Tax, NY Ban on Noncompetes Coming, FTC Wants MS Activision Acquisition Paused

Weds 6/21 - Big Law Partner to Traffic Court Judge, Disciplinary Proceedings Against Eastman, Alito Nonsense, Coinbase Interesting Tactic

Tues 6/20 - Louisiana v. Tesla, Google v. Fake Review Mills, EU has Cum-Ex Solution, and Column Tuesday on New Jersey GILTI Regime

Fri 6/16 - SCOTUS Upholds Native American Adoption Law, Bayer Settlement for Roundup, Gov. Abbott Shutters TX DEI Offices, Carroll v. Trump II

Thurs 6/15 - DOJ George Floyd Murder Investigation, Reed Smith Cuts Attorneys, Twitter Sued by Music Publishers, SBF of FTX Updates, and NHTSA opposes Right to Repair

Weds 6/14 - Orrick Layoffs, Activision Acquisition Delays, Trump Faces Long Odds, Illinois Bans Book Bans and the EU Wants Google to Split.

Tues 6/13 - Trump Arraignment, JPMorgan Settles, WH Reviews Tax Regs No More, Freshfields to the US and Column Tuesday on ChatGPT

Mon 6/12 - Retaliation Payout in WA, NJ Corp. Tax Overhaul, AeroFarms BK, Trump is in Deep Doo-Doo and Mt. Gox News

Fri 6/9 - Trump Indicted Federal Boogaloo, SCOTUS Gives Jack Daniels a Hand, OpenAI Sued for Defamation, New Law School Entrance Exam for AZ

Thurs 6/8 - Cooley Delays, Davis Polks Demands, FL Privacy Law is Bad, Trump to be Indicted Against and Arrested Development Actor Arrested Development

Weds 6/7 - Michigan Court Pronouns, Trump Can't Escape, Biden Wants a Dismissal and UBS is Almost Done Chewing Credit Suisse

Tues 6/6 - Binance and Coinbase Sued, Lewis Brisbois Baddies, Texas Wins in Suit with Google but Loses on EV Tax

Mon 6/5 - Law School Admissions Normalize, SEC Dismisses Data Access Cases, Solicitor General Whoopsies and LOTR Unauthorized Sequel Lawsuit

Fri 6/2 - Starbucks Labor Disaster, SCOTUS Blow to Labor Strikes, AirBnb sues NYC, Gambia Retains US Firm and Scienter is a Fun Word

Thurs 6/1 - Debt Ceiling Deal, Oath Keepers Sentencing, SBF of FTX, Operation Fox Hunt and Chewy Chews on OSHA

Weds 5/31 - ChatGPT Lawyer Debacle, Debt Limit Deal, Manhattan DA Wants Trump in State Court, KPMG and Credit Suisse Sued and Death to NDAs

Tues 5/30 - IRS Gets Sold Out in Debt Limit Deal, ShotSpotter in a Tight Spot, TX AG Paxton Impeached, Trump Attacks Judges and Column Tuesday!

Fri 5/26 - BigLaw Return to Office Continues, Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced, Breaking up Large Banks and Tax Provisions in Debt Ceiling Talks

Thurs 5/25 - TD Bank Shareholder Suit, Oath Keeper Sentenced, ADA Circuit Split (?) and a New Bar Exam

Weds 5/24 - Withdrawn Federal Judge Nominee, Chief Justice Roberts Assures us he is Ethical, Simplifying Automatic Tax Extensions and Affirmative Action Targeted by SCOTUS

Tues 5/23 - DOJ Goes After Banks for COVID Frauds, Class Action Suit Against Musk is Thrown Out, TikTok Sues Montana, and Column Tuesday

Mon 5/22 - Big Law Mergers, Meta Gets Slapped with Fine, Lawyers Gotta Snitch and SCOTUS Says IRS can Summon Bank Records Without Notice

Fri 5/19 - MT TikTokers Sue, SCOTUS Clarifies Patent Enablement and Militia Collective Bargaining, FTX Wants a Refund, Federal Virtual Proceedings to End and DB Pays for Epstein

Thurs 5/18 - NYC Law Protecting Fast Food Workers Challenged, EPA Driving Green Bank Boom, Simpson Thacher Back to Office, HSA Limits Increased and TikTok is Banned in Montana

Weds 5/17 - IRS Public E-File, Judicial Fitness in the Fed Cir., Fraud Definition Narrowing, Theranos' Holmes to Jail, Proskauer Malpractice, Column Tuesday! (on Weds.)

