Quinn Emanuel

  • Morning Docket: 10.19.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.19.18

    * John Quinn of Quinn Emauel has no plans to step down as managing partner, no plans to retire any time soon, and no desire to do any succession planning (aka “an example of superfluous business school-speak that adds nothing”) for his firm. After all, the business of law “is a pretty dumb business.” [American Lawyer]

    * Elon Musk has been sued by a Tesla shareholder in the Delaware Court of Chancery over his “erratic behavior” and the company’s board has been dragged into the suit for their alleged “gross mismanagement” of Musk’s Twitter antics. [Delaware Business Court Insider]

    * If you’re in the Los Angeles area and you’re a fan of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, you may want to stop by the Skirball Cultural Center to see its latest museum exhibition, which will be going on until mid-March: “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” [Los Angeles Times]

    * An expert witness says this Biglaw partner’s deposition tactics and demeanor gave him a health scare. “I felt like a prisoner before a Nazi-administered trial and became seriously concerned and stressed about what was happening.” [Law.com]

    * Fix your gaze on this, pre-law students: If you want to learn how you can ace the LSAT, you may want to take a look at this study on eye tracking. [Berkeley News]

  • Morning Docket: 10.11.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.11.18

    * If you’ve been following the Adidas wire fraud saga you know they have more than their share of headaches. So they’ve hired a senior in-house person from Bayer. See what I did there? [Corporate Counsel]

    * Middle Tennessee becomes the new home for Valpo students… subject to approval. I’m old enough to remember when Valpo adamantly denied they were in trouble? Ah, 2017! [Daily News Journal]

    * Former Biglaw partner gets 5 year prison term. [New Jersey Law Journal]

    * Litigation finance earmarking $50 million for women-led matters. [American Lawyer]

    * A welcome development in the Robert Indiana case. [Law360]

    * Who’s excited about class action fee settlements! [NY Times]

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  • Morning Docket: 05.23.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.23.18

    * A trio of big name partners — including the group co-chairs — are leaving the products liability group at Quinn Emanuel for Dechert. So far there’s no email from John Quinn blasting the move. [Law.com]

    * Former Michael Cohen business partner, Evgeny “Gene” Freidman, has taken a plea deal and will cooperate with the government. The pressure on Cohen just keeps on mounting. [New York Times]

    * Michigan State named a new General Counsel, Robert Young. That poor bastard. [Corporate Counsel]

    * A couple trying to get their 30-year-old son to move out of their house resort to court proceedings. It… does not work out well for the freeloading son. [Washington Post]

    * You’re not wrong to be worried about the merger between AT&T and Time Warner. Things could really go pear-shaped for consumers. [Slate]

  • Morning Docket: 05.11.18
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 05.11.18

    * Senator Chuck Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee really, really, really wants any Supreme Court justice who’s considering retiring any time soon to speed things up and retire immediately so their successor can be confirmed ASAP before the midterms. You hear that, Justice Kennedy? You apparently need to announce your retirement “now or within two or three weeks.” [Reuters]

    * Quinn Emanuel may face an investigation from the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the agency responsible for overseeing attorneys in the United Kingdom, in the wake of allegations concerning a dismissed partner’s inappropriate behavior. The firm reported itself to the SRA, because it takes the allegations “extremely seriously.” [Legal Week]

    * Squire Patton Boggs is really trying to distance itself from Michael Cohen. Remember that strategic alliance they had? Psshtttttt, please, forget about that. Under the bus you go, my friend: “At all times, Cohen maintained his independence, was not an employee of the firm, and did not maintain files or bill clients through the firm.” [The Hill]

    * The Federal Communications Commission is planning to kill net neutrality on June 11, one day before the Senate is set to vote on Congressional Review Act resolution that seeks to overturn the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules. [NPR]

    * Dr. Dre, the rapper, lost a trademark infringement fight against Dr. Drai, the gynecologist. These motherf**kers at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office act like they forgot about Dre. [Courthouse News Service]

  • Non-Sequiturs: 03.11.18
    Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 03.11.18

    * This great profile of Chuck Cooper, by Tierney Sneed of TPM, includes more details on why he withdrew from the solicitor general sweepstakes. [Talking Points Memo]

    * A team from Quinn Emanuel, led by high-profile hire Alex Spiro, is repping Jay-Z in a trademark fight. Can Biglaw + Beyonce be far behind? [Hollywood Reporter]

    * Steven Brill, the godfather of modern legal journalism, launches his latest venture: NewsGuard, which “uses journalism to fight fake news.” [Dewey B Strategic]

    * Speaking of “fake news,” leading media lawyer Charles Glasser puts President Trump’s “war on the press” in a broader, global context. [Daily Caller]

    * Still on the subject of POTUS v. Press, is the media being played in the Stormy Daniels drama? Joel Cohen and Dale Degenshein think so. [Law & Crime]

    * Strange bedfellows at One First Street: Adam Feldman looks at Supreme Court cases featuring unusual ideological alliances. [Empirical SCOTUS]

    * Protip for litigators and litigants: don’t tick off Judge Frederic Block (or any other judge presiding over your case, for that matter). [artnet]

    * If our five Biglaw business development tips weren’t enough for you, Jane Genova adds two more for your consideration. [Law And More]

    * How can technology be harnessed to bridge the justice gap? Neota Logic has some ideas. [Artificial Lawyer]