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Entries for date: April 2023

When I was young, I had a pet crab. Not a hermit crab, but a big honking giant land crab. He lived in a terrarium in my room and I would wave at him every day when I left for school. He would wave back. This is the best part of having a crab.

I Miss You Too Legs!
I Miss You Too Legs! Alejandro Alas, Unsplash

What you might not know about crabs, is that they're smart. They are curious creatures that will spend their whole day wandering around foraging. They will slowly stack rocks in one corner of their tank to make a ramp. They will specifically make this ramp in the corner of the tank that has the inlet for the water filter. They will (somehow) remove the clamps holding the top down and seize freedom at any cost. It's pretty much like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.

Longtime readers will have guessed that this story is leading to a development in the Mavexar saga. And readers, I will not disappoint you. Just hours ago, Judge Connolly issued a memorandum order in the Nimitz case setting ...

What a star chamber actually looked like, per Wikipedia.
What a star chamber actually looked like, per Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons

On Friday, Chief Judge Connolly issued another star chamber opinion. We've talked before about how Chief Judge Connolly's efforts to enforce the rules to prevent over-redaction of sealed filings, including by unsealing nearly an entire docket and by appointing a special master at the parties' expense.

This time, the Court made clear that the reputations of the attorneys involved are at risk—not just the clients.

In Sonrai Memory Ltd. v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, C.A. No. 22-1498-CFC (D. Del.), the parties had moved to seal a complaint and briefing related to a motion to dismiss. Both motions were unopposed, and the Court granted them …