Wake Up Call: Kentucky AG Alleged to Solicit Investigated Firm

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Kentucky’s Republican attorney general Daniel Cameron, who’s running for governor, was accused by the lawyer of a company his office is investigating of “directly” soliciting campaign contributions from executives of the company. (Associated Press) (Daily Beast)
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.’s refusal to admit attorneys who have valid tickets to its venues violates New York’s civil rights law, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled. (New York Law Journal) The judge scolded a lawyer for Madison Square Garden during a hearing. (New York Post)
O’Melveny & Myers asked a New York federal judge to award American Airlines more than $139 million in legal fees after its $1 trial victory in a decade-long antitrust dispute against flight booking company Sabre Corp. Sabre’s counsel, Skadden, argued last year that the airline shouldn’t be able to get fees. (Reuters)

Lawyers, Law Firms

Lawyers representing a group of Dogecoin investors suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk accused his legal team of misconduct. (Decrypt)
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a law firm does not have the right to force a fired lawyer to return his shares in the firm and redeem them at zero value. (Texas Lawyer)
General counsel at private equity firms with over $10 billion in assets under management earn annual median compensation of $1.19 million, and 90% of the attorneys are eligible to share in the firm’s profits, with an expected “carry value” of $9 million. That’s according to a new report looking at trends in compensation and in-house carry value at private equity firms and their portfolio companies. (BarkerGilmore)
Big Law attorneys of color in Belgium say they experience racism every day. (Law.com International)
A Florida man convicted of a double murder elbowed his attorney in the head just before getting sentenced to death. (CBS News)

Spencer Fane hired intellectual property lititgator Danielle “DJ” Healey as partner in Houston. She advises on IP antitrust, patent, trade secret cases, and arrives from Fish & Richardson, where she was principal. (SpencerFane.com)
Greenberg Traurig snagged London-based Baker Botts energy attorney Shashank Krishna as partner and to lead its energy practice in the city. He advises on M&A and other transactions, projects, and contracts, and has expertise in energy transition, climate change, ESG, infrastructure, and defense. (GTLaw.com)
Baker McKenzie in Sydney, Australia, added two construction and energy partners from Norton Rose Fulbright, including Emanuel Confos, who led Norton Rose’s Australia construction and engineering team, according to a report. (Global Legal Post)
Veon, an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based mobile connectivity and services provider, named acting group general counsel Omiyinka Doris, a former Big Law corporate finance attorney, to permanent group GC. She’s also a member of the company’s group executive committee since October 2022. She earlier spent three years at Brazilian mining and metals company Vale S.A. as chief counsel, Africa, based in Mozambique. (Veon)

A University of Colorado at Boulder law professor who criticized the university and his profession is suing the school for discrimination. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)