*
Judge
schedules
a
hearing
to
hear
concerns
over
the
transparency
in
the
bankruptcy
auction
that
awarded
Infowars
to
The
Onion.
[Bloomberg
Law
News]
*
Proposed
law
to
protect
journalists
from
government
spying
already
passed
the
House
but
the
Senate
may
not
even
take
it
up.
Good
thing
there’s
not
an
incoming
administration
promising
to
jail
journalists
or
anything.
[WIRED]
*
Senator
Thom
Tillis
says
of
Fourth
Circuit
nominee
list
including
former
state
supreme
court
chief
justice
that
“Not
only
are
they
not
fit
for
the
Fourth
Circuit,
but
we
wouldn’t
even
consider
them
for
a
district
court.”
As
an
aside,
Thom
Tillis
voted
to
confirm
Kathryn
Mizelle
who
was
an
associate
at
the
time.
[Courthouse
News
Service]
*
Trump
placing
personal
lawyers
in
key
Justice
Department
positions.
[NBC
News]
*
The
lawyer
for
the
at-the-time
minor
at
the
center
Gaetz
investigation
urges
House
to
release
ethics
report.
[Politico]
*
Eversheds
partner
traps
pregnant
associate
in
parking
garage
after
she
took
the
spot
where
he
parks
his
Porsche.
[Roll
on
Friday]
*
EU
levies
massive
fine
against
Facebook
for
tying
its
marketplace
ads
to
its
social
media
platform.
[Law360]