Jones Day

* The House Ways and Means Committee has filed for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the Treasury Department and IRS over their refusal to turn over President Trump’s tax returns and has also asked the judge to consider the case on an expedited basis. [The Hill]

* Jones Day blasted plaintiffs in the new parental leave bias claims against the firm on social media, alleging that while one ignored “both the law and biology” to file suit, the other’s performance was “below expectations.” [American Lawyer]

* New York adopted the Uniform Bar Exam to make it a little easier for law school graduates to pass the test. Well, uh… that didn’t exactly work out as planned because the UBE had little to no impact on test performance. [New York Law Journal]

* This just in from the Seventh Circuit: In case you were wondering, there’s no such thing as a First Amendment right to lie on your bar applications. [Big Law Business]

* In case you missed it, lawyers for Adnan Syed, subject of the “Serial” podcast, have applied for certiorari before the Supreme Court, asking that the justices reverse a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling where he was refused a new trial. [CNN]

* In his final days, accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein surrounded himself with lawyers in a private meeting room for up to 12 hours a day, emptying vending machines, if only to escape his cramped, vermin-infested cell. [New York Times]

* The Trump Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to deny civil rights protections for transgender employees, but the EEOC doesn’t agree and its general counsel refused to sign the DOJ’s brief to the high court. [National Law Journal]

* Per a leaked Brexit document, U.K. officials are trying to avoid a “catastrophic collapse in the nation’s infrastructure” (e.g., food, fuel, and medicine shortages; port gridlocks; and civil unrest) if Britain is unable to leave the EU with a deal. [NPR]

* Will other Biglaw firms with similar parental leave policies face scrutiny in the wake of the reverse discrimination lawsuit filed against Jones Day? We’ll have to wait and see if this reproduces additional legal claims. [American Lawyer]

* Milbank just scored a major lateral coup after scooping up some talented IP litigators from Irell & Manella, including David Gindler, the firm’s managing partner. Gindler was Irell’s third managing partner in just a few years. [Big Law Business]

* “The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it.” Senate Democrats have issued a warning to the members of the highest bench in the land: “heal [thy]self” lest you be restructured to reduce political influences. [Fox News]

* In case you missed it, the Trump and McConnell reelection campaigns are trying to turn the controversial Supreme Court confirmations of Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh into a fashion statement — for $35 or more, that is. [Washington Post]

* Rather than continue in her quest for justice against Jones Day using her real name, Jane Doe 4 has been dropped as a named plaintiff in the $200 million gender bias suit against the firm. [Big Law Business]

* According to the latest statistics from the
American Bar Association, the federal judiciary is unsurprisingly overflowing with white male judges, but at least women seem to be catching up. [Law.com]

* For the first time in history, women make up the majority of the first-year entering class at the University of Alabama School of Law. Roll tide! [6WBRC]

* Jones Day partner Don McGahn sued for failing to comply with House subpoena. [National Law Journal]

* Short seller argues that Burford is out of money in move that pits highly sophisticated calculated gamblers against highly sophisticated calculated gamblers. [American Lawyer]

* A reminder that the Supreme Court is going to hear a case that could allow employers to fire women for not acting feminine enough. [Vice]

* ICE deported a guy to Iraq who had never lived there, didn’t speak Arabic, and who subsequently died unable to secure insulin. [Slate]

* Biglaw is making the diversity officer role more senior and more powerful. [American Lawyer]

* MGM complaining that federal government gives tribes “monopoly” over casinos. That’s… that’s not how this works. [Courthouse News Service]

* National Review is arguing for “red flag laws” in an editorial that it will deny ever publishing once the GOP quietly kills this issue. [National Review]

* Capital One asks, “What’s In Your Wallet? No, seriously, you’ve been hacked.” [NY Times]

* If you’re looking for “it could be worse” solace during the bar exam, here are some blunders. [Law.com]

* Law firm that aggressively clings to complete and total opacity in attorney pay confused why people think it’s systematically trying to screw people. [American Lawyer]

* Another “let’s make illegal stops as a publicity stunt” scheme falls apart. [Yahoo]

* Checking in on Michael Avenatti, he’s asking for access to his firm servers because the government’s already mirrored everything relevant and he needs his files for his defense. That seems pretty reasonable. [Law360]

* Now GDPR is targeting companies who ask folks to “Like” them. Maybe Brexit isn’t as stupid as it looks. [Corporate Counsel]

* Shocking no one, the gun used in the California festival shooting came from another state. Federalism! [Buzzfeed News]

* Another firm opens an office in mainland Europe in the midst of England trying to garotte its own economy. [Law.com]

* The census case is in new hands because after trying to make a real case and losing they realized there were some Jones Day flunkys hanging around so just hand it over to them. [National Law Journal]

* Opioid case moves forward. [Courthouse News Service]

* Stripping prosecutors of power to own the libs. [Inquirer]

* Since it’s a purely symbolic gesture with no impact on the day-to-day lives of New Yorkers and might land him a headline, Andrew Cuomo did a thing. [Politico]

* Law schools have screwed up. [Forbes]

* The few competent Trump judicial nominees finally move forward. [Law.com]

* After being subpoenaed, former special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify in open hearings before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17. How rare that someone would actually comply with a Congressional subpoena these days! [Washington Post]

* “What are they hiding? Tell Joe Biden. Trump released his list. Why won’t you?” In case you missed it, a conservative legal advocacy group plans to spend big money on national ads demanding that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates release a shortlist of their potential Supreme Court nominees. [POLITICO]

* Harvard Law’s Pipeline Parity Project, a group that’s working to end mandatory arbitration among Biglaw firms, is going national. Now known as the People’s Parity Project, the group has expanded its mission and hopes to form chapters at least six other law school campuses. [Law.com]

* “It is time to do away with the stigmatization of women who challenge discrimination and harassment in their workplaces.” Three of the four women who were previously proceeding anonymously in their gender bias case against Jones Day have come forward to reveal their names. [Big Law Business]

* The latest high-dollar addition to the Yankees is Mike Mellis, formerly the top lawyer at Major League Baseball, who will slide into home as the Bronx Bombers’ executive vice president and chief counsel. [New York Law Journal]

* Timothy Thornton, CEO of 150-lawyer Greensfelder Hemker & Gale, RIP. [American Lawyer]

* During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” President Trump falsely claimed that he “inherited” the policy of separating children from their parents at the border from President Obama, and later went on to defend the conditions that migrant children are being detained in, saying, “We’re doing a fantastic job under the circumstances.” [NBC News]

* The Supreme Court will soon be ending its October 2018 term, and there are still a dozen controversial cases yet to be decided. Which eagerly awaited ruling(s) will be released today? [Reuters]

* “So many D.C. lawyers are actors at heart. This is the drama of our time.” The Mead Center for American Theater is planning an 11-hour dramatic reading of the Mueller report. Several lawyers have signed up to read, but we wonder who will get to say Don McGahn’s famous lines. [National Law Journal]

* One woman may have settled her sex discrimination claims against Jones Day, but another just joined the gender bias class-action against the firm, bringing the total number of plaintiffs to eight. [Big Law Business]

* Cravath partners: They’re just like us! Damaris Hernández, who became the first Latina partner at Cravath in 2016, got her own profile piece on how she spends her Sundays published in the paper of record this weekend. [New York Times]