*
Mark
Kelly
hires
Arnold
&
Porter
to
sue
Pete
Hegseth
and
the
Defense
Department
for
threatening
to
illegally
slash
his
pension.
[The
New
Republic]
*
Jerome
Powell
hires
Williams
&
Connolly
to
deal
with
DOJ
threats.
[New
York
Times]
*
It’s
striking
that
critics
of
the
Maduro
capture
cite
specific
text
from
the
Constitution
and
international
treaties,
and
the
Deputy
Attorney
General
cites
“nuh
uh.”
[The
Hill]
*
Speaking
of
Maduro,
the
Maduro
counsel
kerfuffle
takes
another
turn,
with
Judge
Hellerstein
rejecting
Bruce
Fein’s
attempt
to
join
the
case
based
on
claims
that
the
deposed
president’s
friends
wanted
him
to.
[NY1]
*
BBC
seeks
to
dismiss
Trump’s
lawsuit.
[Reuters]
*
Supreme
Court
rubberstamps
government
dropping
FIFA
corruption
case.
[Law360]
*
New
book
chronicles
scandal
that
induced
women
into
unnecessary
and
expensive
surgeries
to
seek
higher
damages.
[Law.com]