Privacy
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Privacy
Now Twitter's 'Report' Function Being Used To Disappear Complaint About GDPR Being Used To Disappear Public Court Document
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.27.18
* Is anything going on today? [BBC]
* Anything at all? [USA Today]
* Dan Snyder and Cadwalader settle their massive malpractice suit so Snyder can focus full time on his team’s inevitably heartbreaking collapse. [Law360]
* Speaking of Washington’s football franchise, the heiress of its former owner is facing criminal charges for allegedly saying, “hurry up Jew” before beating a lawyer in the head until he bled. Lovely organization Washington’s got there! [Fox News]
* After months of bad press, America’s tech giants are calling for a federal privacy law. Or, more accurately, after California passed a privacy law, America’s tech giants are calling for a neutered federal law to preempt California’s. [Reuters]
* Since Rod Rosenstein might be leaving our public lives as early as today, here’s an in-depth look at one of his most bonkers cases. [Washingtonian]
* DLA Piper adds the former ambassador to Argentina as a special advisor. In other news, David Mamet’s son used to be the ambassador to Argentina? Was anyone else tracking that? UPDATE: OK, I feel vindicated that I hadn’t missed something huge. DLA Piper confirms that he’s not actually David Mamet’s son. I would’ve thought that would have been a bigger deal. [National Law Journal]
* Amazon’s commitment to screwing over its workers and leaving taxpayers to foot the bill runs right up to the NLRA line. But it’s cool since that law won’t survive Kavanaugh’s first year. [Gizmodo]
* Why PwC’s new Fragomen partnership is a big deal. [Law.com]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.28.18
* Now begins the period of wild predictions about Kennedy’s eventual replacement. Young judge with proven record of hostility toward minorities, gays, and women would be a pretty good bet. [National Law Journal]
* A whopping 33 states employ the UBE now. [Law.com]
* No one is actually complying with GDPR. Sounds right. [Digiday]
* But back to Supreme Court news, remember Roe? Yeah that won’t be around much longer. And if you’ve deluded yourself into the Pollyannaish belief that Roberts won’t go there, you’re forgetting how courts work.
[Slate]* This op-ed by the legal luminary power family, the Amars, about Justice Kennedy’s call for a civil and balanced court in his Muslim Ban concurrence did not age well. But it’s worth revisiting to demonstrate just how deeply Kennedy grifted everyone, including some of the smartest legal minds around, with his “swing” schtick. [CNN]
* ICE lawyer decides it’s time to help kids instead of hurt them. To quote West Wing: “Let’s… I tell you what, let’s forget the fact that you’re coming a little late to the party and embrace the fact that you showed up at all.” [USA Today]
* Border patrol is about to get aggressive on keeping Canadians out. [Newsweek]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.19.18
* Florida Coastal seeks restraining order against ABA requirement that the school to let students know that they’ll probably not be passing the bar exam. [Daily Business Review]
* Kris Kobach lost his effort to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters based on a series of rank fabrications… but the best part is the judge ordered him to attend CLE as punishment for his cluelessness throughout the trial. [Courthouse News Service]
* Cadwalader Cabinet functions as the “Bloomberg Terminal for financial regulation.” [American Lawyer]
* … And then promptly loses its financial services co-chair to Debevoise. So it’s an up and down kind of day down there. [American Lawyer]
* MillerCoors and Pabst locked in bitter legal battle. Why do mommy and daddy have to fight like this? [CNBC]
* Conversations with minority partners. [Law360]
* A call for Silicon Valley to get behind a privacy law. [Politico]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.14.18
* The New York American Inn of Court presents, “Fast Times at Ruth Bader Ginsburg High.” You’ll never think of Phoebe Cates the same way again. [New York Law Journal]
* In the wake of decades of sexual abuse, Michigan State turned to former Republican governor John Engler to serve as interim president and steer the school back from this tragedy. His response is to smear the victims. The only shocking thing about this is that anyone expected a different result. [Detroit Free Press]
* Apple is making it harder for law enforcement to crack into your phone. If they can follow this up with a longer lasting battery, we might forgive them for removing the headphone jack. [CNN]
* A reminder that the next shoe in the Supreme Court’s attempt to resuscitate Lochner is about to drop. [Vox]
* United Lex and LeClairRyan’s new deal has the legal technology community buzzing. But banking on law firms to embrace change hasn’t always panned out. [American Lawyer]
* When the revolution comes, they’ll point to our highly developed law of golf balls as proof of our decadence. [Law.com]
* Due process suit brought by journalists on the infamous United States kill list will go forward. [Courthouse News Service]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.29.18
* In a perfect example of everything wrong with GDPR there are now concerns that, under its terms, blockchain is prohibited. So a law designed to protect privacy might derail the most secure privacy protection technology on the market. Good job! [Legaltech News]
* For months, I’ve used the phrase “GDPR-Y2K-2018.” Looks like someone agrees with me. [Corporate Counsel]
* The lesson we’ve learned over the past week is that being pro-segregation really boosts your chances for the federal bench these days. [Courthouse News Service]
* The air is no so sweet down on Sesame Street, where they’re suing Brian Henson over his new movie, “Happytime Murders.” [Law360]
* A deep dive into that dispute that’s put Michael Avenatti’s firm on the hook for millions. [New York Law Journal]
* Trump’s trade policy may result in economic ruin, but it’ll make a lot of money for lawyers. [American Lawyer]
* Payday lender who tried to skirt the law by claiming to be on Indian reservations slapped with 8-year sentence. [WTOP]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.22.18
* A full 85 percent of companies aren’t ready for the GDPR implementation deadline later this week, meaning… well probably nothing, but let’s freak out about it anyway. [Corporate Counsel]
* Jones Day’s Dana Baiocco tabbed by Trump administration to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to end Democratic leadership on that board. So get ready for exploding bottles and nails just sticking out of stuffed animals… because “freedom.” [National Law Journal]
* DOJ tests new investigative tactic of just telling suspected criminals everything before interviewing them. [Huffington Post]
* We’re deregulating banks again because that’s historically worked out so well. [Wall Street Journal]
* South Carolina has repealed its “disturbing school” law, which was really just a vague catch-all provision to allow cops to harass and imprison black kids. [ACLU]
* Paul Manafort looks to suppress more evidence. Hey it’s worth a shot. [Courthouse News Service]
* In sad news, groundbreaking attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree has passed away at 104. [Washington Post]
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Privacy
U.S. Companies Beware: Don’t Trip Over These 3 Areas Of The GDPR
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Lawyer Fired After Sending BDSM Sex Contract To Junior Employee. Naturally He Sues.
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Privacy
When In Doubt Redact It All -- FBI Gets Redaction Happy With FOIA Request
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