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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.07.17

* Another day, another notable immigration ruling from the Ninth Circuit (by the great liberal lion, Judge Stephen Reinhardt, joined by his brilliant ideological protégé, Judge Marsha Berzon). [How Appealing] * The sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, which previously ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked, will be retried in November. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * Why do associates leave Biglaw, and what can be done to reduce attrition? Insights from NALP and from Major Lindsey & Africa's Tina Cohen and Jennifer Henderson. [ABA Journal] * Law firm merger mania continues -- and much of the action is taking place abroad. [Law.com] * Senator Kamala Harris, prominent prosecutor turned politician, might get interrupted on occasion -- but she will not be stopped. [New York Times] * Linda Greenhouse wonders about Justice Neil Gorsuch: "How could the folksy 'Mr. Smith Goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee' morph so quickly into Donald Trump’s life-tenured judicial avatar?" [New York Times via How Appealing] * Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledges that the Republicans might not be able to repeal Obamacare right now -- and that an interim solution might be needed. [The Hill] * For interested readers, here's the "origin story" of Above the Law, which turns 11 next month. [Yale Alumni Association of New York]

By David Lat
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.22.17

* Senate Republicans take another step forward on repealing the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare. [MedCity News] * Shocker: President Donald Trump has no "tapes" of his conversations with James Comey. [Talking Points Memo] * Our own Elie Mystal breaks down this morning's Supreme Court decisions, in conversation with Brian Lehrer of WNYC. [WNYC] * And if you want to read the SCOTUS rulings for yourself, Howard Bashman has links to all of them. [How Appealing] * Professor Ilya Somin explains how zoning and other land use controls exacerbate the affordable housing crisis. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Professor Richard Re argues that Bivens isn't dead -- at least not yet. [PrawfsBlawg] * A great profile of a great rainmaker: Bill Carmody of Susman Godfrey. [Lawdragon] * A Thomson Reuters tool that takes torture out of timekeeping. [LawSites]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.03.17

* The Jeff Sessions Justice Department will decline to bring charges against Baton Rogue police officers involved in the death of Alton Sterling. The shooting of Sterling was caught on videotape and led to protests last summer. [Washington Post] * A new lawsuit alleges a funeral home in Mississippi refused to cremate a man's husband because he was gay. [CNN] * Is Apple prepping for a massive acquisition? Let the guessing game begin. [LA Times] * A judge has ruled that a defamation suit against CNN will go forward. The allegations surround a story about infant mortality at a Florida hospital. [Law.com] * The machinations behind the latest push to repeal and replace Obamacare have hit a snag over preexisting conditions. [New York Times] * The United States may pull out of the climate change Paris Agreement as early as next week. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.26.17

* "I’m guessing they have had a number of long days and potentially sleepless nights." The government lawyers behind the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the American Health Care Act have had a rough go of things. Who are they, which law schools did they attend, and which Biglaw firms did they work for before becoming Hill lawyers? [National Law Journal] * Don't forget about Merrick: A third of Democratic senators have pledged to vote against confirming Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. At this time, it remains unclear as to whether there will be a united effort by Democrats to oppose his confirmation when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on April 3. [Reuters] * Guess who isn't boycotting Hawaii? People who apparently have a vendetta against this federal jurist. Judge Derrick Watson of the District of Hawaii has been receiving death threats ever since he blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on March 15. He is now receiving 24-hour protection from the U.S. Marshals Service. [The Hill] * The Second Circuit has upheld New York's ban on non-lawyers investing in law firms. Personal injury firm Jacoby & Meyers argued that the state's prohibition on non-lawyer investment violated lawyers' First Amendment right to associate with clients, but the court found that connection to be "simply too attenuated." [New York Law Journal] * Ithaca may be gorges, but it can't compete with the Big Apple with it comes to hands-on learning about issues dealing with cutting-edge tech. Cornell Law is launching a semester-long Program in Information and Technology Law at its Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City that's slated to begin in Spring 2018. [WSJ Law Blog] * Judge Edward J. McManus, the longest serving of any incumbent judge in the United States (and third-longest servng in the history of the United States), RIP. [N.D. Iowa]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.16.17

* Fantastic analogy, now all the geeks love you. [io9] * The Senate wants an update from the FBI and Justice Department on exactly what went down with Mike Flynn's resignation. [Daily Kos] * Fox News settled sexual harassment claims, but did they violate SEC rules in the process? [Law and More] * What Neil Gorsuch will really be like on the Supreme Court. [The Onion] * Was a narcoleptic CIA agent discriminated against because of their disability? [Wake Forest Law Review] * The IRS is moving against Obamacare. [TaxProf Blog] * SiriusXM's big Second Circuit victory. [Hollywood Reporter]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.27.17

* Ed Meese in defense of Trump SCOTUS shortlister William Pryor. [The Daily Signal] * What the Chief Justice's writings tell us about the constitutionality of the global gag rule. [Slate] * What does the cert success rate look like this Term? [Empirical SCOTUS] * The potential legal actions over Trump's copycat cake. [Dorf on Law] * Could you do semi-retirement? [Law and More] * Are the GOP getting spooked over Obamacare repeal? [Washington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino
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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.19.17

* President Obama commuted the sentences of an additional 330 federal prisoners held on drug convictions today. [Huffington Post] * The Democrats who are not going to attend the inauguration. [Politico] * More dustup over undisclosed celebrity endorsements. [The Fashion Law] * Need a new job? Do you know how to crack the phone interview? [Law and More] * Noam Chomsky has some thoughts on the ACA repeal. [Salon] * This has become particularly poignant. [Slate]

By Kathryn Rubino