Tues 5/16 - SVB Omitted EVE, FTC Blocking Amgen Acquisition, Dropbox Patent Infringement, Musk Tweets Remain Muzzled

Mon 5/15 - Debt Ceiling, Robocall Lawsuits, Google Deceives in Ads, Gilead Win Implications and Apparent Agency Medical Malpractice

Fri 5/12 - Title 42 Ends, Under 21 Guns are a Go, Goldman Settlement Big Win for Women, Assange Hires Squire Patton, Blockfi Customers are Screwed, MS/Activision Updates

Thurs 5/11 - USNWR Ranking, Biden Admin's Pollution Plan is Lackluster, Santos is Going Nowhere, Florida Targets Teachers (Again) and Phoenix Suns Broadcaster BK

Weds 5/10 - Apple Loses, Crow Says No, Santos in Trouble, Gilead Prevails, Powell in Ethics Hot Water and Trump Held to Account

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Tues 5/9 - Senate Wants Crow, PWC Aus. CEO Steps Down, SBF Wants Case Dropped, Goldman Loses, Twitter Wins, and Column Tuesday

Mon 5/8 - Law Firm Financials Up, Jan 6 Rioter Gets 14 Years, Ron vs. Mickey, Clarence vs. Ethics, Door Hardware Antitrust and More Starbucks Labor

MaxMin - What was Chevron Deference?

Fri 5/5 - SCOTUS looks at Whistleblower Protections, KPMG Under Scrutiny for SVB etc., Lewis Brisbois Founder is Out and Seditious Conspiracy Guilty Boys

Thurs 5/4 - SEC Real Time Hedge Fund Reporting, Indictment for Wire Fraud Ring, Starbucks Union Problems, Goldman Sued Relating to SVB, and more

Weds 5/3 - Chevron in the Crosshairs, Third Circuit Filing Deadline, Lewis Brisbois Mass Exodus, Ford Wins, and Insider Trading NFTs

Tues 5/2 - SCOTUS Ethics Panel, Gilead Sued by US Gov't in Patent Suit, Column Tuesday on "Cashports," and JPMorgan J. Epstein Trouble

Mon 5/1 - Exit First Republic, Enter JPMorgan, Energizer and Walmart Battery Antitrust, DeSantis vs. Prosecutor, Alito Knows Leaker and Trump Wants Mistrial

MaxMin - The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Fri 4/28 - OH Prisoner Sues for Train Derailment, Voting Restrictions Upheld in FL, Child Labor in AL, and Mike Pence Sings for a Grand Jury

Thurs 4/27 - Disney v. DeSantis, OSHA In Trouble, ERA Vote, MS still wants Activision, AI in the Law and CJOTUS declines invite to be ethical.

Weds 4/26 - SCOTUS Seized Home Case, ChatPWC, 6th Circuit Likes Bump Stocks, EU Doesn't Like MS Activision Buy, MSG Doesn't Pay Property Tax

Tues 4/25 - Apple win over Epic, Coinbase has an ask of the SEC, TripAdvisor is Nevada-bound, and Trump Trial 2.0

Mon 4/24 - JPMorgan Handcuffs, AMC in the Chancery, Samsung Loses Big and Competence in the Federal Circuit

Fri 4/21 - Tesla Autopilot Crash Case, FTC Green Guides, Fox Troubles, Large Magazine Bans are Constitutional and Teen Vape Case

Thurs 4/20 - Old Dominion pays $500 for employee biometrics, Dominion (not old) Settlement is a win for Attorneys, SCOTUS at the Mall and AI Copyright Issues

