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  • Morning Docket: 10.08.19
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.08.19

    * The guy currently parading as the unconfirmed Homeland Security chief got shouted off stage at Georgetown Law. Prepare for the media consternation that students would treat a guy who daily condones illegal detentions with such rudeness. [New York Times]

    * Bitcoin’s not a sound investment? Wha?!? [Law360]

    * Companies back LGBTQ rights in amicus brief in a bid to demonstrate that this really isn’t a pro-business Court. [National Law Journal]

    * The legal industry is in flux, and some big investors are looking to get in on it. [Forbes]

    * Minority partners often relegated to non-equity tier. [American Lawyer]

    * Barnes & Noble doesn’t have to produce documents about its own CEO’s ouster. [Corporate Counsel]

    * Prime Minister’s camp calls out head of Supreme Court for using “injudicious” language when she used a quote from… the Prime Minister. [Legal Cheek]

  • Morning Docket: 07.12.19
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 07.12.19

    * Conviction sends Bitcoin boss from blockchain to chain gang. [Law360]

    * Remember Popkin & Stern? Probably not since it collapsed in 1991. Its wild bankruptcy tale is finally coming to an end after art fights and marriage proposals. [Stltoday]

    * Drug smugglers are now suing their lawyers for saying they knew Alex Acosta but failed to get an “Epstein deal.” This “Rule of Law” thing is not going well, folks. [Miami Herald]

    * Effort to quash the House subpoena of Trump’s accountants heads to the DC Circuit today where new judge Neomi Rao will have an early opportunity to cook up some kooky ramblings to justify a purely political decision. [National Law Journal]

    * Andrew Cuomo steps up to disenfranchise voters to shield his political stooges. [Sunnyside Post]

    * Municipality hacks keep striking and it’s a real problem for everyone’s privacy. [Legaltech News]

    * R. Kelly arrested on new charges. [Huffington Post]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 07.01.18
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 07.01.18

    * Having placed Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Supreme Court retirement in political context, let’s now put it into historical context. [Retropolis / Washington Post]

    * This makes some folks quite upset, but there’s no denying it: the Roberts Court is now truly the Roberts Court (and he probably isn’t thrilled about it either). [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Kathryn Haun — a former Kennedy clerk, by the way — has parlayed her expertise in Bitcoin, developed during her years as a federal prosecutor, into a new position leading Andreessen Horowitz’s $300 million fund focusing on cryptocurrency-related startups. Congrats, Katie! [Axios]

    * Let’s not forget about President Trump’s transformation of the lower federal courts — because it’s not just about SCOTUS. [The Takeaway / WNYC]

    * Check out Susman Godfrey’s new mandatory retirement policy — could this become the industry standard? [Texas Lawyer]

    * Yes, the First Amendment is awesome and all — but is it also encouraging errors in news reporting, as Charles Glasser suggests? [Daily Caller]

    * Speaking of mistakes, Ed Whelan sets Ben Shapiro straight on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a leading contender to replace Justice Kennedy. [Bench Memos / National Review]

    * President Trump says he wants to pick a SCOTUS nominee who could serve on the Court for 40 years or more — and if you take the five youngest names on his list of 25, it’s entirely possible. [Althouse]

    * This should come as no surprise, but now law firms are joining the chase after data scientists. [Artificial Lawyer]

    * Congratulations to the Practising Law Institute (PLI) and Fastcase, innovators in their respective spaces, on their new alliance. [Dewey B Strategic]

  • Morning Docket: 03.01.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.01.18

    * The NFL is going to ask Jerry Jones to reimburse legal fees spent on Roger Goodell’s contract negotiations because Jones — prudently and responsibly — argued that the league had an obligation not to rubber stamp a multi-million dollar extension to this idiot. You’ve got to hand it to Goodell… he’s made Jerry Jones a sympathetic figure. [NPR]

    * Tim Kaine is leading a handful of Democrats in an effort to make it harder to enforce anti-discrimination laws in the housing market. Oh. [Huffington Post]

    * Kirkland & Ellis is out there doing crazy stuff to bolster revenue… and it’s working. [Law.com]

    * SEC reportedly issuing subpoenas in crackdown on fraudulent ICOs. Apparently, the agency is concerned that some companies handing out magic beans may not be on the up and up. [Bloomberg Markets]

    * Alston & Bird tagged by jury as 32 percent liable for its role in enabling millions in ill-gotten gains. [Daily Report Online]

    * Harvey Weinstein’s carrier refuses to cover his legal bills. Apparently “Chubb” doesn’t cover horny men accused of misconduct which seems ironic. [Variety]

    * A dive into just how badly the Supreme Court kneecapped detained immigrants and their attorneys this week. [VICE News]

    * The first editorial from the American Lawyer’s Young Lawyer Editorial Board tackles sexual harassment in the legal industry. [American Lawyer]