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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.30.18

* Trump says he will end the Fourteenth Amendment by executive order. This is your Andrew Jackson-John Marshall moment right here. Thankfully, he probably knows he can't do this and is just ranting in a desperate bid to energize a racist base to turn out for the Midterms. That's actually what passes for "thankfully" these days. [CNN] * Milwaukee judge puts defense attorney in chains for defending his client. The American justice system of 2018 is cruising along swimmingly. [Journal-Sentinel] * GCs making a lot more money to tell outside counsel that they can't afford the bills. [Corporate Counsel] * ...Of course our client was planning to bomb people, but that was if Hillary Clinton had won, so, in a sense, Trump saved all these potential victims! [Huffington Post] * Judicial Conference hearing testimony today about reforming the judiciary to address sexual misconduct. This should be a powerful meeting that results in lackluster reform. [National Law Journal] * Florida prosecutors are challenging the constitutionality of the state's "Stand Your Ground" law for forcing them to try self-defense claims without a jury. Too bad we couldn't have had this challenge several years ago. [Miami Herald] * Cravath on the outside looking in when its long-time client embarked on its biggest software acquisition ever. [American Lawyer] * New York judge rules that daily fantasy games are gambling because this stupid battle will never end. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.30.18

* Guess which Biglaw firm has decided to bring back on-campus recruiting for its summer associate program? Here's a hint: You're going to need a pair of flip flops. We'll have more on this later today. [American Lawyer] * With an estimated $11 million annual salary, Sandra Goldstein, who recently left Cravath for Kirkland & Ellis, may be the highest paid female partner in all of Biglaw. You go, girl! [The Careerist] * Speaking of female Biglaw partners, Bracewell partner Barbara Jones's $700 per hour rate as special master in the review of materials seized from Michael Cohen's office has added up to a pretty YUGE bill for just one week's worth of work: $47,390. [New York Law Journal] * The Justice Department approved a merger between Bayer and Monsanto, but only after the companies agreed to dump $9 billion in business assets. "Today’s news makes it clear that our antimonopoly laws are completely worthless," said one farm group that's just thrilled by the news. [Washington Post] * Eduardo M. Peñalver, the first Latino dean of an Ivy League law school, has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of Cornell Law after achieving quite a few milestones for employment and bar pass rates at the school. [Cornell Chronicle] * Briana Williams, a single mother who requested an epidural while she was in labor so her contractions wouldn't interfere with her completion of a final exam, recently graduated from Harvard Law School. Much respect from one law mama to another. Congratulations and best of luck in all that you do! [Yahoo!]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.29.18

* Kirkland & Ellis raiding Cravath is now officially "a thing"; it's been covered in the newspaper of record. [New York Times] * Extension requests: not just for law school papers, but for cert petitions too (and there's no shame in seeking them; they're often requested by prominent practitioners). [Empirical SCOTUS] * Want to talk intelligently about the Michael Cohen mess case with your friends? Start by reading this primer on "privileged" versus "confidential" client communications, by Joel Cohen (no relation) and Dale Degenshein. [Law and Crime] * Boycotts have a venerable history in terms of the law and the First Amendment -- but they might be losing their effectiveness in the digital age, as noted media lawyer Charles Glasser explains. [Daily Caller] * Eugene Volokh flags this interesting issue (and opinion): under what circumstances does denying a felon the right to own a gun violate the Second Amendment? [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy] * Has the whole "emotional support animal" phenomenon gone too far at Yale? [Yale Daily News via Instapundit]

DBL square headshotDavid Lat is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].

By David Lat
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.11.18

* Uber and Waymo settled, so now we can have flying cars. Or something. [Corporate Counsel] * New charges in the Dan Markel murder case. [U.S. News] * Trump can pretty much get away with anything, so why not talk to prosecutors and just take the Fifth? [The Hill] * A look at the difficult work of navigating a romance at work. [Law and More] * A week in the life of a mom working as a solo practitioner. [CorporetteMoms] * An excellent new podcast for aspiring trial lawyers, from McKool Smith and Benchmark Litigation, kicks off by interviewing legendary litigator Evan Chesler of Cravath. [McKool Smith]

By Above the Law