*
Maduro’s
legal
team
anchored
by
Julian
Assange’s
lawyer.
[NY
Law
Journal]
*
Meanwhile,
the
DOJ
just
dropped
its
claims
that
Maduro
ran
the
“Cartel
de
los
Soles”
after
acknowledging
that
it’s
not
even
a
real
group.
Exactly
the
sort
of
airtight
prosecution
you’d
expect
to
see
before
killing
40-80
people
to
make
an
arrest.
[NY
Times]
*
Chamber
of
Commerce
will
get
an
expedited
appeal
on
challenge
to
Trump’s
$100,000
H-1B
visa
fee.
[Law360]
*
Alan
Dershowitz
wants
the
Supreme
Court
to
overturn
Sullivan
to
bail
out
his
case
against
CNN.
[Reuters]
*
Florida
Supreme
Court
kills
proposal
to
let
state
government
lawyers
practice
without
taking
the
bar
exam.
[ABA
Journal]
*
George
Conway
announces
congressional
bid.
[ABC
News]
*
Marc
Elias
writes
the
encapsulation
of
2025
in
“Big
Law
Walks
Away
From
Democracy.”
[Democracy
Docket]