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Morning Docket: 06.22.21

* A lawsuit alleges that the wife of an MLB star had an affair with a former pastor. Guess that pastor allegedly made it to home base... [Fox News] * A lawyer at Dechert has been sanctioned $10,000 for conduct during closing arguments of litigation involving purportedly defective earplugs. [Reuters] * A defendant accused of stabbing a California attorney to death is due in court. [ABC News] * A class action has been filed over a massive chemical fire that occurred at a Chemtool plant earlier this month. [Chicago Tribune] * Harvard successfully dismissed a lawsuit alleging that students should receive tuition discounts due to COVID-19. Guess a Harvard education doesn't just cost a Zoom subscription and $1.50 in late fees at the public library. [Forbes]

Harvard Won, But Affirmative Action Is Still Set Up To Lose

Republicans were never trying to win this battle, they're trying to win their war against diversity.

Harvard Officially Has Too Much Money

Even Princeton isn't vainglorious enough to mess with crypto.

Morning Docket: 02.14.19

* Paul Manafort is the Energizer Bunny of lying and he'd now botched his own plea deal. [Huffington Post] * Apple attorney in charge of insider trading compliance charged with... insider trading. [Law360] * John Roberts declared himself the First Amendment's most passionate defender at the Supreme Court, which is absolutely true if you limit the First Amendment to political bribery and bigots with cake shops. [National Law Journal] * EU adopts new copyright law! It's... not good. [EFF] * The Harvard admissions case -- the Trojan horse action about gutting affirmative action programs -- is now in the hands of Judge Allison Burroughs for the perfunctory first act on the road to a 5-4 Supreme Court opinion. [Law.com] * Proskauer inches toward the $1B revenue mark. [American Lawyer] * A review of Biglaw cafeterias in the UK. If any firms out there want Above the Law to duplicate this story here in America, feel free to give us a call. [Legal Cheek]

Asian Americans v. Harvard: A Closer Look

What are the key issues in the case, and when can we expect a ruling?

Morning Docket: 10.23.18

* Lawyer for Hughes Hubbard partner wants the other side to whip it out. [Law360] * What if Martindale and Avvo came together into one website that no one looks at? [American Lawyer] * Court says Michael Avenatti stiffed a contractor on the same day he's kicked out of his office for being a deadbeat, further solidifying his position as the "liberal version of Trump." [LA Times] * Speaking of Trump, insurers can now kill your coverage over the pre-existing condition of "acne." [NY Times] * Justice Department advising agencies to lie about FOIA requests. Cool. [Courthouse News Service] * In case you were wondering, the Mueller probe is not a witch hunt. [CNN] * The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is now the number one IPO market in the world. Great job for the #MakeAmericaSecondRateAgain crowd! [International] * Lawyer forcefully argues for Harvard admissions to reflect socioeconomic diversity. If this wasn't a lawsuit bankrolled by white grievance they might be onto something. [Politico]

Morning Docket: 04.12.18

* A sneak peek at Am Law 200 reports. [American Lawyer] * Two lesser charges against Tex McIver shot down. [USNWR] * The Waffle House sextortion case ends in acquittal. Defendants celebrate at IHOP. [Daily Report Online] * Four Thomas clerks are behind the new "HAWA" legal challenge to make Harvard All White Again. [National Law Journal] * A quick look at Robert Khuzami, the former SEC Enforcement honcho who most likely fulfilled the SDNY USAO's role in ordering the Cohen raid. [Courthouse News Service] * JP Morgan decided to join the cryptocurrency revolution by declaring that customer purchases of cryptocurrencies were really "cash advances" instead of regular transactions... a move that allowed them to charge higher fees. Now cryptoheads are suing. Look, you can't have it both ways. [Law360]

Judge Merrick Garland For President — Of Harvard University

The former Supreme Court nominee would make a perfect leader for the great university.

Electoral Law School Update: Trump Is Running… Third

It's not surprising that lawyers are with Her, but the margin is kind of amazing.