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Courts
Despite Denial By Northwestern Law Alumnus And Judicial Nominee Michael Brennan, Implicit Bias Continues To Corrupt Our Justice System
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Courts
The Latest And Greatest In President Trump's Judicial Nominations (Part 2)
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Courts
The Latest And Greatest In President Trump's Judicial Nominations (Part 1)
Here's a rundown of where things stand, including district as well as circuit courts.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.10.18
* Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris were both appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday afternoon. Booker is the first African-American man to ever serve on the SJC, and Harris is the second African-American woman to ever serve on the SJC. Congratulations! [The Hill]
* Rescind immigration protection from current DACA recipients? Dream on! That’s not going to happen under Judge William Alsup’s watch. He issued a nationwide injunction to block the Trump administration from denying program renewals for “dreamers.” [Washington Post]
* Sorry, North Carolina, but according to the Middle District, your congressional map is unconstitutionally gerrymandered. This is the first time that a federal court has blocked a congressional map because it was “motivated by invidious partisan intent.” [New York Times]
* Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen has filed defamation suits against Fusion GPS and BuzzFeed over the Steele dossier following Senator Dianne Feinstein’s publication of a transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s interview with Fusion’s co-founder. The legal action was announced over Twitter, obviously. [POLITICO]
* “Lawyers like shiny things, and so there has been a huge spike in interest in blockchain law, especially over the last year.” This is just one of the reasons why so many Biglaw firms now have blockchain practice groups and task forces. [Big Law Business]
* Norton Rose Fulbright has closed its doors in Abu Dhabi, making it the largest law firm to shutter an office in the Middle East. [American Lawyer]
* Professor Toby Heytens of UVA Law has been named the next solicitor general of Virginia. He’ll be taking his second leave of absence from the law school during his term. He took his first leave to serve in the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office. [Daily Progress]
* No, contrary to popular belief, Radiohead has not filed suit against Lana Del Rey for similarities between their hit song “Creep” and her song “Get Free” — but the band really should consider doing so, and their lawyers ought to become as “relentless” as Del Rey claimed on Twitter. Take a listen, here. [Rolling Stone]
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Media and Journalism, Politics
Jeff Sessions Refuses To Commit To Not Jailing Journalists For 'Doing Their Jobs'
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.08.17
* The Ninth Circuit, President Donald Trump’s judicial archnemesis, affirms Judge Derrick Watson’s (modified) preliminary injunction against the “grandma ban.” [How Appealing]
* Donald Trump Jr. opens up to the Senate Judiciary Committee about that infamous June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer. [New York Times]
* Consolidation continues in the legal-services world: Counsel On Call acquires e-discovery company DSicovery LLC (DSi). [ABA Journal]
* The Trump administration sides with the anti-gay-marriage baker in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that will be decided this coming Term by SCOTUS. [How Appealing]
* ICYMI: Deborah Farone — Cravath’s chief marketing director for the past 14 years, and the “gold standard” in legal marketing — is leaving Cravath to start her own consulting firm and to write a book on law firm marketing (to be published next year by the Practising Law Institute). [Law.com]
* Cooley raids Wilson Sonsini for talent for the second time in three months, this time hiring emerging growth specialists Jon Avina, Calise Cheng, and Rachel Proffitt. [Big Law Business]
* Legal research startup Casetext — led by CEO Jake Heller, COO Laura Safdie, and VP Pablo Arredondo — continues on its upward trajectory. [ABA Journal]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.30.17
* The First Amendment chalks up a much needed win: Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff dismisses Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. [The Slot]
* Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is pushing the state forward on police reform, even without the assistance of the Department of Justice. [Washington Post]
* Donald Trump Jr. is scheduling a date — a private date — with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sounds like sexy times. [CNN]
* Even former clerks of Justice Antonin Scalia can be convinced of the social good of class actions. Vanderbilt Law professor Brian Fitzpatrick’s new article on class actions preventing corporate wrongdoing is creating quite the dustup in conservative circles. [Reuters]
* Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is defending Pepe the Frog… against the alt-right groups that want to co-opt the cartoon for white supremacist purposes. [Law.com]
* The assault on voting rights continues — a new Indiana law is purging voters from the rolls without notifying them or affording them an opportunity to respond. [Daily Beast]
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Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Chairman Fires Off Warning Subtweet For Donald Trump About AG Antics
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Federal Judges, Politics
Circuit Court Nominees In The Trump Administration: The Latest News And Rumor (Part 2)
These highly qualified women and men should be swiftly confirmed to the federal bench. -
Federal Judges, Politics
Circuit Court Nominees In The Trump Administration: The Latest News And Rumor (Part 1)
What are the chances of these folks getting confirmed? -
Federal Judges, Politics
The Latest Legal Luminaries Nominated For Federal Judgeships By President Trump
Prominent conservatives are hailing this latest slate as "a fantastic list." -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.19.17
* Remember when Judge Nicholas Garaufis (E.D.N.Y.) flipped out at Kirkland & Ellis for not sending a partner to cover a status hearing? It seems K&E and its client Facebook’s groveling won over the judge: cases dismissed. [ABA Journal]
* A big settlement in the Takata air bags litigation — and presumably big legal fees for some of the firms involved. [National Law Journal]
* Congratulations to Judge Amul Thapar (E.D. Ky.) on clearing the Senate Judiciary Committee; he should hopefully be on the Sixth Circuit soon. [Washington Times]
* Congratulations to Rachel Brand on her confirmation as associate attorney general — although it’s unfortunate that more Democrats didn’t cross the aisle to support her. [Law360]
* And be careful what you wish for, Democrats: now that we have Robert Mueller as special counsel, congressional inquiries into Trump/Russia-related matters could stall. [Washington Post]
* Speaking of Russia probes, should President Donald Trump hire outside counsel to represent him? да, да. [New York Times]
* A closer look at prominent lawyer John K. Bush, nominated by President Trump to the Sixth Circuit. [Vetting Room via How Appealing]
* Does size matter? Yes — at least in this murder case where the defendant is invoking a “big penis” defense. [New York Post]
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Federal Judges, Politics
More Judicial Nominations From The Trump Administration
We were right about a number of nominees; let's look ahead to the next batch.
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Federal Judges, Politics
Circuit Court Nominees In The Trump Administration: A Nationwide Round-Up
Names, names, and more names, for federal judgeships around the country. -
Federal Judges, Politics
Some Possible Nominee Names For The Ninth Circuit
Let's hope the Senate handles Trump's judicial nominees in a fair -- and fast -- manner. -
Federal Judges, Politics
Who Will President Trump Nominate To The Circuit And District Courts?
Let's get this party started. -
Justice, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
3 Ways To Fix The Supreme Court Confirmation Process
It's time to change the rules. Everything that has happened since Antonin Scalia died has been awful. -
Justice, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Gorsuch Hearings: If This Is All The Dems Got, They Best Go Home
This is about Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump, or it's about nothing at all. -
Justice, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The 'Frozen Truck Driver' Case Democratic Senators Are Hanging On Neil Gorsuch
Hanging the "bad outcome" on a judicial nominee is never the right way to go. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.20.17
* Today marks the first day of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Will there any big surprises unveiled about him during the hearings? At this point, the only surprise is that anyone still expects there will be a surprise about the “[d]apper, folksy” judge. The bigger surprise will be whether […]