Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.11.16

* As we previously mentioned, London-based firms CMS and Olswang and international firm Nabarro were considering entering into a merger. Partners at all three firms have officially voted in favor of the merger, which will close in May 2017. The new firm will operate under the CMS name. We'll have more on this later. [Legal Week] * "The infringement has been affirmed, now it's whether this huge judgment should be affirmed." In the Supreme Court's first design patent case in more than 120 years, Samsung will face off against Apple today, where the smartphone companies will duke it out over how much Samsung should have had to pay for copying the iPhone. [Reuters] * "Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg no longer needs to worry about whether she seems threatening to the Court. She is the Court." A new linguistics research study tells us what we can learn from Justice Ginsburg's accent as a lawyer versus her accent as a Supreme Court justice, and how all lawyers make accommodations in their speech. [TIME] * By edict of a federal court -- and over Governor Rick Scott's objections -- Florida's voter registration deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. Wednesday thanks to Hurricane Matthew's interference with last-minute sign-ups. Florida's Democratic Party alleged many voters would be "severely burdened" by the hurricane's effects. [CNN] * Sorry, social justice warriors: Harvard Law 1Ls wanted to feed the university's striking dining services workers at their sections' social committee events, but Dean Marcia Sells shut down their plans, saying it "does not seem to make sense for us to encourage ... students to bring in food to feed workers who are on strike." [The Concourse / Deadspin]

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AppleSamsungRuling_610x426* As we previously mentioned, London-based firms CMS and Olswang and international firm Nabarro were considering entering into a merger. Partners at all three firms have officially voted in favor of the merger, which will close in May 2017. The new firm will operate under the CMS name. We’ll have more on this later. [Legal Week]

* “The infringement has been affirmed, now it’s whether this huge judgment should be affirmed.” In the Supreme Court’s first design patent case in more than 120 years, Samsung will face off against Apple today, where the smartphone companies will duke it out over how much Samsung should have had to pay for copying the iPhone. [Reuters]

* “Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg no longer needs to worry about whether she seems threatening to the Court. She is the Court.” A new linguistics research study tells us what we can learn from Justice Ginsburg’s accent as a lawyer versus her accent as a Supreme Court justice, and how all lawyers make accommodations in their speech. [TIME]

* By edict of a federal court — and over Governor Rick Scott’s objections — Florida’s voter registration deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. Wednesday thanks to Hurricane Matthew’s interference with last-minute sign-ups. Florida’s Democratic Party alleged many voters would be “severely burdened” by the hurricane’s effects. [CNN]

* Sorry, social justice warriors: Harvard Law 1Ls wanted to feed the university’s striking dining services workers at their sections’ social committee events, but Dean Marcia Sells shut down their plans, saying it “does not seem to make sense for us to encourage … students to bring in food to feed workers who are on strike.” [The Concourse / Deadspin]

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