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Morning Docket: 07.03.18
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.03.18

* Michael Cohen's lawyers are doubling down on their effort to get a gag order against Michael Avenatti. Meanwhile, Cohen gave an interview to Good Morning America, an irony not lost on Avenatti. [Courthouse News Service]

* After the Supreme Court gutted public sector unions, the cheerleaders of Alito's judicial activism may end up getting more than they bargained for. Some believe that, stripped of funds to negotiate a contract at the table, unions may increasingly jump right to the picket line. [National Law Journal]

* The sad tale of Stan Lee's finances apparently has folks lawyering up. [USA Today]

* Jones Day's gender discrimination suit puts a new spotlight on its notorious black box compensation model. Will the firm come clean about how it pays people, or will it be dragged into discovery? [American Lawyer]

* The top appellate attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an entity devoted to whittling down the rights of consumers to pursue meaningful legal action against businesses, has left the group to join a plaintiffs' side firm. Ahahahahahahahaha. [National Law Journal]

* Michigan State is fighting hard to keep the advice of its in-house attorneys privileged. The state has some concern that potential criminal activity could've been shielded by having a lawyer in the room, which given the scope of the cover-up revealed so far is not entirely unreasonable. [Corporate Counsel]

* We've given the NLJ 500 a lot of flack over the years, but the ranking does give us insight into which markets are in growth mode. This year, that's Portland, Oregon. Tell that to Perkins Coie. [Law.com]

I’m Still Not Okay — See Also
See Also

I'm Still Not Okay -- See Also

HANDICAPPING WHO WILL BE THE FIFTH VOTE FOR WHITE SUPREMACY ON THE SUPREME COURT: David Lat says "the real winners of the reality show will be the American people." Personally, I don't think a game show where the victor gets to crush women and minorities is all that exciting. But originalists don't count me as an "American person," so who cares what I think.

JUDGE TOSSES WRONGFUL TERMINATION SUIT: You will be punished if you try to stand against the rising tide of white supremacy. Now... what are you prepared to do.

BOSTON IS GETTING INTO THE RAISE GAME: I can never tell the difference between this firm and a prep school.

BUT AT LEAST THIS BEHEMOTH IS FINALLY IN THE GAME: I really don't know what took so long.

HOW ARE OF COUNSEL DOING? I didn't realize that some Of Counsel are now making less than associates. But, that is the case.