DOCKET ALERTS:

Todd Blanche will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week as it considers his nomination to be Attorney General. Can he advance without Senator Lindsey Graham, his biggest protector?

Judge Tim Kelly in DC reluctantly dismissed the charges against several Proud Boys gang members convicted for their roles in the January 6 assault on the Capitol after the Justice Department walked away from the appeal.

Twelve states filed an antitrust suit in California to block the merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers.

DOOFUS OF THE DAY: Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.com, who managed to lose a defamation suit against Hunter Biden.

MAIN SHOW:

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham passed away this weekend. We'll discuss his failures as a lawyer and the fight to replace him in Congress.

Open AI is having a rough week in court. Apple sued it in California under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, alleging that the company stole proprietary information to help it design a new phone-type gadget. And in New York, plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing Open AI of scraping data in violation of copyright moved for sanctions because of systemic discovery violations.

SUBSCRIBER BONUS:

Trump's "settlement" with the IRS establishing the weaponization compensation fund for J6 criminals was ruled illegal by the court. Judge Kathleen Williams also referred Trump's lawyers, Alejandro Brito and Daniel Epstein, for bar discipline and sent records of this case to the courts considering discipline of Todd Blanche and Stanley Woodward.

US v. Nordean [Proud Boys]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59704048/united-states-v-nordean

California v. Paramount-Skydance

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73606877/the-state-of-california-v-paramount-skydance-corporation/

Biden v. Byrne

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67990012/robert-hunter-biden-v-patrick-m-byrne

In re OpenAI

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69879510/in-re-openai-inc-copyright-infringement-litigation

Apple v. Liu

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73602437/apple-inc-v-liu/

Trump v. IRS [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/