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Morning Docket: 02.05.18
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.05.18

* “I’d like to see in the Constitution a statement that men and women are people of equal citizenship stature. I’d like to see an equal rights amendment in our Constitution.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is all in favor of amending the Constitution to benefit women. Are you? [Washington Post]

* Kashyap Patel, the “primary author” of the House Intelligence Committee’s secret memo, is no stranger to controversy. You may remember when he dropped out of this bachelor auction due to an issue with his license to practice or from this “Order on Ineptitude” after he was berated by a federal judge. [New York Times]

* Duke Law has a brand new dean, and she’ll be starting her job come July 1. Congratulations to Kerry Abrams -- “one of the brightest stars in legal education” -- on becoming one of the handful of women to lead one of America's top law schools. [Duke Today]

* The DOJ wants former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s suit against special counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein to be tossed, arguing that its only purpose is to “interfere with [his] ongoing criminal prosecution.” Yep, that was the whole point. [CNN]

* Ouch! One Am Law 100 Firm is experiencing that awkward moment when management decides to completely scrub the name of the firm’s major merger partner from all of its branding, just one year after the combination was consummated. [American Lawyer]

It’s The Weekend So This MAGA Stuff Will Stop For… Oh Christ, The Pats Are About To Win The Superbowl, Aren’t They? — See Also
See Also

It's The Weekend So This MAGA Stuff Will Stop For... Oh Christ, The Pats Are About To Win The Superbowl, Aren't They? -- See Also

DEVIN NUNES Y'ALL: Somehow, this is the most famous objection to a warrant in America right now.

IF YOU DONATE A CHAIR, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST PUT YOUR NAME ON IT: I'd do it. The "Elie Mystal Chair at Harvard Law School." No, I don't mean an endowed faculty position. I mean, like, just some random chair in the library or something.

THE RECKONING IS COMING FOR BIGLAW: This story about sexual harassment at a European Biglaw office could be the shape of things to come.

THE SUPREME COURT MIGHT BE ABOUT TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING: If so, the leagues are trying to get a piece of the cut.

YOU MUST SEE THIS ACTIVELY RACIST PROGRAM BEING PUT ON AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL: The Edmund Burke Society has found a whole new gear of disgusting to charge into their immigration debate.

Non-Sequiturs: 02.02.18
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.02.18

* A question that has crossed the mind of every Biglaw corporate associate: "How much of lawyering is being a copy-and-paste monkey?" [3 Geeks and a Law Blog]

* Kenneth Jost notes out how Justices Ginsburg and Gorsuch like to butt heads -- and scores the fight 2-0 in RBG's favor. [Jost on Justice]

* And speaking of rumbles at One First Street, which pairs of justices have the most disagreements with each other, as reflected in majority and dissenting opinions? Adam Feldman has answers. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Saira Rao, former Cleary Gottlieb associate and author of the clerkship novel Chambermaid (affiliate link), takes on a new challenge: running for Congress. [American Bazaar]

* Data privacy is the name of the game these days, and Thomson Reuters is ready; TR showed off its new, Watson-enabled Data Privacy Advisor at Legalweek here in New York. [Dewey B Strategic]

* Amidst all the hoopla and robot fights at Legalweek, it would be easy to overlook the latest news from Neota Logic -- but you shouldn't. [Artificial Lawyer]

* Should more states move away from requiring unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases? Joel Cohen argues that 11 is not enough. [Law & Crime]

* Can a U.S. court punish someone for their speech, on the theory that he breached an agreement not to speak, while keeping the speech-restrictive agreement secret? Eugene Volokh thinks not (with good reason). [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

* Dewey see an end in sight for legal proceedings related to the collapse of the Biglaw giant? Former executive director Stephen DiCarmine was supposed to be in court today to face fraud claims from the Securities and Exchange Commission, but it looks like the parties might have a deal. [Law360]

* If you will be in New York City next weekend and are interested Asian-American leadership in the legal field, consider attending Columbia APALSA's annual conference -- where Kathy Hirata Chin will be honored for her efforts to promote diversity in the legal profession. [Columbia Law School APALSA]