Microsoft
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Biglaw
Top Magic Circle Firm Takes A Chance On Artificial Intelligence
The firm is happy to report that there won't be any kind of 'job apocalypse' thanks to its firmwide adoption of artificial intelligence technologies. -
Government
IRS Wants Microsoft To Pay $28.9B For Using Transfer Pricing To Avoid Taxes
Let’s look at what transfer pricing is, how it can be used for tax avoidance, and what problems this presents. - Sponsored
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Technology
XBOX's Data Collection On Kids Puts Microsoft Out A Cool $20M
I understand a mistake or two, but they did this for like 5 years.
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In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content, Technology
LawVu Enhances Contract & Matter Functionality With AI
LawVu, the category-defining legal workspace for in-house legal teams, today announced the addition of several new AI enhancements to their legal workspace. -
Technology
Microsoft Ditches Twitter From Its Ads Platform… So Elon Announces Plans To Sue Microsoft
Not how any of this works. -
Technology
Bad News About Lawyers’ Income – And Their Feckless Cybersecurity
What are law firms (and everyone else) doing wrong? -
Intellectual Property
Finally, A Win
Even the most dogged patent defendant can sometimes be defeated. -
In-House Counsel
Sometimes The Best Legal Tech Solution Is (Enhancing) What You Already Own
Intapp offers new tool extending Microsoft 365 functionality. - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Biglaw
Bill And Melinda Gates Are Divorcing; Do They Have A Prenup?
The answer is ... it's complicated. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.30.21
* A judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Amazon challenging the award of a lucrative Defense Department contract to Microsoft. Guess Jeff Bezos doesn’t have enough money already… [Verge]
* The FBI has purportedly seized a phone from a lawyer who has ties to Rudy Giuliani. [Salon]
* A lawyer connected to “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli has resigned from the New York Bar. [Bloomberg Law]
* The family of a protester shot and killed by police during the Capitol riot earlier this year is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. [NBC News]
* A New York lawyer, who is accused of vanishing and leaving clients and their money in the lurch, allegedly forged his mother’s signature on loan documents. Guess the joke about lawyers being willing to throw their mothers under the bus might be true for some people… [Commercial Observer]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.04.21
* Microsoft has asked that a lawsuit involving XBox controllers be submitted to arbitration. Would be amazing if they settled this matter with a videogame battle… [Videogame Chronicle]
* A pro-Trump lawyer is in hot water for seemingly suggesting that Vice President Mike Pence should be executed by firing squad. [Business Insider]
* Joe Biden has named a top lawyer for Facebook to the White House Staff Secretary position. [Vox]
* A federal appeals court has dismissed an election lawsuit filed by a Republican lawmaker against Vice President Mike Pence. [NBC News]
* A Supreme Court advocate reportedly doled out $100 to keep people quiet when he phoned into Supreme Court oral arguments from home. Hope he got reimbursed for that expense… [Wall Street Journal]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.13.20
* A class action about Xbox controllers that allegedly “drift” has been beefed up. I used to blame controllers when I lost at GoldenEye as a kid… [Video Games Chronicle]
* Andrew Cuomo apparently has “no interest in going to Washington” to become Attorney General if Joe Biden is elected president. [Fox News]
* A Connecticut lawyer who served time in federal prison for fraud is seeking reinstatement to the Connecticut Bar. [CT Post]
* Law School Transparency is hosting an event on the future of the bar exam that you should all check out! [Law School Transparency]
* A black man who was allegedly led through Galveston, Texas, by a white police officer on horseback is suing the city for $1 million. [CNN]
* The Florida Bar says a lawyer acted so poorly, the judge had to “resort to a discipline strategy typically reserved to parents separating bickering siblings.” This sounds like so many depositions I’ve attended… [Daily Business Review]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.04.20
* Sadly, it looks like they won’t be making a TV series based on the movie Lincoln Lawyer. Maybe they can just work plot lines into those car commercials with Matthew McConaughey. [Deadline]
* Megan Markle is facing setbacks in her privacy litigation against a British tabloid. [NBC News]
* A lawyer is in hot water after writing a will that named himself the primary beneficiary of a $1.7 million estate. That attorney could use an ethics refresher… [Washington Post]
* If you are looking on LinkedIn for legal freelance opportunities, be sure to check out this article. [Silicon Valley Business Journal]
* Microsoft is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that some XBox controllers are defective. Gamers should receive damages for pain and suffering, gaming is a welcome diversion from COVID-19. [Screen Rant]
