Racism
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Biglaw
Former Biglaw Attorney Goes On Anti-Asian Racist Social Media Rant
She's made three attempts to back away from her awful Facebook post and failed in every attempt. -
Labor / Employment, On The Job
Why So Much Fuss Over Black Employees' Hair?
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Racism
If One More White Person Tells Me About The Use-Mention Distinction To Justify Saying The N-Word, I'm Going To Vomit
I Don't Use The N-Word, But I Can Mention It, And You Probably Can't.
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Technology
Invention Of A Slave
The legal framework built to sustain slavery in America touched everything, including intellectual property. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.30.18
* Trump Tweets out his demand that Chief Justice Roberts crack down on Judge Collyer for not using the FISA court to undermine the Russia probe. Did Trump do misspell Judge Collyer’s name in the process? Oh you know by now that of course he did. [Reuters via Huffington Post]
* No sooner did a jury actually convict a cop of killing an unarmed black teen, did they turn around and sentence him to less than even the defense attorneys dreamed of. [Courthouse News Service]
* The SEC fined Moody’s over poor controls, which seems about a decade too late, but whatever. [Corporate Counsel]
* Is Rudy Giuliani using his relationship to the president to further his lobbying career? That would be really shocking for someone involved with this administration! [National Law Journal]
* Eighth Circuit approves corporate discrimination efforts. [The Recorder]
* FIFA convict compared to John McCain… I guess because they’ll both be spending time in captivity? [NY Post]
* Clifford Chance slapped with fine for discriminating against non-U.S. citizens. You can take the firm out of Rogers & Wells, but you can’t take the Rogers & Wells out of the firm. Seriously though, this was just a misunderstanding of ITAR regulations. [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.28.18
* Which Biglaw firm orchestrated the biggest turnaround in associate satisfaction this year? [American Lawyer]
* Evidence nerds can rejoice! The upcoming Manafort trial will have a lot to talk about on that front. [National Law Journal]
* Despite some talk from proponents, re-erecting UNC’s recently toppled Confederate statue isn’t required by law. Just a staunch commitment to white supremacy. [News & Observer]
* A consideration of bail alternatives. [Courthouse News Service]
* GCs from some of the biggest companies in the world share what they want out of outside counsel. [Law.com]
* A quick chat with Marriott’s general counsel. If you read it, you get 10000 Marriott points. OK, you don’t really but that would be a good promotion. [Law360]
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Law Schools
Law School Professor Drops The N-Word In The First Week Of Class
The professor said while he literally said the N-word to a black woman, he didn't intend to direct the slur at her, and he did not intend to normalize the offensive term. - Sponsored
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Courts
Florida Judge Has Moment Of Racist Stupidity, Followed Immediately By Ultimate Clarity
He recognized this was a "career-ender." -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.21.18
* Michael Cohen is talking to John Dean because 2018 is the new 1973. [WTOP]
* Shocking no one, John Dowd doesn’t understand basic laws. [Washington Post]
* Andrew Cuomo signed a bill cracking down on bad prosecutors. He’s been in office for 7 years but he finally got around to this because Cynthia Nixon said something about criminal justice reform. [Law360]
* UNC students toppled a confederate statute because the school wasn’t doing anything about it. [Huffington Post]
* Will elite Biglaw firms suffer from mid-tier competition? Probably not, but maybe. [American Lawyer]
* Microsoft identifies more Russian hacking efforts because Microsoft is our default government now. [Courthouse News Service]
* Georgia is trying to kill kids. [AJC]
* FIFA fired its lawyer so if you want a job facilitating international graft on an epic scale, here’s your chance. [NY Times]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.27.18
* Papa John has filed suit against his former company in a bid to protect his legacy as America’s foremost “racist guy who makes bad pizza.” [Wall Street Journal]
* While everyone prattles on about Trump’s tapes, the government just blew another deadline to reunite the children they kidnapped with their parents. [Courthouse News Service]
* Troubled law school Arizona Summit trying to get ASU to take its students if or when it loses accreditation. By the way, if you want to hear an in-depth discussion about the problems with Arizona Summit and its sibling schools, check out this. [AZ Central]
* Speaking of independent law schools, the landscape for these programs — for-profit or not — is getting harder. [Law.com]
* Lawsuit seeking to desegregate Minneapolis schools is moving forward. [MinnPost]
* Government argues that Evan Greebel deserves 5 years for his role in aiding Shkreli. [Law360]
* Former Biglaw associate accused of ripping off Harlem church. [New York Law Journal]
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Racism
New Jersey Radio Hosts Decide To Throw Around Some Slurs About State Attorney General
Hosts go for cheap, bigotry-pandering laughs and earn a suspension. -
Law Schools
Yale Law School Grows Increasingly Diverse, Yale Law Journal Takes A Different Path
A mere 5 percent of the incoming Yale Law Journal editors are black or Latinx.
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Law Schools
Law School Students Just Saw A Radical Shift In The Pathway To Success
Conservatism has long offered the path of least resistance for law students. That may be changing. -
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Constitutional Law
Post Runs White Nationalist Propaganda Masquerading As Law-Talkin'
The quest to make revoking birthright citizenship a 'mainstream' view needs to end. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.17.18
* Michael Cohen is publicly attacking Trump over being a Russian stooge. So much for earning a pardon. [NY Daily News]
* Speaking of Cohen, his adversary Michael Avenatti is now fighting for immigrant kids. I guess hating Trump makes strange bedfellows. [Daily Beast]
* Hogan Lovells is tasked with saving Papa John’s in the post-Papa John world. But can they make that awful stuff edible? [American Lawyer]
* Kushner family under investigation for harassing tenants hardly surprising anyone. [Law360]
* Tesla’s stock takes a hit as the guy Elon Musk randomly called a pedophile threatens to sue. [CNBC]
* The Brexit campaign succeeded by breaking election law. A massively disastrous electoral result brought on by improper electoral meddling? Welcome to the club. [TechCrunch]
* Town finally gets rid of its Footloose law. Spoiler alert: the town is in the South. [Allentown Morning Call]
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Crime
If You Want To Prevent Police From Murdering Black People, You Have To Prevent The Harassing Stops
Pro-white forces will certainly disagree with me. -