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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.07.16

* "Every rape is not a gender-motivated hate crime." New York Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich dismissed part of singer Kesha's claims against producer Dr. Luke because the pop star's allegations of rape and abuse were time barred and happened outside the state. Tick tock on the clock for a similar suit she filed in California. [WSJ Law Blog] * Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has scheduled an appointment to meet with Judge Merrick Garland for breakfast next Tuesday, despite his opposition to President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Senator Grassley's courteous refusal to perform his job presumably pairs well with eggs and bacon. [Quad-City Times] * The Department of Justice has filed suit against Halliburton and Baker Hughes, seeking to block the oil-field services companies' pending merger. According to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, completion of the deal would "eliminate vital competition, skew energy markets, and harm American consumers.” [DealBook / New York Times] * Panama papers law firm Mossack Fonseca seems to have pulled off the perfect magic trick. Shortly after the firm's exploits in hiding client assets in offshore accounts were revealed via hack, its U.S. operations all but disappeared. The firm's website has now been scrubbed completely clean of any connection to its Miami office. [USA Today] * Bart Williams, a top partner at Munger Tolles -- a firm that's been likened to the Wachtell of the West -- will be leaving the place where he's called home for 21 years to become the co-chair of Proskauer Rose's Los Angeles litigation department. This is a real coup for Proskauer, since partners rarely leave Munger. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]

By Staci Zaretsky
Andrew Cuomo

Morning Docket: 09.12.14

* Following the divisive decision in Shelby County v. Holder, voting rights cases may be heading back to the SCOTUS sooner than we thought. Thanks, Texas and Wisconsin. [USA Today] * Bienvenidos a Miami? Cities compete to be designated as sites where global arbitration matters are heard. Miami is an up-and-comer, but New York is king. [DealBook / New York Times] * Thanks to anonymous donors, the reward for info related to FSU Law Professor Dan Markel’s murder has been raised to $25,000. Not a single suspect has been named since his death. [Tallahassee Democrat] * After losing the Democratic primary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Professor Zephyr Teachout drank some gin and tonics like a boss before returning to her class at Fordham Law to teach property. [New York Times] * Try as he might, the Blade Runner just can’t outrun the law: Oscar Pistorius might have been cleared on the murder charge he was facing, but now he’s been found guilty on a culpable homicide charge. [CNN]

By Staci Zaretsky
California

Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.12

* Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer, Joe Amendola, has a very lawyerly license plate — and expired tags, too? [Deadspin] * In other sports law news, Darren Heitner says at least one football helmet manufacturer should be afraid, be very afraid, of concussion litigation. [Forbes] * A pop culture blogger, Jenni Maier, is rudely awakened to the boring, sexless, receding-hairline-filled real world of jury duty. [Crushable] * A pair of former Lawyers of the Day, Michael Tein and Guy Lewis, are in trouble again — this time for allegedly acting “recklessly and unprofessionally” towards the judge in a wrongful death case they were handling. [Miami Herald] * The Minnesota Supreme Court rules that a Mortuary Science student was legally flunked for making fun (on Facebook) of the cadaver she had to dissect. Chalk up another point to the Facebook Fun Police. [City Pages] * Senior U.S. District Judge Robert J. Kelleher, the oldest serving federal judge, died at 99 in California. [Associated Press]

By Christopher Danzig
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Lateral Link Director Scott Hodes gives his assessment on one of the nation’s hottest lateral markets in recent years. Florida has continued to represent one of the most active states in the country in terms of hiring. 2011 saw a resurgence of positions in almost all areas, which is good news for 2012 and beyond. […]

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