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Welcome back to The Rainmaker, a private email about money, power, fame, and, most of all, the law. In today’s edition, a monumental legal setback for Netflix as the streamer faces a first-of-its-kind trial and a provocative question: Does Hollywood have an Ava DuVernay problem? Also this week: Michael Rubin, Rupert Murdoch, Sophie Turner, David Boies, Jeffrey Kessler, Robert Kindler, and whether Kevin McCarthy will be the guy who delays the Sam Bankman-Fried trial.
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