Gibson Dunn

Great way to start the holiday!

The star litigator is well known for serving as counsel during both of former president Donald Trump's impeachment trials.

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It's a day that ends in 'y' so there's more news about Clarence Thomas taking luxury gifts and covering it up.

Eugene Scalia has mastered this whole forum shopping thing.

Prosecutors called the lawyer’s conduct ‘egregious.’

Raises and bonuses up and down the field.

Conviction in the murder-for-hire plot that killed Dan Markel.

Some firms have decided to take concrete action against antisemitism.

The former visiting attorney at the elite firm faces up to 20 years in prison for insider trading.

* Sam Bankman-Fried denied pre-trial release after arguing that his alleged witness tampering, not unlike the value of cryptocurrency, wasn’t what it looked like on paper. [Reuters]

* After opening door a crack to allow some transparency in proceedings during the pandemic, the federal courts look to curtail live audio access. [Law360]

* Lawyer informs Texas Senate that Ken Paxton approved every bit of investigation at heart of impeachment. [Texas Tribune]

* Trial to begin to decide constitutionality of “America’s most extreme gun control law.” The law just requires gun owners to get a permit and bans magazines over 10 rounds. Again, this is what passes for the “most extreme” law in the country. [Fox News]

* Gibson Dunn alters diversity scholarship criteria as activists ramp up threats to sue law firms for pursuing initiatives to make the profession less white. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Meanwhile, two law schools are back in compliance with ABA accreditors after improving faculty diversity and likely putting them out of compliance with these litigious activists (Another law school is back in compliance after improving its finances… which is less controversial). [Law.com]

* Governor asks to change state’s public records law to keep her travel under wraps. [ABC]

He allegedly used the firm's confidential client information to make his illegal trades.

Republican jurists may not think women deserve autonomy over their own bodies, but they sure can have their own bank accounts -- that just *happen* to accept money from right wing sources with business before the judges.

That's still a lot of money.

Crow's lawyers at Gibson Dunn have done the first half and are really hoping the Senate doesn't initiate the 'and find out' part.

* Department of Justice likely to get involved in PGA/LIV merger. Weird how spending major Biglaw dollars calling one of them a monopoly might backfire when you try to merge with them. [Law360]

* After inviting thorough mocking of their legal acumen, Harlan Crow’s lawyers at Gibson Dunn back away from original “let’s just do contempt” offer and suggest a meeting with Senate staffers. [NBC News]

* Speaking of… comparing Clarence Thomas to the “lowliest” federal worker is a stark reminder that John Roberts is running a cesspool of ethical compromise. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Batman defeats Italian designer in trademark dispute. Not that it matters… that guy will break out of Arkham and be designing clothes again within a couple months. [Reuters]

* “There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like.” Take a guess! It’s fun because there’s at least three or four groups it could be! [New York Times]

* Move over law firms, legal technology vendors poised to become next fashionable cyber target. [Legaltech News]

* A dive into K-Pop and contracts. [LegalCheek]

And the Supreme Court's ethical problems just won't go away.

These are a lot of bad legal arguments just to say, 'we don't think you have the votes.'

This is the first time a verdict has been secured against the LAPD arising from the George Floyd protests.

Why are all of these young judges returning to private practice?