Weds 4/19 - Fox News Settles, FDIC Reimbursement, More Litigation Funding Problems, Law Partner Tax Problems and Whistleblowers at SCOTUS

Tues 4/18 - Dominion Resumes, SCOTUS Hears Title VII Religious Rights Case, USNWR Delays Releasing Rankings, J&J Tries to Delay and Column Tuesday

Mon 4/17 - SCOTUS v. Administrative State, Who Can Strike for Whom, Dominion Delays, Orrick Lawsuit and a Question of Appeals Court Competence

Fri 4/14 - EPA Emissions Stds, Deepfakes and Right of Publicity, Google v. Sonos, a Leaker and Free Speech vs. Attorney Conduct Rules

Maximum Minimum Competence Episodes

Thurs 4/13 - Cali. USB-C, Apple Hometown Tax Issues, EY Updates, Racial Disparities in Bar Exam and FTX Recovers Some Money

Weds 4/12 - EY Staying Together, Cooley Screwing First Years, RFC for AI, More Trouble for Fox News in the Dominion Case

Tues 4/11 - COVID Nat'l Emergency Over, Goldman Fines, Judiciary Committee wants Thomas Investigated, Column Tuesday and Trump Tax Crimes

Mon 4/10 - J&J Funders, Baidu vs. Apple, Fox vs. Dominion, Tesla vs. Privacy and Law Firm Layoffs

Fri 4/7 - IRS $47b to Compliance, NYU Law Review Students Want to Get Paid, Thomas the Jetsetter and M&A Deals are Way Down

Thurs 4/6 - chipotle isn't Chipotle, eFile.com is Malware, Legal fee Disputes and Biometrics in the Labor Realm.

Weds 4/5 - Texas Libraries, J&J ~$9b Settlement, IRS $80b, Online LSAT and Trump Indictment

Tues 4/4 - Trump in Court, Apple Watch Lawsuit, BigLaw M&A, and Column Tuesday on Auditor Independence

Mon 4/3 - COVID-Era Bar Takers, Boy Scouts Want to Exit BK but Insurers Don't, Burford Capital Wins Big, and Musk Tweet Trouble

MaxMin - Mental Health Questions on Character and Fitness Applications for the Bar

Fri 3/31 - Trump Indicted, SEC Expands "Dealer" Definition, "Skinny Labels" on Trial and Ethics 101

Thurs 3/30 - FDIC Allocating Costs to Larger Banks, MDL Changes, LIBOR news, FOTUS is an Acronym and Trump Delays

Weds 3/29 - SBF and China, SCOTUS gifts, Adnan conviction and NJ bar mental health progress

Tues 3/28 - ESG Whining, Binance More Trouble, Alphabet wants Dismissal and Column Tuesday!

Mon 3/27 - First Citizens Buys SVB, Utah Social Media Challenges, Tesla Bias and Dominion v. Fox News

MaxMin - Internet Archive v. Book Publishers

Fri 3/24 - Trump Lies, TikTok CEO Gets Grilled, Utah Kids have a Social Media Curfew and Justin Sun in Trouble

Thurs 3/23 - Jack Daniels is not Bad Spaniels, FTC Click to Cancel, Amazon Labor and Beirut Bombing Case

Weds 3/22 - Global Lanham Act Reach, Federal Waters in Texas and Idaho, Justice Delayed for Trump and Arkansas Stinks

Tues 3/21 - Trump in a Cage (?), Fox and Dominion, Sysco Litigation Funding and Column Tuesday

Mon 3/20 - Child Labor, SVB's parent cut off from SVB bank records, and managing Trump arrest expectations

MaxMin - Money (How It Is Created, What It Is)

Fri 3/17 - IP big at SCOTUS, First Republic Ouchie, No Arb for Uber Eats and NY C&F Changes

Thurs 3/16 - FTX's SBF might be a bad guy, GPT-4 passes the bar, Uber and Lyft face the ABCs and MLB news

Weds 3/15 - FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Primer, Florida Digital Rights, Anti-ESG and Harvey AI

3/14 - NC Gerrymandering, Cohen testifying against Trump, Drilling in Alaska and Class Action against SVB

3/13 - SVB Collapse, NY Reduce Reuse Recycle, and DoNotPay DoesNotWork

Fri 3/10 - Litigation funding is bad, JPMorgan Woes, SCOTUS wants bodyguards, and Column Friday!

