Clients are diversifying outside counsel options following Biglaw Surrendergate. Ed Martin leveraged widespread Republican skepticism about his competence to build a Justice Department career focused on pursuing Trump's political grudges. The administration proposes removing public service loan forgiveness for graduates who work with organizations that support trans rights. The Supreme Court's uncertain Chevron decision reduced workers' legal options to hold employers accountable for enabling client harassment. Kilmar Abrego seeks dismissal of charges alleging the prosecution served to conceal wrongful transfer to a torture camp. The FCC is considering regulatory changes that could benefit commissioners' prospective employers. A lawyer faces murder charges.
* Clients diversifying outside counsel options after Biglaw Surrendergate. [ American Lawyer] * Ed Martin has taken the fact that even Senate Republicans thought he was too stupid to be a U.S. Attorney and turned it into a career harassing Trump's political grudges through the Justice Department. [ NY Times] * Administration proposes taking public service loan forgiveness away from grads who work with groups that support Trans rights. [ ABA Journal]
* New fallout from Supreme Court's haphazard rejection of Chevron: workers have fewer legal options to hold employers accountable for enabling client harassment. [ Bloomberg Law News] * Kilmar Abrego moves to drop charges based on the DOJ only prosecuting him to cover up the fact that they wrongfully sent him to a torture camp. [ Reuters] * FCC considering regulatory changes to deliver windfall to the commissioners' inevitable future employers. [ Law360] * Lawyer charged with murder. [ WSMV]
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