Morning Wrap: The Tommy Boggs Estate Fight | Ted v. Larry in Calif. Court
The estate of Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., the late super lawyer-lobbyist in Washington, is wrapped up in a fight over property. Ted Olson and Lawrence Lessig face off in a California court. And the Detroit couple in the Supreme Court's landmark gay marriage case will wed soon. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
August 21, 2015 at 03:33 AM
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Boggs' estate fight: The estate of Thomas Boggs Jr., the late Washington power lawyer and lobbyist formerly at the helm of Patton Boggs, is tied up in a messy fight with a local businesswoman who's claiming a longtime romantic and business partnership with him, the NLJ's Zoe Tillman and Katelyn Polantz report.
The A.M. list: The Associated Press on the Ashley Madison hack: “Hundreds of U.S. government employees—including some with sensitive jobs in the White House, Congress and law enforcement agencies—used Internet connections in their federal offices to access and pay membership fees to the cheating website Ashley Madison.” The addresses included at least two assistant U.S. attorneys and a division chief in the U.S. Justice Department, according to the AP.
Banking on denial: “The Obama administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by Iran's central bank seeking to prevent terrorism victims from collecting nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian banking assets,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
Ted v. Larry: The Recorder reports on a clash of titans: “Theodore Olson and Lawrence Lessig, two legal giants from opposite ends of the political spectrum, clashed Thursday afternoon over a Berkeley law requiring retailers to warn customers against keeping cellphones too close to their bodies.”
Up in smoke: The Los Angeles Times reports: “Oakland lost a legal fight Thursday to prevent the federal government from shutting down the nation's largest medical marijuana dispensary.” Reuters has more. Read the Ninth Circuit ruling here.
Getting hitched: “It has been a remarkable journey for April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, the Hazel Park nurses who were at the forefront of the battle for marriage equality. And in just days, the couple will wed, closing the chapter on their historic fight for the right to marry and legally adopt each other's children.” The Detroit Free Press has the story here.
Go to jail?: Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to remain free pending his challenge of his conviction in a public corruption case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied his effort to stay out of jail pending the challenge, The Washington Post reports.
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