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The DOJ filed criminal charges against Comey late last month. Comey, who was indicted on charges of false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding, led the FBI when it began an investigation into ties between Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison. Read more about the charges.
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Comey is expected to plead not guilty to the charges, which were brought by Trump's former personal attorney, Lindsey Halligan, who was installed last month as the Interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after Trump forced out her predecessor.
- The arraignment is set for 10 a.m. ET before U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff in Alexandria, Virginia. Nachmanoff is an ex-public defender who advocated for sentencing reform and was appointed to the bench by President Biden. Learn more about the judge here.
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The charges are a dramatic escalation of Trump’s retribution campaign against his political enemies. It’s the first time his administration used the power of criminal prosecution against a prominent adversary. Legal experts say the criminal case against Comey shatters norms of independence in federal investigations and will face significant hurdles in court. Read more about what legal experts say here.
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U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan will hold a hearing on several motions filed by OpenAI in a consolidated group of high-stakes copyright lawsuits targeting its use of copyrighted books, news articles and other content to train its AI systems without permission. Stein will hear OpenAI's requests to dismiss a group of authors' claims that ChatGPT's output infringes their copyrights as well as parts of a copyright lawsuit brought by news publisher Ziff Davis.
- The U.S. Senate is slated to cast a procedural vote that will clear the way for the Republican-led chamber to ready a vote to confirm Jennifer Mascott to become Trump's latest appointee on the 3rd Circuit.
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U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston will hold a status conference concerning former USC water polo coach Jovan Vavic. A federal appeals court in May reversed her decision to throw out his bribery conviction arising from his role in the nationwide "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, setting the stage for Vavic’s potential sentencing.
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The Michigan Supreme Court will hear a challenge brought by the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center accusing the state of denying workers’ compensation to undocumented workers based on their immigration status. A lower court dismissed the case, saying the plaintiffs missed the filing deadline. Read the opinion from the Michigan Court of Appeals.
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The DOJ told the D.C. Court of Appeals that it would be improper to strip White House official Jeffrey Clark of his law license for his efforts to help President Trump overturn his 2020 election defeat, calling a disciplinary case against him "lawfare" and an attempt to "weaponize" the attorney ethics process. Learn more here.
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ProctorU, the online testing company whose platform was used during California’s bungled February bar exam, asked a federal judge to dismiss a consolidated class action brought by seven test takers, saying that its one-time use software is an “intangible item” that doesn’t qualify as a good or service under the state’s consumer protection laws. Find out more.
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An attorney disciplinary board in Washington has recommended a three-month law license suspension for Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens, a former federal prosecutor who allegedly used deceptively edited videos as evidence in criminal cases against people who were arrested while protesting President Trump's first inauguration. Read more here.
- The Golden Gate University in San Francisco is aiming to revive the troubled law school it closed last year, reopening it as a California-accredited institution. Read more.
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Moves: Willkie recruited Former Assistant to the Solicitor General Erica Ross to lead its appellate practice … Former Trump administration EPA general counsel Matt Leopold moved to Holland & Knight to co-chair the firm’s national environment team from Hunton Andrews Kurth … Avy Mallik, former general counsel of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, moved to Morrison Foerster … Nelson Mullins added real estate partner Hall Provence IV from the law firm Greenville … Hinshaw hired litigation partner Rachel Nudel from Marshall, Conway, Bradley & Gollub … Seyfarth Shaw added structured finance partner Henry Morriello from Arnold & Porter … Larry Rickles, former chief trademark and copyright counsel at Teva Pharmaceuticals, joined Moore & Van Allen.
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