Election Law

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.08.23

* Alabama's open defiance of the Supreme Court's election law ruling sets up a potential return trip to DC, with Republicans hoping they can flip Brett Kavanaugh this time. A new leak -- which we'll also never get to the bottom of -- suggests Kavanaugh's original vote was the product of lengthy negotiations with John Roberts. Is Roberts leaking this to shame Kavanaugh into remaining consistent... or is Alito leaking this to call Kavanaugh a cuck for respecting the Voting Rights Act? Both good guesses! [CNN] * Speaking of Kavanaugh, he says that being a judge is like being an umpire. Though for colleagues like Thomas and Alito it seems to be more like being an NBA referee. Specifically Tim Donaghy. [Law360] * Data privacy is a massive battleground for future legal tussles, but law schools are more interested in maintaining courses on who controls a whale carcass under admiralty law to bother teaching about data. [Legaltech News] * Judge Pauline Newman releases her medical tests as the Federal Circuit continues its unconstitutional power grab to force her off the bench. Again, the judiciary should have term limits, but until it does this is a matter for the legislative branch. [Bloomberg Law News] * In "dog bites man" news, Peter Navarro convicted on contempt of Congress charges. [Reuters] * Eversheds lawyer apparently punched a banker for using a slur. This is toward the top of the lengthy list of reasons to punch bankers. [Roll on Friday]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.11.23

* Supreme Court steps in to block opioid settlement that would've immunized the Sacklers. Looks like someone needs to start buying some luxury vacations for Clarence! [CNN] * FEC looking into campaign deepfakes. Not to offer Donald Trump free advice, but he might want to embrace AI and argue that all those election calls were just malicious AI phonies. [Bloomberg Law News] * Law firm closing up shop after nearly a century in business. [Law.com] * Ed Blum is taking his effort to stamp out diversity from the classroom to the boardroom, going after a venture capital firm that invests in Black-owned businesses. [Reuters] * University of California drawing back from Lewis Brisbois over the email scandal. Though those guys aren't there anymore so this is more of a "how did you let this happen?" penalty. [Law360] * Caltech and Apple have settled lawsuit over Wifi. With that kind of money, maybe they can join the Big Ten too. [9to5Mac] * Is an LLM worth putting off a Biglaw job? [LegalCheek]

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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.28.23

* Much like everyone else, law firms have no interest in paying Twitter. [LegalCheek] * Lawyers think the profession has gotten less civil, but that's just what those degenerate scumbags would say. [ABA Journal] * A nice guide to the lawyers working with Jack Smith on Trump's classified documents case. [ABC News] * No sooner did we note in this here column that New York would rewrite the rules to make criminal defense work even harder than NYC's prosecutors reversed their push for the change. They don't have a vote, but it's taken a lot of the effort. [NY Times] * Eleventh Circuit issues 2-1 opinion that suppressing the rights of Black voters is acceptable, but only if you're coy enough. [Reuters] * DC Circuit won't break up Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions. If only they could undo the whole "Meta" part of Facebook. [Law360]

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