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April 19, 2024

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What’s going on today?

A man set himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush-money trial was taking place.
Elon Musk blasted a sanctions bid against his longtime lawyer Alex Spiro.
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Bank of America beat a trademark case over its “Erica” virtual assistant.
Plus, your week in review.

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Texas attorney general Paxton must face attorney ethics case, appeals court rules

REUTERS/Go Nakamura

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton must face an attorney misconduct lawsuit by state regulators over a case he brought challenging the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, a Texas appeals court ruled.

The Dallas-based Fifth District Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling upheld a lower court decision that said Paxton as the head of the state attorney general’s office was not beyond the reach of professional conduct rules for lawyers in the state.

“The Disciplinary Rules apply to all lawyers in Texas, specifically including government lawyers such as the attorney general,” Justice Erin Nowell wrote for the majority. Read more.

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Week in review …

REUTERS/Sarah Yenesel/Pool

Trump hush money trial …

Jury selection in Trump’s criminal hush money trial has wrapped up, and legal experts say the outcome of the trial hinges on Trump’s intent. Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen will be a key witness. Prosecutors want to ask Trump about civil cases in which he was found liable for sexual abuse and fraud if he chooses to testify.

Some 64% of registered voters in a Reuters/Ipsos poll described the charges as at least “somewhat serious.” But a hung jury or an acquittal would hand a major political victory to the former president. And finally, here’s an explainer on the charges Trump faces.

At the U.S. Supreme Court …

Gun makers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit. The court on Wednesday made it easier to bring certain workplace discrimination lawsuits. Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday, a day after he missed arguments. Conservative justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward an obstruction charge against a Pennsylvania man in the 2021 Capitol attack, with possible implications for the prosecution of Trump. The high court on Monday let an Idaho law that criminalizes gender-affirming care for transgender minors broadly take effect. The court also turned away a Baltimore lawyer’s money laundering appeal on Monday.

Law firm Edelson pitches radical idea for picking lead in 23andMe case. Ask class members.

When judges appoint lead counsel in big MDLs, they’re effectively deciding how the case will be litigated on behalf of hundreds or thousands of prospective plaintiffs. But those plaintiffs almost never have an opportunity to say what criteria courts should use or what kind of firm they’d pick. That’s what makes a new brief in the 23andMe data hack case so remarkable, writes Alison Frankel: The plaintiffs firm Edelson hired two Miami professors to find out what actual class members want from the firm that will lead the case. Curious to hear what these real-life clients had to say? Read on!

Check out other recent pieces from our columnists: Alison Frankel and Jenna Greene

In other news …

The U.S. House advanced a $95 billion legislative package providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific … French police arrested a man who had threatened to blow himself up at Iran’s consulate in Paris … Apple removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China … The Biden administration took steps to limit oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska, angering state officials … Trump’s campaign launched an effort to fight voter fraud … Ukraine shot down a Russian strategic bomber … And, escalating Middle East tensions have jolted world markets.