Jones Day

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.30.19

* 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]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.09.19

* 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]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.26.19

* 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]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.24.19

* 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]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.18.19

* A survey of what mental health initiatives look like across the legal industry. It may not be great, but it's better than the mental health initiatives of a decade ago which amounted to, "we're comping your dinner, quit your whining." [Law.com] * Porn star Ella Hughes (don't worry, these links are safe for work) has completed her law degree -- but not after having to face a lot of abuse from classmates. [Legal Cheek] * Alex Jones is not having a great week -- what with all the child porn and the threatening lawyers stuff. [The Wrap] * Speaking of conspiracy theory-spinning talk show hosts, Brett Kavanaugh's now quoting Dennis Prager in SCOTUS opinions. Cool cool. [Alternet] * The Wendy Moore gender discrimination suit against Jones Day appears to be over. Until the next one. [The Recorder] * Texas just killed a law that would have banned guns in airports because if you're going to strap yourself into a tin can at 30K feet, you may as well feel sheer terror on the ground too. [Texas Tribune] * Judge threatens Shearman with ethics charges. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.11.19

* Another attorney opts into the Jones Day sex discrimination suit. [Law360] * Bill introduced to legalize sex work in New York. Eliot Spitzer wondering, "where were you when I needed you?" [NBC New York] * Supreme Court balks at lawsuit seeking to expand constitutional protection for silencers. Remember, the only thing that can stop a bad guy performing an assassination in East Berlin is a good guy performing an assassination in East Berlin. [Reuters] * John Dean stopped by Congress to give a history lesson since no one else is honoring their subpoenas. [Courthouse News Service] * Pepper Hamilton more or less kept tight control of its investigation into the Baylor sexual assault case, but now it could face sanctions for potentially withholding records requested in a civil suit arising from the matter. [Texas Lawyer] * Trump's team takes its "legitimate legislative purpose" argument to the D.C. Circuit. Shouldn't some wizened Republican be stepping up and putting a stop to this argument before Trump inadvertently guts the Congress that the party has worked so hard to gerrymander of any real authority? [National Law Journal] * Student launches crowdfunding campaign to pay for legal education. But this is Britain so he only needs about $80K to go to Cambridge instead of $200K+ to go to a TTT. [Legal Cheek] * The proposed extradition law that could allow China to nab people in Hong Kong could undermine foreign involvement in the semi-autonomous region. And that means a lot of big law firms. [CNN]

By Joe Patrice