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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 07.20.16
* The “Federal Criminal Discovery Blue Book” — which is exactly what it sounds like, a trial manual by federal prosecutors for federal prosecutors — is protected from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act as attorney work product. [Wall Street Journal]
* Donald Trump Jr. seems to have “borrowed” lines from his convention speech from his own speech writer. And the defense of Melania Trump’s plagiarism at Monday night’s RNC keeps getting more and more outlandish. Now it involves My Little Pony. [CNN]
* Former Cardinals director of baseball development Christopher Correa is going to jail for hacking into emails of the Houston Astros, and now Major League Baseball is looking into the scandal. [Law360]
* The Department of Justice really, really wants the Supreme Court to rehear the immigration case of U.S. v. Texas, which ended in an unsatisfying tie — preferably once they get, you know, the traditional nine justices. [National Law Journal]
* And you thought your job was stressful — imagine if you were running your global firm’s Turkey office. [American Lawyer]
* Potential merger in the air: CMS Cameron McKenna is eyeing Olswang. [The Lawyer]
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Law Firm Merger Mania: Pitney Hardin, Day Berry
In the wake of the Dewey/Orrick and Thelen Reid/Brown Raysman announcements, here’s news of yet another law firm merger. But this one is a bit smaller than the last two: One of New Jersey’s oldest and largest firms, Pitney Hardin, is merging with Connecticut’s biggest, Day, Berry & Howard, to create a 395-lawyer power with […]
