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/ Aug 19, 2016 at 12:14 PM
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    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 08.19.16

    Donald_Duck* “Donald Ducks,” the DNC’s mascot that’s being used to taunt Donald Trump for his undisclosed tax returns, bears a striking resemblance to Disney’s Donald Duck, and people are starting to wonder: “Is Donald Ducks waddling over Disney’s intellectual property rights?” [WSJ Law Blog]

    * The Third Circuit declined to re-seal excerpts of depositions in the Bill Cosby case where he admitted to giving women Quaaludes, but included in its opinion an interesting footnote calling out the district court judge’s decision to unseal the records in the first place, saying its “public moralist rational” had “no basis in our jurisprudence,” and that the term itself was “vague and undefined.” [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]

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    * "Donald Ducks," the DNC's mascot that's being used to taunt Donald Trump for his undisclosed tax returns, bears a striking resemblance to Disney's Donald Duck, and people are starting to wonder: "Is Donald Ducks waddling over Disney's intellectual property rights?" [WSJ Law Blog]

    * The Third Circuit declined to re-seal excerpts of depositions in the Bill Cosby case where he admitted to giving women Quaaludes, but included in its opinion an interesting footnote calling out the district court judge's decision to unseal the records in the first place, saying its "public moralist rational" had "no basis in our jurisprudence," and that the term itself was "vague and undefined." [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]

    * This fall, Indiana Tech Law will welcome its largest class ever, with 55 students set to begin their legal studies next week. With only 15 students in its inaugural class, this huge jump in enrollment could possibly be due to the fact that the ABA gave the school a provisional rubber stamp (as it's wont to do) back in March. [Indiana Lawyer]

    * "There is a disconnect between what banks are doing and what consumers want," and what they want is the ability to sue. More and more big banks -- 72 percent of them, in fact -- are using mandatory binding arbitration clauses in their contracts to prevent customers from filing suit. Read the find print, people. [DealBook / New York Times]

    * "What if somebody gets injured on somebody else's property? Trip on a rock or get bitten by the neighbor's dog? There would be a whole host of responsible parties." A New York firm already filed a class-action suit against the company behind Pokemon Go, but this lawyer thinks there's a minefield of tort actions available to sue over. [Mlive.com]

    / Aug 19, 2016 at 8:58 AM
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  • Martin Shkreli (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty)

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    Non-Sequiturs: 08.18.16

    Martin Shkreli (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty)

    Martin Shkreli (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty)

    * North Carolina really wants to keep its voter ID law alive. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

    * RIP Gawker. [Gawker]

    * Even Biglaw firms know Martin Shkreli is toxic. [Law360]

    * Which SCOTUS cases from this past term are already getting cited by lower courts? [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Breakdown of how Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane wound up a convicted criminal. [Vice]

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    * North Carolina really wants to keep its voter ID law alive. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]

    * RIP Gawker. [Gawker]

    * Even Biglaw firms know Martin Shkreli is toxic. [Law360]

    * Which SCOTUS cases from this past term are already getting cited by lower courts? [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Breakdown of how Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane wound up a convicted criminal. [Vice]

    * Northwestern Law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer discusses sexual assault on campus. [Legal Talk Network]

    * Donald Trump and Roger Ailes are teaming up, but maybe it isn't Hillary Clinton who should be worried. [Law and More]

    / Aug 18, 2016 at 7:15 PM
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    Politics

    You’ll Have Goldman Sachs To Thank For President Trump

    Steve Bannon, ladies and gentlemen!

    / Aug 18, 2016 at 7:02 PM