‘Just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening,’ he said. ‘Just stick with us. Don’t believe the crap you see from these people — the fake news.’
The lawsuit got transferred to the Southern District of New York. “Damn the luck! I’ll be there anyway.”
If Judge Kaplan gets this case he’s likely to throw it out pre-trial.
Trumps lawyers argued that Pensacola is an appropriate district to file in because Simon & Schuster sell books there. Not so much a Crack team of lawyers as “on Crack” team of lawyers.
That does get them jurisdiction, but not venue. You can get jurisdiction over a defendant anywhere they do business (generally) but venue should have some nexus to the suit.
Why I should not make lawyer jokes when IANAL
Minor update: there was a motion to dismiss a couple of weeks ago. I don’t see anything more recent.