In legal news from Above the Law, an insider trader who exploited his Biglaw girlfriend’s professional papers, has been sentenced to 15 months, according to Law360.
Donald Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, is once again making headlines and raising eyebrows. Habba’s professional aptitude is being questioned, with one Yahoo news piece provocatively asking if she’s genuinely incompetent or merely putting on a show.
Meanwhile, a judge’s decision to pre-emptively try cases prior to their scheduled court dates has raised the ire of some. Despite this, a disciplinary court has ruled that his actions weren’t malevolent in intent. See more on this from the ABA Journal.
In the ongoing saga between tech giants Epic and Apple, Epic recently accused Apple of violating an app store order, as reported by Reuters.
On a slightly different note, Bloomberg Law News takes an in-depth look at Quinn Emanuel’s acquisition of an insurance payout after a successful fee award against an insurance company. You can read more about this intriguing case here.
Finally, an update on a tale of retaliation within the legal academia. A law school dean who was alleged to have left a paper trail of retaliation has been found by the university to have, rather inevitably, left a paper trail of retaliation. Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20. More about this story can be found at Lawyers, Guns, Money.