* Michael Cohen has been denied early prison release after indicating he will publish a “tell-all” book about President Trump. Guess Cohen doesn’t need to worry about confidentiality since his disbarment. [Business Insider]
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Law Schools
This Is What Happens When The Clooneys, Columbia Law School, The ABA, The UN, And Microsoft Work Together
Plus Amal Clooney throws shade at Skadden. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
'From the Inside Out' With Jason Barnwell Of Microsoft
We discuss the value of law firm experience, what makes for good outside counsel, and the role technology plays in law. -
Technology
Microsoft Wants Confirmation That Helping Politicians Not Get Hacked Isn't An Illegal Campaign Contribution
This seems crazy that they would even need to do this. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.31.17
* Colin Kaepernick’s lawsuit against the NFL alleging collusion between NFL teams will be allowed to go forward, at least to a full hearing. [Slate]
* A former NBC exec says the network threatened to smear Ronan Farrow if he kept investigating Harvey Weinstein. [Daily Beast]
* Proskauer settles lawsuit over the work the firm did for convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford… to the tune of $63 million. [New York Law Journal]
* A Mueller bombshell to drop by 5pm today? We’ll be watching. [Mediaite]
* Inside the fight to deregulate the U.K. legal market. [The Financial Times]
* Microsoft is doubling down in making sure its outside law firms (and other suppliers) provide paid parental leave for their employees. [Corporate Counsel]
* Bank of America is facing backlash after freezing accounts of people they suspect as being non-U.S. citizens. [Huffington Post]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.04.18
* Amal Clooney, the acclaimed lawyer who is working a side hustle as a visiting professor at Columbia Law, left her apartment while wearing clothes. This is apparently a very big deal. Oh, did we mention she’s married to George Clooney? Because she is. [Daily Mail]
* Both Microsoft and the Department of Justice have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile data privacy case even though oral arguments have already been heard due to the fact that a new law, the CLOUD Act, has made it moot. [Reuters]
* Villanova Law students got the day off yesterday to continue celebrating the Wildcats’ 79-62 win in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The team’s chaplain who delivers a prayer before every game is a lawyer. [Legal Intelligencer]
* “She’s created the impression that I’ve done something wrong and I haven’t even had final adjudication.” Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea of DePaul Law has canceled Professor Donald Hermann’s class in the middle of the semester after he used the N-word during a lecture. We may have more on this later. [Chicago Sun-Times]
* In the lead up to the release of the 2018 Am Law 100, the American Lawyer has been publishing articles about firms’ impressive financial feats. One of the latest articles is about Strasburger & Price’s 9 percent jump in net income — which likely means that Strasburger may have made it (at least into the Am Law 200). [American Lawyer]
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Privacy
Location, Location, Location: Why Data Privacy In The Cloud May Never Be The Same
Data privacy law is being shaped in this case, so pay attention -- your data is in the cross-border fire as a result. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.19.18
* When it comes to the retrial of sexual-assault charges against Bill Cosby, there are many women — 19, to be exact — willing to testify #MeToo. [Jezebel]
* Best friends: which organizations file the most amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court? [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Judicata just ranked the brief-writing skills of 20 top California law firms; how did your firm fare? [Dewey B Strategic]
* How will artificial intelligence transform society? Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, and Harry Shum, executive VP of Microsoft’s AI and research Group, share their insights. [Microsoft]
* Speaking of AI, how will it affect the world of legal practice? Jake Heller, CEO of AI pioneer Casetext, has answers.
[Artificial Lawyer]* Professor Noah Feldman identifies the shortcomings of Twitter as a forum for legal discussion (but has some kind words for legal blogs, including the one you’re reading right now). [Bloomberg]
* Message boards are also valuable resources — like this one, “where all the unemployed lawyers go to cry.” [The Outline]
* Marc Randazza is a commendably fierce defender of the First Amendment, but this latest case might be a bridge too far. [Huffington Post]
* Check out this fascinating profile of a Mormon lawyer who lost his faith searching for an archaeological site. [Science]
* Why do we need people from s**thole countries? Meet five lawyers who prove the merits of immigration. [Lawfuel]
* Think twice before asking your accountant buddy to do your taxes for you. [Going Concern]
* Speaking of taxes, we’ve finally uncovered the real victims of the new tax scheme — partners who want a break on sports tickets. [Accounting Today]