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Morning Docket: 10.09.17
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.09.17

Ed. note: In honor of Columbus Day (and Canadian Thanksgiving), Above the Law will be on a reduced publication schedule. We'll be back in full force tomorrow.

* Justice Neil Gorsuch's arrival as a member of the Supreme Court hasn't been the most graceful, and word on the street is that some of his new colleagues on the bench may bear some ill will towards him. A rift might even be developing between Gorsuch and Chief Justice Roberts. [CNN]

* Because Gorsuch is the Supreme Court's newest justice, he has to share his office with Leroy. He's being hazed by Scalia from beyond the grave. [Associated Press]

* As part of its new legal strategy in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian election interference investigation, the Trump administration has decided to -- gasp! -- be cooperative. Trump's lawyers think that maybe if they play nice, Mueller will publicly clear the president's name a little more quickly, or at all. [New York Times]

* In other news, President Trump took to Twitter this weekend to invoke the Federal Communications Commission's equal time rules because he's sick and tired of "unfunny" late-night TV hosts making fun of him without an opportunity to respond in kind. Perhaps you ought to stick with Twitter, Mr. President. [Fox News]

* Much like what happened with Traci Ribeiro's case against Sedgwick, Winston & Strawn is trying to push Constance Ramos, a partner who left the firm amid allegations of gender bias and discrimination, into arbitration. [Am Law Daily]

* Lisa Bloom has been criticized left and right for taking on Harvey Weinstein as a client. Even her own mother, Gloria Allred, objected. Because mother knows best, Bloom resigned as counsel. Lanny Davis has also left the producer's legal team. Down two lawyers, Weinstein was fired from his own company. [New York Times]

* A Michigan judge recently awarded joint legal custody and parenting time to a rape victim's attacker. The child involved in this case is an 8-year-old boy, and the fellow who sexually assaulted his mother also happens to be a convicted sex offender. According to the victim's attorney, "[t]his is insane"; she's not wrong. [Detroit News]

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Non-Sequiturs: 10.06.17
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.06.17

* Salary hikes (in London). [Legal Cheek]

* Travel bans and compelling interests. [Dorf on Law]

* Speaking of SCOTUS, Adam Feldman reads the oral-argument tea leaves from the first week of the new Term. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* And devotees of Justice Antonin Scalia might want to check out Scalia Speaks (affiliate link), a collection of the late jurist's speeches edited by son Christopher Scalia and former law clerk Ed Whelan. [Bloomberg BNA]

* Did this court just gut her whole job description? [New York Law Journal]

* It can be challenging for creators to protect their IP; could a small-claims court for copyright be the answer? [Copyright Alliance]

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