Thurs 3/9 - SBF wants time, FL prosecutor wants his job back, JetSpiritBlue Airlines and JPMorgan and J. Epstein

Weds 3/8 - Missouri finds out, Binance shops in the BK bargain bin, Gilead patents and UVA Dean to SCOTUS

Tues 3/7 - SCOTUS prayer vigil appeal, Biden admin taxes to fund Medicare, trouble in cheese paradise and Column Tuesday!

Mon 3/6 - Hair straightener cancer litigation, NLRB v Starbucks, death of TikTok (?), Binance Troubles Continue

MaxMin - Major Questions Doctrine

Fri 3/3 - ERA goes to Washington, SCOTUS may sidestep election rulings, Google Incognito isn't a class and Murdaugh Verdict

Thurs 3/2 - Cybersecurity Strategies, Opioid Manufacturers Dodge Liability, ESG Heads to Veto, and Racial Bias in the NFL

Weds 3/1 - GOP vs. ESG, ERA hits wall in DC appeal, FTX co founder flips and call for public comment

Tues 2/28 - Column Tuesday!, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, and the Equal Rights Amendment

Mon 2/27 - State Solicitors General at SCOTUS, Salt Lake disaster, and the Major Questions Doctrine

Fri 2/24 - EPA in Ohio, Alex Jones with Guns, ESG in Investing, Sidney Powell and Alex Murdaugh

Thurs 2/23 - Self Reporting White Collar Crimes, Bankruptcy and Spousal Fraud, CA vs AI and NFT as Securities News

Weds 2/22 - NLRB Disparages nondisparagement clauses, Section 230 yet again, crime fraud exceptions and J&J must pay

Tues 2/21 - Cali Arb Limits, Toxic Trains, Section 230 and Column Tuesday

MaxMin - Section 230

Fri 2/17 - Tax deals in CA, SEC proposes standard segregating assets, and SCOTUS to hear Section 230 challenge

Thurs 2/16 - Greenwashing, Tesla Unions, India BBC Tax Raids and Disney vs DeSantis

Weds 2/15 - Wilson Out at FTC, Sohn Grilled at FCC, AI and Patents, and a Modernized IRS

Tues 2/14 - AI In Trademark Law, Labor Moves for Starbucks and Tesla, and Column Tuesday on Stock Buyback Programs

Mon 2/13 - Crypto Wells Notice, New Tesla GC, IP Issues for the Bored Ape NFT Creators, and Lawsuits Claim TikTok is Surveilling

Fri 2/10 - MetaBirkin, Florida Law School Renamed, More Neuralink Trouble, and Criminalizing Derogatory Speech about Political C

Thurs 2/9 - Trump and the Old Post Office, AI Art and Copyright, Arbitration Clauses in NJ and COVID-19 and Construction Loans

Weds 2/8 - Racism as Conflict of Interest, Equitable Education in Pennsylvania, and a Follow-up to the Meta FTC Story

Tues 2/7 - ABA says yes to LSAT/GRE rec, proposes SCOTUS ethics, 13th amendment and abortion, and SBF of FTX wants to chat with

Mon 2/6 - Musk dodges liability, FTC fails in Meta purchase, 3M Two-Step and Wells Fargo Fun

Fri 2/3 - Domestic Violence Restraining Orders and Guns, Nike patents, Baker McKenzie and Gas Stoves

Thurs 2/2 - Metabirkin, TikTok, the Death Penalty in GA and Celebrity Attorney Charged with Wire Fraud

Weds 2/1 - TX Arbitration Clauses, GA Home Inspectors, Title 42 and Baseball

Tues 1/31 - J&J, Hermes, Trump v. Woodward