Good morning. The U.S. Justice Department’s move to unseal Mar-a-Lago search warrant records raised a question for Donald Trump: Will he lodge any objection? We expect to find out today. Plus, Robinhood Markets must face market manipulation claims, and Peloton can’t escape a consumer class action. And why have new case filings dropped in the federal courts? Read on. Enjoy your Friday.
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The U.S. Justice Department’s move to unseal search warrant papers linked to the probe at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida gave the former president an opportunity to fight disclosure of the materials. The DOJ faces a 3 p.m. deadline today to tell the court about Trump’s position, Sarah N. Lynch reports.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart in West Palm Beach federal court last Friday signed the warrant, which was subsequently sealed on the docket as part of routine processing. Miami U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez and Jay Bratt, chief of the DOJ’s counterintelligence section, said in a public filing that releasing some materials would not “impair court functions.” Trump on Thursday said his attorneys “were cooperating fully.” He said in another statement late Thursday that he would not oppose the release of search documents.
“The public’s clear and powerful interest in understanding what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing. That said, the former President should have an opportunity to respond to this Motion and lodge objections,” Gonzalez and Bratt told the court. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said he had personally approved the decision to search Trump's home. The investigation concerns Trump’s removal of presidential records from the White House.
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Quinn Emanuel is facing a lawsuit from the parent company of two oil and gas producers, seeking $250 million in damages over the law firm’s alleged botched handling of a federal case two years ago that led to a $136 million loss. A spokesperson for the firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reuters)
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Longtime Sidley Austin partner Richard Weiner, a trade and investment lawyer, earned more than $3.4 million from the firm since last year, a new ethics form showed. Weiner is the Biden administration’s nominee to serve as U.S. director on the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. (Reuters)
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo went to court to force the state to pay for his legal defense in a sexual harassment case brought against him earlier this year. New York Attorney General Letitia James declined his request to provide counsel or pay for private lawyers. Cuomo argues the alleged misconduct, which he denies, occurred while he was acting "within the scope of his public employment or duties." James’ office said in a statement that "sexually harassing young women who work for you is not part of anyone's job description.” (Reuters)
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That’s how much it costs, in tuition, living expenses and university fees to attend Columbia Law School this academic year. The cost, which includes the school’s $75,572 tuition, appears to be the highest for any of the country’s law schools and means that law students at Columbia could end up spending more than $330,000 to get their degree. Read about how other schools stack up.
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Clergy members in Florida are suing to block the state's 15-week abortion ban from going into effect citing religious grounds. We talk with a rabbi involved with the matter and a lawyer who helped organize the effort. Watch.
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The trial continues in Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit against Los Angeles County over allegations that members of the county’s sheriffs and fire departments shared gruesome images of the crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, daughter and several others. Bryant, who is seeking unspecified damages, says the photos were shown in unofficial settings, including to patrons in a bar. Luis Li of Munger Tolles is representing Bryant in the case.
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Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., face a deadline to respond to former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s bid for a new trial or dismissal of charges stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the congressional investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. A jury last month found Bannon guilty, but U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols subsequently opened a window to revisiting Bannon’s earlier challenges to the prosecution.
- Khalid Mehdiyev, who was arrested in July on charges of staking out Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad's home while possessing a loaded AK-47 rifle, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Manhattan for an initial hearing.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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Stock trading platform Robinhood Markets must face market manipulation claims over restrictions it placed on trading during last year's "meme stock" rally, Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga of the federal court in Miami ruled. Altonaga said investors in GameStop, AMC Entertainment and seven other stocks can proceed with a proposed class action alleging the restrictions artificially increased the stocks' supply. (Reuters)
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The number of new civil and criminal cases filed in federal courts in the 12 months ending June 30 fell 17.9% from a year earlier, as a record-breaking number of filings by veterans suing 3M for hearing damage allegedly caused by the company's combat earplugs slowed. That drop translates to a little more than 84,000 fewer cases, according to newly released data from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. (Reuters)
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The parent company of Alex Jones’ far-right website InfoWars asked a bankruptcy court for more flexibility in its budget so it can respond to surging customer demand for its dietary supplements and other products. The company, Free Speech Systems, says it now expects to sell as much as $450,000 per day of InfoWars-branded products based on results from recent weeks. (Reuters)
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Peloton must face a proposed class action accusing the bike and treadmill maker of misleading customers about the "ever-growing" size of its library of on-demand fitness classes, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman said in a ruling. The lawsuit stemmed from Peloton's March 2019 decision to purge more than half of its estimated 12,000 on-demand classes. Peloton did not immediately comment on the order. (Reuters)
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A New York doctor lost his challenge to a recently enacted federal law that prohibits surprise medical bills for out-of-network services. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn late Wednesday denied surgeon Daniel Haller's motion for an injunction blocking the law, which took effect in January, and dismissed his lawsuit claiming that it is unconstitutional. (Reuters)
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Jenner & Block will add U.S. House lawyer Michelle Kallen as an appellate and U.S. Supreme Court partner in Washington, D.C. Kallen was on the team representing the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. She is also a former solicitor general of Virginia. (Reuters)
- King & Spalding said Marisa Sotomayor joined the firm in New York as a partner in the corporate, finance and investments group. Sotomayor previously practiced at Paul Hastings. (King & Spalding)
- Ryan Moore joined Fox Rothschild’s Los Angeles office as a litigation partner. Moore was previously at Berkes Crane Santana & Spangler. (Fox Rothschild)
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