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Morning Docket: 05.14.18
* Could it be? Will another Biglaw firm be dragged into this mess after Skadden? Michael Avenatti, lawyer to Stormy Daniels, thinks that special counsel Robert Mueller ought to take a look at Squire Patton Boggs, the firm that's been working hard to disavow its "strategic alliance" with Michael Cohen, the president's personal attorney. [Newsweek]
* "[Y]ou can’t have one rule for Democratic presidents and another rule for Republican presidents." Chairman Chuck Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who recently suggested that any Supreme Court justice who was thinking about retiring do so right f**king now, claims that he won't hold any hearings or votes for a Supreme Court nominee during the lead-up to the 2020 election [Bloomberg]
* The American Bar Association is planning to do away with its requirement that accredited law schools use a standardized admissions test to admit students. Will any law schools actually go so far as to admit students without any test scores at all? More on this later today. [Law.com]
* The end of the latest Supreme Court Term is drawing near, and if you've been watching goings-on at the high court, you know what that means: justices seem to be more likely to injure themselves now than during any other time of the year. Cross your fingers and hope that no one else sustains any broken bones -- or worse -- before the end of June. [CNN]
* Public law schools are usually cash cows for their associated undergraduate universities, but one law school is doing the complete opposite thanks to a dip in applications. But for a gigantic annual subsidy from main campus ($7.5 million), the University of Minnesota School of Law wouldn't be able to balance its budget -- and the school will need even more by 2020 ($12 million). Yikes! [Duluth News Tribune]
Non-Sequiturs: 05.13.18
* An interesting (although depressing) factoid, courtesy of Ed Whelan: this former SCOTUS clerk and prominent Florida litigator has been nominated to the federal bench by three different presidents, but has yet to serve as a judge. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* If you're an older lawyer and "in transition," you need to get yourself a "temporary identity," as Jane Genova explains. [Law and More]
* If you're interested in the intersection of artificial intelligence and the law, Complex/vLex Canada's CEO, Colin Lachance, provides a framework for understanding the world of legal AI. [3 Geeks and a Law Blog]
* Jonathan Bernstein offers a rebuttal to my recent New York Times op-ed celebrating the demise of blue slips. [Bloomberg]
* When can creators depict real people without risking liability? The ambiguity of the law on this question poses significant problems, according to Jennifer Rothman, author of a new book (affiliate link) about the right of publicity. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* Noted media lawyer Charles Glasser wonders: when it comes to covering President Trump, are news editors "confusing the public interest with what is merely of interest to the public"? [Daily Caller]
* Thomson Reuters gets in on the blockchain action, bringing a blockchain-based legal arbitration platform, Kleros, into its Incubator Labs start-up program. [Artificial Lawyer]
* Final reminder: please support the Jersey City Free Public Library -- and enjoy some delicious Filipino food by celebrity chef Dale Talde -- by joining me on Thursday, May 17, for what should be a great evening! [Jersey City Free Public Library]
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