More than a year ago I wrote about how an oil company called SG Interests was harassing a citizen activist for talking about their settlement of an antitrust case. The United States Department of Justice accused SG Interests of bid rigging, and SG Interests settled the case for $275,000. Years later, when SG Interests was […]
This Week On All The President's Lawyers: SHUT UP AND STOP DOING THINGS
Forever the best and most fundamental legal advice.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Surrenders Unconditionally To Maajid Nawaz. We Should Be Concerned.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has surrendered, completely and unconditionally, in the face of a threatened defamation lawsuit by British activist and politician Maajid Nawaz. That surrender includes a $3.375 million payment to Nawaz "to fund work fighting anti-Muslim bigotry and extremism" and prominent written and video apologies. This is a rout by Nawaz, a […]
Analysis: Michael Cohen Seeks Gag Order On Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Michael Avenatti
For months I've been trying to explain the ups and downs of the tumultuous lawsuit by Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, against President Trump and his ill-chosen lawyer Michael Cohen. They should have sent a poet, but here you are stuck with an irritable prosaist. Yesterday brought a significant new development: Michael Cohen, […]
All The President's Lawyers: This Is What It's Like Now
This week's episode.
This Week's All The President's Lawyers: That's Not A Friendship Bracelet
I am having so much fun with these.
Announcing the "All The President's Lawyers" Podcast From Left Right & Center on KCRW
For a few weeks I've been doing a weekly "bonus" podcast episode of KCRW's Left, Right & Center, discussing each week's legal developments in the world of the Trump Administration with LRC's redoubtable host Josh Barro. It's been fun. Marketplace's studio is two blocks from my office so I can walk over, borrow Kai Ryssdal's […]
Analysis: Clifford and Avenatti Seek Reconsideration of Stay of Michael Cohen Case In Los Angeles. Is This Just More Theater?
Today brought a new development in the saga of the $130,000 hush money payment from President Donald Trump and his bumptious fixer Michael Cohen to Stephanie Clifford, better known as adult actress Stormy Daniels. Here's the background: Clifford sued Donald Trump and Michael Cohen in Los Angeles, seeking to invalidate the hush-money agreement that purported […]
Lawsplainer: Texas Court Employee Fired For Anti-Trump Facebook Posts Could Have A First Amendment Case
Olga Zuniga has sued the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Justice Kevin Patrick Yeary, alleging that they fired her from her executive assistant job in violation of her First Amendment rights for her political posts on Facebook. Does she have a case? Because she's a government employee, the answer is potentially yes. Ms. Zuniga's […]
Make No Law Episode Six: Street
Make No Law Episode Six: Street has dropped. It's about Street v. New York, a case about flag burning. Here are some of the resources mentioned in the episode: The Supreme Court's decision in Street v. New York.. The Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson, the case in which the court eventually found that […]
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