Jones Day
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.03.17
* The Supreme Court declined to hear a case about vending machines and the ADA. This isn’t such a big deal right now, but with tech gurus trying to turn America into a vending machine hellscape, this was a good opportunity for the Court to get out ahead of the curve. But we all knew that wasn’t going to happen. [Law.com]
* I think this is supposed to sound heroic, but the story of lawyers in Fort Lauderdale racing against Hurricane Irma to close a deal just seems like a cautionary tale about becoming a lawyer. But, you know, good for them for getting it done. [Daily Business Review]
* Trio of top-flight prosecutors leave the SDNY to form Krieger Kim & Lewin LLP. That’s 30 years of combined talent walking out of the SDNY all at once. And some impressive stories. Plots to assassinate ambassadors? The bin Laden case? A bevy of corrupt state officials? Hey guys, things might be a little less exciting for a couple months. [NY Times]
* Meanwhile, the former EDNY U.S. Attorney, Robert Capers, joins Arent Fox. [Wall Street Journal]
* Novel takes on a fantastic premise: a likable Biglaw protagonist. [Amazon (affiliate link)]
* A group of lawyers are driving an anti-gay agenda? What firm did they crawl out from? Oh… right. Obviously. [The Careerist]
* If you didn’t catch it over the weekend, WNYC’s More Perfect is back taking a deeper dive into Supreme Court. Check out Elie Mystal interviewing Judge Posner in this episode on Korematsu. Wow, Judge Posner is astoundingly nihilistic about courts. [More Perfect]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.01.17
* The gaggle of Jones Day lawyers who joined the Trump administration received a blanket waiver from ethical rules because what’s the point when there’s no integrity left to protect? [National Law Journal]
* The ABA is discussing a massive overhaul of its law school accreditation regime in order to appease critics from the Department of Education (at least the former DOE). Hey, DOE… we already solved this problem for you! [Law.com]
* Historically the Silk Road connected China to Europe. According to the Second Circuit it connects Ross William Ulbricht to a life sentence. [Law360]
* Because it wasn’t big enough yet, Dentons opens an office in Myanmar. [Legal Week]
* In-house counsel complain that they receive too much marketing material. But that’s not stopping firms from piling on more, because in-house lawyers don’t know what’s good for them. [Am Law Daily]
* George Mason students have filed a lawsuit accusing the school of violating public records law in an effort to obscure funding the school — especially ASS Law — may receive from the Koch brothers. [Courthouse News Service]
* “Lawyer who killed lover’s dog blames being lone Jew at boarding school.” I’m just going to leave this here. [NY Post]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.16.17
* Was your firm disabled by a cyberattack? Probably not if you’re still reading this. [Am Law Daily]
* All these “classified intelligence” headlines miss the point. It’s not like Trump told them the nuclear codes or anything — he warned them about a possible terror plot. The problem is that haphazard handling of secrets could mess up future intelligence gathering and put sources at risk. And, of course, that Trump’s going to address a burgeoning national security scandal on Twitter. [Courthouse News Service]
* If you think movie theaters are a racket, well, the Department of Justice thinks that’s worth looking into. [Law.com]
* Dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains why firing James Comey didn’t spark a constitutional crisis — but that’s about the only good thing he has to say about the administration. [Newsweek]
* German law enforcement’s search of local Jones Day offices was legal. VW plans to turbocharge an appeal. [Reuters]
* This may come as a shock, but Arizona Summit Law School isn’t doing well. [Arizona Central]
* Conan has to go to trial on joke theft allegations. [New York Times]
* What to know about the Supreme Court’s latest arbitration decision. Besides “y’all are screwed,” of course. [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.11.17
* Johnson & Johnson pushing back against the baby powder cancer verdicts. I thought J&J was the one that wasn’t supposed to cause tears. [Law.com]
* Nine percent tuition hike in store for this law school. [Inforum]
* While the Comey story has sucked up a lot of attention, civil libertarians are watching West Virginia, where a reporter was arrested for asking a question of the Trump administration. [US News & World Report]
* What was Putin wearing when he gave his thoughts on Comey’s firing? (A) A bear costume; (B) A Russian Air Force Uniform; (C) MAGA Hat; (D) Hockey Gear; (E) Shirtless. [Huffington Post]
* German authorities laugh off Jones Day complaints. [Am Law Daily]
* Fewer meetings makes for a better team. This… apparently isn’t obvious to people yet. [Corporate Counsel]
* Chinese hackers have to pay up for breaches at Cravath and Weil Gotshal. [Big Law Business]
* Judge Kaplan was attacked by a pit bull, but he’s all right now. [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.10.17
* Former FBI Director James Comey found out that he’d been fired in the worst way possible. He apparently saw the news of his sudden termination on television, and originally thought that it was some sort of a prank being played on him. When you get fired and everyone in the world knows about it before you do, that takes trolling to a whole new level. Ice cold. [New York Daily News]
* In other news, with Comey out of the way, President Donald Trump really wants to drill home the
alternativefact that he has no connections to Russia. According to White House press secretary Sean Spicer, Trump hired a “leading law firm in Washington, D.C.” to send a letter to that effect to Senator Lindsey Graham. Which “leading law firm in Washington, D.C.” could it be? [NBC News]* The Law School Admissions Council has named Dean Kellye Y. Testy of the University of Washington School of Law as its new president and CEO. Testy will step down from her current position to take the lead on several new initiatives at LSAC, including increasing the frequency of when the LSAT is administered and offering free online prep materials for the exam. Congratulations! [ABA Journal]
* “[W]e are reviewing all Department of Justice policies to focus on keeping Americans safe and will be issuing further guidance and support to our prosecutors executing this priority.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions seems interested in reinstating harsh punishments for low-level drug crimes, up to and including severe mandatory minimum sentences. [Washington Post]
* Andrew Luger was once the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, but in March, AG Jeff Sessions demanded that as an Obama-era holdover, he resign from his position. A few months have passed, and now Luger will actually have an opportunity to work intimately with the Trump administration. He’s now a member of the partnership at a firm with close ties to the president: Jones Day. [Am Law Daily]
* Travel bans, and SCOTUS appointments, and executive powers, oh my! Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office were filled with such legal lunacy that professors at the Cardozo School of Law were inspired to create a 10-week course on Trumpism and the rule of law. Were they worried that the president would stop providing for material for them to work with? No, absolutely not. [HuffPost]
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Jones Day Advertising Its Trump Admin Ties Because They Have No Shame
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Jones Day Responds To Critics With Standard Petulant Hissy Fit
Everything about this matter really seems to get under their skin and it's not a good look. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.17.17
* Whaddya know. Preet Bharara said to be investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price at the time he was fired. [ProPublica]
* Ninth Circuit Judge Richard Clifton doesn’t mention Donald Trump’s name, but that’s totally who he was talking about. [Huffington Post]
* Will the Jones Day raid tip the balance of geopolitical affairs? [Law and More]
* Speaking of Jones Day, here’s another deep dive into the firm (featuring Paul Barrett of Bloomberg Businessweek and our own David Lat). [Big Law Business]
* A terrible injustice in El Salvador. [Washington Post]
* Who’s really getting screwed by the electoral college? Hint: It’s America. [Salon]
* Trump’s travel ban was doomed from the start. [Huffington Post]
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More Peeks Inside The Black Box Of Jones Day
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