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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.03.15

* With the Dewey trial wrapping up, a look back at the history of firm honchos earning jail time. [Law360] * Slick video explaining the everything wrong the way law schools market themselves to students. [Business Insider] * K&L Gates loses more partners. This time McDermott picks up the spoils. But don't cry for K&L, they nabbed a huge get off Paul Hastings. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Remember when Sony got hacked? It unveiled some fun stuff, like how the new movie Concussion changed its plot around to avoid offending the NFL. [ABA Journal] * As college football prepares to kick off tonight, Baylor has hired Pepper Hamilton to look into how the school handles sexual violence allegations in light of the rape conviction of former player Sam Ukwuachu. [Dallas Morning News] * Here's one of the dumbest arguments ever: Larry Lessig is liberal. About 47 years ago, unchecked campaign spending marginally helped a liberal (he did ultimately lose the nomination... and Nixon became president). Therefore, Larry Lessig shouldn't be against money in politics. Signed, the former Executive Director of the Club for Growth. [The Daily Caller] * Meanwhile, the GOP runs into the downside of Citizens United: arming a terrible candidate with so much money he won't drop out. [Slate]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.26.15

* District Judge Henry Wingate suspends Mississippi's death penalty. The full written decision is expected later this week. [BuzzFeed] * Wondering why Roger Goodell is taking a hardline over Deflategate? He's just acting like any good dictator and securing his power. [Washington Post] * Trying to get bail set in a massive insider trading case? It helps if you've got God as a character reference. [Dealbreaker] * Of all the dumb, stupid, obvious, %^$*#, frustrating AF horse hockey. Alabama is in the process of closing 45 out of 49 DMVs around the state. For the uninitiated: Alabama passed a strict voter ID law in 2011 and now there's this new barrier to getting the proper identification. I guess it isn't a stretch to pencil in Alabama as red in 2016. [Daily Kos] * In less depressing news, read contemporary coverage of the passage of the 19th Amendment. [The Nation] * ... And right back to the depressing: a commenter places the blame for a lack of women lead counsel squarely with clients. Oh good, I was afraid for a minute that the legal industry might actually have to do something about gender issues. [What About Paris?] * Rest in peace, Amelia Boynton Robinson. The civil rights activist died today at age 104. Best known for her fight for voting rights in the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" march, she was portrayed by Lorraine Toussaint in the movie Selma. [WTOP]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.11.15

* "[H]e’s just a litigious person. Unless he has something going on in the public eye, he can’t exist.” Former Clippers owner Donald Sterling filed a suit against V. Stiviano and TMZ, accusing them of invading his privacy by sharing a recording of his racism. [New York Post] * A jury found that an ex-municipal court judge who was convicted of insurance fraud was lying when he claimed that he'd been attacked outside the courthouse by thugs wielding a toilet tank lid. We guess you could say that the jurors were able to flush out all of this guy's crap. [ABA Journal] * Talk about a Hail Mary suit: Ted Wells of Paul Weiss and NFL locker-room bullying report fame is being sued for defamation by the former Miami Dolphins offensive-line coach who happened to be one of the casualties of his investigation. [Washington Post] * Deutsche Bank's general counsel will step down from his position at the end of the year. Deutsche Bank joins JPMorgan and Bank of America as the third big bank to have announced a change in GC within the past month. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * If you're considering applying to law school, here are five steps you can take to write a "great" personal statement. Surprisingly, one step isn't mentioning your guaranteed employment at a family firm after graduation. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.10.15

* Interesting... audio of Richard Nixon's only oral argument before the Supreme Court. [Concurring Opinions] * Aaron Hernandez's lawyers want his murder indictment tossed. Tom Brady is relieved he now has the second-dumbest Patriots legal challenge. [NECN] * There's a robust piranha-smuggling operation in the United States. That's... Sharknado levels of terrifying. [Legal Juice] * In between ripping Rosie O'Donnell, the GOP "debate" actually talked a little about the Constitution. [Dorf on Law] * New York's responsible banking law is unconstitutional. Banks rejoice. [Reuters] * The New York Times broached the subject of "resting bitch face." How do lawyers avoid the phenomenon? [Attorney at Work] * God Donald Trump is entertaining. [What About Clients?] * Why aren't the poor a suspect class? [PrawfsBlawg]

By Joe Patrice