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Morning Docket: 02.20.18
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Morning Docket: 02.20.18

* Now that people have suddenly decided that sexual harassment is a real problem, can we revisit the guy with the lifetime appointment whose Senate confirmation testimony has been branded false by multiple accusers? Just a question from New York Magazine. [New York]

* New initiative aims to mint more lawyers through apprenticeship to avoid law school debt. [The Root]

* The keys to a great law firm website. The article doesn't mention it, but "dank memes" should be your top priority. [Forbes]

* Vivia Chen thinks Michael Cohen's story about paying off Stormy Daniels makes him a pimp, which is... pretty fair actually. [American Lawyer]

* Department of Justice tells judge that Donald Trump does have it in for CNN but that's not a reason to block the AT&T merger. "Oh Kent, I'd be lying if I said my men weren't committing crimes." [National Law Journal]

* Who's paying Schulte Roth & Zabel? That's the big question in the ongoing New York state government corruption case. [New York Times]

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Non-Sequiturs: 02.18.18
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Non-Sequiturs: 02.18.18

Ed. note: We will not be publishing on Monday, February 19, in observance of President's Day.

* Congratulations to my friend and former co-clerk, John Demers, on his long-overdue confirmation as head of the Justice Department's National Security Division. [Reuters]

* Which lawyers and justices take the lead on the most important Supreme Court cases? Adam Feldman has the answers, as always. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* Professor Ilya Somin breaks down the recent Fourth Circuit ruling on Trump's Travel Ban 3.0. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

* A leading legal technology company, Kira Systems, is looking for a few good law librarians (to apply for its new job as a Machine Learning Knowledge Analyst). [Dewey B Strategic]

* Lawyer and activist Glenn Magpantay, executive director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), explains what's at stake with the Dream Act. [Advocate]

* Stroock's Joel Cohen draws lessons for lawyers from the buzz-generating new movie, The Post. [New York Law Journal]

* What role can expert witnesses play in #MeToo litigation? Lawyer Kat Hatziavramidis shares some insights. [Forensis Group]

* The Mrs. Palsgraf of the United Kingdom -- a famous torts plaintiff named May Donoghue, who sued a beverage manufacturer after she discovered a decomposing snail in a bottle of ginger beer -- is getting a statue erected in her honor. [Legal Cheek]

* Not as bad as sexually assaulting a student intern, but another Biglaw partner stands accused of making degrading, sexually charged comments to a junior attorney. [RollOnFriday]

* In advance of its Global Legal Hackathon (February 23-25), the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium welcomes a new member: Fasken, a leading Canadian law firm. [Artificial Lawyer]

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Ed. note: Above the Law will be off on Monday... which is great, because this world is freaking gross and I'm looking forward to ignoring it for the next three days.

JOHN QUINN HITS REPLY ALL AND MAKES THE MISTAKE OF TELLING THE TRUTH: Quinn's email was probably ill-advised, yet probably more indicative of how Biglaw really thinks than any advisable press statement.

MUELLER INDICTS 13 RUSSIANS FOR MEDDLING IN OUR ELECTION: The Russians engaged in a massive criminal conspiracy to defraud the American people. Or, as the president would say, "no collusion."

A FEDERAL JUDGE RUINED THE INTERNET YESTERDAY: I'm not even being hyperbolic.

NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE RECEIVED A RAPE THREAT: Says Stanford Law professor unintentionally speaking about the total failure of America.

THE FBI HAD A TIP ABOUT THE FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTER AND DID NOTHING: Somebody over there needs to be held accountable for this failure.

FORMER PARTNER GETS JAIL TIME FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT: Germany sentences a former Linklaters partner who sexually assaulted a student.

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