Abortion
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Courts
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.07.23
* Quite the headline… “The poop emoji: a legal history” [Verge]
* Supreme Court refuses call to allow West Virginia to ban transgender athletes. Biden administration jumps in to push for that ban. We’ve entered the era where the Biden administration is trying to push to the right of this Supreme Court… what a time to be alive. [Reuters]
* Speaking of the Supreme Court, Idaho moves ahead with its slap in the face of full, faith, and credit so expect to see them at the Court real soon. [Washington Post]
* The easiest way to make sure wrongfully injured people never get justice is to disincentivize lawyers from pursuing those claims. And a bipartisan effort in Congress seeks to do just that over Camp Lejeune. [National Law Journal]
* Real Housewife owes real attorneys’ fees. A lot of them. [Daily Beast]
* When Boies Schiller started shrinking and outlets preached doom and gloom, we suggested that the firm might be transitioning to a smaller but more focused firm instead of trying to be all things to all people. Well… profits per partner are up. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Microsoft penalized for selling to sanctioned parties in Russia. But viewed another way, they’ve kept those evil entities mired in buggy software, so in a sense isn’t this a patriotic service? [Law360]
* Law firms eyeing Southeast as hotbed for growth. Break out the seersucker! [American Lawyer]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.29.23
* Idaho planning to criminalize interstate travel to procure legal services in another state. If only the Constitution said something about states fully and faithfully crediting the laws of other states. [Huffington Post]
* Most firms aren’t worried about taking a profit hit last year. Which probably should make everyone a little more leery of the firms rushing to layoffs. [American Lawyer]
* Madison Square Garden’s ludicrous policy banning all attorneys adverse to the venue — and any entity with a tangential relationship to the venue — is still illegal as to non-sports events, but the appellate court lifted the injunction, deciding that banned lawyers can only recover monetary damages. So we’re most likely going to expand the population of adverse lawyers soon. [Law360]
* Tougher rules announced for Supreme Court justices and other federal judges getting free junkets. Or, in more practical terms, “tougher rules announced for other federal judges” because the Supreme Court has shown exactly zero interest in being bound by rules. [Reuters]
* The DoNotPay kerfuffle risks undermining other access to justice initiatives. As we’ve said in the past, these systems don’t have to be as good as a lawyer when limited to roles lawyers aren’t taking. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Over 100 law professors urge New York not to mess with bail reform laws. While propaganda outlets cast the law as though it prevents criminal sentencing to whip up public fear, the law professors remind lawmakers that this isn’t how any of this works. [AMNY]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.15.23
* Justice Ketanji has stood out for her questions. Her decisions have fallen in line with the others thus far. [ABA Journal]
* A Texas judge could play a role in banning abortion pills nationwide: Quite a lot of intervention from the Lone Star state. [Reuters]
* Like voting? You should follow this one: North Carolina’s redistricting case is gonna have some spillover. [Reuters]
* The “Rust” prosecutor flaked. [NYT]
* Conflicts of interest are no joke in these parts. [NY Daily News]
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Courts
Conservative Judge Tries To Hide Abortion Hearing, Learns About 'Streisand Effect'
Judicial rot meets disinfectant sunlight. -
Courts
Abortion Clinic Initiative Named In Honor Of Samuel Alito's Mom
The Satanic Temple enters the 'your momma' joke hall of fame. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.02.23
* Regulators tell Elon Musk that he can’t start putting chips in people’s brains. GAH! Kill a monkey (or 1500) and suddenly the bureaucrats in Washington won’t let you do anything anymore. [Reuters]
* “Murdaugh Committed Murders As Career Spiraled” should be every attorney’s defense to a rough month… “I know I just considered taking my book of business to Jones Day, but I could’ve done a double murder.” [Law360]
* Biden administration plans to shift the liability for hacks to software manufacturers. This policy seems stupid but at least the president is trying to address the harms of massive data breaches instead of having public fever dreams about drag story time. America is broken. [Bloomberg Law News]
* After securing abortion restrictions, the new right-wing legal mission is advocating for strict voting restrictions. [ProPublica]
* Legal technology made the national news! Our coverage was better. [MSNBC]
* Let the battle for AI supremacy in Biglaw begin! [Legaltech News]
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Biglaw
The Biglaw Firms Behind The Abortion Defense Network
The top of Biglaw getting together for an excellent cause. -
Health Care / Medicine
Challenging State Abortion Bans in Light of FDA’s Rule Change On The Sale Of Abortion Pills
The current legal landscape makes access to medication abortion crucial in protecting as much access to reproductive healthcare as possible and in protecting healthcare providers’ abilities to do their jobs without fear of prosecution. -
Courts
Federal Judge Thinking Outside The Box On Abortion Rights
What if Dobbs isn't the end of abortion rights? -
Government
Women's Rights Soon To Be On The Ballot In New York
If the ERA can make it there, it could make it anywhere.
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Government
'How Dare They?': Kamala Harris Rips On Republicans While Comemmorating 50th Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
'Congress must pass a bill that protects ... reproductive rights,' she said. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm's Decision To Cover Abortion-Related Travel Expenses Didn't Please All Partners -- But The Firm Never Wavered
The firm's leader knew he couldn't make everyone happy, but he did what he thought was 'right.' -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.06.23
* Get ready professional responsibility nerds, because the Supreme Court is hearing argument on the scope of attorney-client privilege on Monday. [ABA Journal]
* Twitter hires Perkins Coie despite Elon Musk’s history of bashing the firm for its work on behalf of Democrats. I’m starting to think this guy doesn’t have a firm grasp on management. [Reuters]
* On this anniversary, a new wrongful death lawsuit targets Trump over January 6 riot. [MSNBC]
* Pharmacies plan to offer morning after pills in states where it’s still legal. [NY Times]
* Speaking of commercial pharmacies, a Walgreens executive finally admitted that all those shoplifting losses that the company claimed would run them out of business were totally exaggerated. [CNBC]
* Prosecutors win right to use the word “bribe” in a case about Fox executives accused of, well, bribing people. [Law360]
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Courts
Will Of The People Be Damned, Ron DeSantis Appoints Ousted Judge To Higher Position
Voters rejected this judge, but he's perfect for Ron DeSantis's agenda. -
Abortion
Indiana AG Demands Sanctions For Doctor Who Pointed Out That Forcing A Child To Carry Rapist's Baby Is F*cking Barbaric
If you can't lock 'em up, take away their livelihoods, right? -
Biglaw
Fired Biglaw Partner Resurfaces To Blame Cancel Culture For The Consequences Of Her Own Actions
Personal responsibility? Don't know her. -
Crime
Lawyer Accused Of Slipping Abortion Drug Into Wife's Drink Without Her Knowledge
These allegations are very much the opposite of 'choice.'