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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.22.20
* A lawyer who got ejected from the Second Circuit last year is asking the Supreme Court to hear his case. Since the high court is conducting arguments by phone currently, maybe he’ll just get hung up on. [New York Law Journal]
* A lawyer who stole $128,000 from a mentally ill client has been suspended from practice. [Bloomberg Law]
* Missouri has become the first U.S. state to sue China over the COVID-19 pandemic. Not sure this is a distinction to be proud of. [U.S. News and World Report]
* A Texas judge has been forced to take down a rainbow flag after an attorney filed a complaint and compared the symbol to a swastika and Confederate flag. [Hill]
* Attorney General Barr has called stay-at-home orders “disturbingly close to house arrest” and the Justice Department might take actions against states that go too far. [NBC News]
* Lawyers are having a difficult time determining if COVID-19 is an act of God. Maybe they should subpoena the Almighty to get more clarity… [Bloomberg Law]
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firms Tell Associates To Work From Home To Protect Them From Coronavirus
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Law Schools
Law School Cancels Study Abroad Program In China Due To Coronavirus Outbreak
Is your law school changing its plans when it comes to study abroad programs due to the coronavirus? -
Finance
Train Car At Northern Border Stuffed With Counterfeited Million (In One-Dollar Bills) Begs For A 'Fargo' Season
How do you launder almost a million bucks in fake singles? -
Biglaw
Hong Kong Law Firms Haven't Started To Panic, But That Day Is Coming
This seems like this is going to be a problem. -
Finance
Stock Market Crumbles, Along With The Rest Of Society
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Finance
Dear Wall Street, Steve Mnuchin Is Not Your Boyfriend
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Finance
Uber IPO Underwhelming Everybody, And It's The Best News We've Had In Weeks
The market is teaching Uber a very hard lesson about how dynamic pricing really works. -
Intellectual Property
A Real-Life 'Red Corner' For IP Theft?
Will new IP punishments have an impact on American citizens traveling to China? -
Intellectual Property
China & IP: Our Century’s Opium War?
As IP lawyers, we have to counsel our clients based on the business realities of the day -- and today’s reality means respecting China. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.09.18
* China’s got some new cybersecurity rules, and that’s probably bad news for American trade secrets. [Corporate Counsel]
* Laws haven’t kept up with criminal ingenuity. That isn’t surprising when sitting legislators are committing some of these crimes. [New York Times]
* An overlooked side effect of Keggy McGropenstein joining the Supreme Court is the creation of a new DC Circuit opening. Here’s a look at who might be filling it. [National Law Journal]
* Internal investigations can get a little close to covert government operations. And that’s the problem Paul Weiss faces right now. [Law360]
* American Lawyer examines the problems with origination credit. [American Lawyer]
* Lawyers want Bill Cosby’s conviction voided because… well they have a lot of wacky ideas. [NBCNews]
* Bad place for confidential client papers? Your front yard. [LegalCheek]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.26.18
* The Senate Judiciary Committee has hired an outside counsel who’s an expert in sex crimes prosecution to question Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. She’ll be doing the bidding of Republican senators, while Democratic senators will do their own questioning. [CNN]
* That same SJC will vote on Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS nomination the very next day, less than 24 hours after Dr. Ford’s testimony concerning allegations that the judge sexually assaulted her. Everyone must be looking forward to the show hearing even more now. [POLITICO]
* But if Kavanaugh’s nomination somehow gets Borked or withdrawn on or before Friday, you better believe that he could face disciplinary action when he returns to his seat on the D.C. Circuit. A complaint has already been filed, but most are “dismissed fairly promptly.” Let’s see what happens. [Big Law Business]
* Should he stay or should he go now? Sources say Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein has no plans to quit and President Donald Trump’s advisers say he’d be willing to keep the DOJ’s second in command on the job. “The president is genuinely conflicted,” but no one knows if his urge to say “You’re Fired!” will be too great. [Wall Street Journal]
* Say hello to the China 45, a ranking of Chinese law firms with the highest gross revenue, revenue per lawyer, and profits per equity partner for the prior calendar year. When it comes to the firms with the biggest financial footprints, only one “American” Biglaw shop made the cut. Take a wild guess on which one it was. [American Lawyer]
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Marijuana
Buzz Kill: (Marijuana) Vape Companies Feel the Burn of Trump Tariffs
Protecting the vape industry in the looming trade war. -
Intellectual Property
Canada Lumped In With China In U.S. Government's Intellectual Property Naughty List
It’s a bit disconcerting to see Canada on a priority watch list, and at the end of the day, the United States looks like an IP bully. -
Family Law
This Isn't A Law School Hypothetical: Should Grandparents Use Their Deceased Children’s Embryos To Have A Grandchild?
Perhaps 'prior-to-death specific consent' should be given before any deceased person’s gametes are used for conception. -
Intellectual Property
Revisiting The IP Dragon’s Lair
From this vantage point, it is clear that China is going through the patent law equivalent of a teenager’s growth spurt. -
Law Schools, Technology
Artificial Intelligence Studies Abroad At Elite Law School
Most legal technology education happens in the U.S., and this law school is making sure its students don't get left behind. -
Intellectual Property
The Soaring IP Dragon: China Cracks Down...
There is perhaps no bigger story right now in the IP world than the Chinese government’s current efforts to combat counterfeiting.