Tag: Hamilton

* In this bombshell report, it was revealed that almost immediately after President Trump fired former FBI director James Comey, the agency launched a criminal and counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was working on Russia’s behalf. No collusion? [New York Times]

* “They’re not God, after all. They could be wrong.” Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani says the president’s legal team should be allowed to “correct” special counsel Robert Mueller’s report before anyone else gets to read it, including members of Congress. [The Hill]

* Uh-oh… The longer the government shutdown continues, the longer certain practice areas are going to be in limbo. In fact, law firms “might see a dip [in billable hours] in the first quarter, depending on how much longer this goes on.” [American Lawyer]

* “If a school can’t get enough of its students to have a high enough pass rate, then there’s a problem.” The ABA is again pushing for a 75 percent bar pass rate within two years of graduation for a school to retain its accreditation. [Wall Street Journal]

* Joshua Davis, the lawyer who sued Ticketmaster over tickets he purchased to see “Hamilton” on the wrong day due to a tech glitch, got a quick settlement out of the ticket broker — and now he won’t miss his shot to see the show. [Texas Lawyer]

* Patricia Wald, the first woman appointed to the D.C. Circuit, RIP. [Washington Post]

* Matt Whitaker releasing opinion supporting Matt Whitaker. Well, that’s settled then. [Wall Street Journal]

* Tesla loses securities lawyer. They’d best take Elon’s Twitter machine away from him until further notice. [LA Times]

* I dunno, this still seems cheaper than an actual ticket. [Law360]

* Man with pet alligator calls Jungle Law to get his monster back. Are you unfamiliar with Jungle Law? Enjoy! [WDAF]

* Jones Day has hired 11 SCOTUS clerks which is supposed to be surprising except when the Court gets more Trumpist and every law firm but Jones Day gets less Trumpist, this is what one should expect. [National Law Journal]

* While Republicans continue to allege without evidence that Broward County broke election laws, it turns out a Republican stronghold allowed hundreds of illegal votes and no one seems to be too concerned about it. [Politico]

* Some big reasons why Trump will probably stick to well-worn tradition and select a federal appellate judge to fill Justice Scalia’s seat. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Class action against Chipotle over burritos containing over 300 calories. [Slate]

* Should lawyers learn how to code? Maybe not. Hell, I’d just be happy if someone showed me how Minecraft works. [Lawyerist]

* Police are spending millions spying on protesters because the Bill of Rights is merely advisory these days. [Washington Post]

* A look at “ageism in the digital era.” I’m sure no one will read it because it’s not properly Snapchatted. [Digiday]

* Law professors weigh in on Mike Pence’s night at the theater. Honestly, has anyone considered that they may have just been chanting, “Boourns“? [TaxProf Blog]

* The Pawnee Nation has filed suit against the federal government over oil-and-gas operations on tribal lands. If the last 400 years are any indication, they may be out of luck. [Pawnee Nation]

* University of Chicago 3L Joshua B. Pickar is a Rhodes Scholar. Congrats. [Rhodes Trust]

* Despite the fact that President-elect Trump has called for the cast of “Hamilton” to apologize to Vice President-elect Pence for delivering a message to him after the show, Pence handled it well, saying he “wasn’t offended,” and that he reminded his kids that the mixture of boos and cheers from the audience as he took his seat was “what freedom sounds like.” [PLAYBILL]

* President-elect Donald Trump may be able to get a pretty hefty tax write-off for settling the Trump University fraud case for $25 million, since according to tax lawyer Robert Wood, most business settlements are fully tax deductible. Perhaps the president-elect — or his legal team — really does know the tax code better than anyone else. [Forbes]

* Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld is settling back into private practice after the election. The former Massachusetts governor has returned to the Boston office of Mintz Levin as a partner in the firm’s government relations practice, says that being back is a “pure pleasure because you get to sit at a desk and think.” [Am Law Daily]

* In an effort to slash their legal bills, rival fantasy sports rivals DraftKings and FanDuel will be merging in the second half of 2017. As the two sites are market leaders and their union would likely create a monopoly, there will be some antitrust issues to review before the merger closes. We wonder which firms are working on the deal. [Reuters]

* Kaplan’s Concord Law School, an unaccredited, for-profit, online-only institution, is petitioning several states to allow its students to sit for the bar exam. California is the only state that allows Concord graduates to sit for its bar exam, and their passage rate for first-timers on the July 2015 administration of the exam was 25 percent. [ABA Journal]

* Rudy Giuliani may be hot to trot for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but that doesn’t mean his relatives are. His daughter, Caroline, has indicated that she’ll be casting her ballot for Hillary Clinton. [Big Law Business]

* Police in New Jersey have made their first creepy clown arrest. The alleged perp is a 12-year-old from Toms River who made an “unspecified threat” against her middle school from the Instagram account “Killerclownfromnj.” [Fault Lines / Mimesis Law]

* Just like your country, you’re young, scrappy, and hungry, but that unauthorized “Hamilton” merchandise you’re selling is a definite way to lose your shot — and find yourself on the receiving end of an IP lawsuit. [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]

* Why not combine your love for liquor with your love for the law? Be a beer and wine attorney! Raise your glass, because these are the three coolest job listings this week in that field, and two of them are in-house! Cheers! [Greedy Associates / FindLaw]

* Why haven’t you registered for the Academy for Private Practice yet? You can network with your peers at our cocktail reception *and* receive CLE credit. It’s taking place in Philadelphia on October 27 and 28, and we’re offering a huge discount. Use code “10YRDISCOUNT” to receive $100 off the price of your ticket! [Above the Law]

* All the awesome things that Republicans have said about Merrick Garland. [Mic]

* A deep dive into the record of Chief Judge Garland, and it just might encourage Democrats who are worried that “moderate” is the most used descriptor for the jurist. [New York Times]

* The violence in this cycle’s electoral process may only appear historic in retrospect, and by then, it may be too late. [Medium]

* This is why we should all care about and support Chief Judge Garland’s nomination. [Slate]

* Analyzing Chief Judge Garland’s decision in SpeechNow v. FCC does not provide a reliable bellwether as to how he’d vote in a future campaign finance case. [Election Law Blog]

* The jury asks a female editor a shockingly sexist question during the Hulk Hogan v. Gawker trial. [Vox]

* Fun mashup of Hamilton, the musical, and Donald Trump. [YouTube]