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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.10.18

* Now that the FBI is all up in his business, Squire Patton Boggs has cut ties with Michael Cohen. They had been working together in an amorphous strategic alliance that was almost certainly some kind of murky lobbying-related arrangement. [American Lawyer] * Today is Equal Pay Day and in-house counsel hold the key to remedying pay inequality. [Corporate Counsel] * This lawyer's got 99 problems and all of them are a year in prison for trading sex for legal work. [Texas Lawyer] * Trump advised that he can't contribute to legal defense fund. This story assumes the phony billionaire has enough non-debt-financed disposable income to help his cronies, which is a very open question. [Bloomberg] * In shocker, the Texas Supreme Court doesn't understand homosexuality. [Slate] * Wilmer and Foley Hoag seek documents to prove the Family Research Council and the Heritage Foundation drove the administration's decision to ban transgender troops -- since we know the general serving as Secretary of Defense wasn't pushing it. [National Law Journal] * Gawker's liability releases hit snag. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.30.18

* Attorney General Jeff Sessions won't be appointing a second special counsel to examine political bias in the handling of investigations by the FBI and DOJ just yet, but not to worry, because the Inspector General and the U.S. Attorney for Utah are on the case. [Politico] * Lawyer.com spokesperson Lindsay Lohan lost her invasion of privacy case against the maker of "Grand Theft Auto V" at the New York Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision penned by Judge Eugene Fahey, who said the video game character LiLo alleged was based on her was "not reasonably identifiable as plaintiff."  [Reuters] * As it turns out, Savannah Law School won't be immediately ceasing operations in early June. Now, the law school plans to move to another location within the city, and will close over the next five years without admitting any new students. [Savannah Morning News] * Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast "Serial," had his murder conviction vacated by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. His case has been remanded for a new trial on all charges. [New York Times] * "Mark, it hurts! You’re hurting me… Don't be so rough." In case you missed it, a juror fainted during trial after watching a video of graphic sex between a Texas attorney who traded sex for legal services and one of his clients. Yeehaw... [FOX News]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.22.17

* Law firms have a great quarter! Assuming you let gangbuster Am Law 50 revenue drag up the rest of the industry. [Am Law Daily] * A Minnesota firm has fired an attorney who ran a Neo-Nazi record label. There's some hand-wringing over free speech in the workplace, but the real question is: How did a lawyer even have time to run a whole business on the side? [Huffington Post] * What company boasts the highest paid GC? [Corporate Counsel] * California tries to make it illegal to bone your clients. Don't worry, you can still screw them with your billable rate. [The Recorder] * Bill Cosby hires new lawyers. [Law.com] * Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz offering $350K for SCOTUS clerks. This isn't getting out of hand at all. [National Law Journal] * Law firms enlist schools to help figure out just how bad they are at diversity. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.29.17

* Phone sex operators are suing over labor law violations. Because, fittingly, you're not supposed to be able to f**k phone sex operators. [Law.com] * The National Law Journal continues to milk its ability to count because that's value add journalism! Today they count lawyers by city. [National Law Journal] * A list of high profile pro bono matters that Biglaw firms have taken on. Does your firm make the list? [American Lawyer] * Newly revealed FIFA report finds "appearance of improprieties." Yes, awarding an athletic tournament to a country with 120 degree weather and a slave labor bid does appear improper. Glad we got to the bottom of that. [Corporate Counsel] * Lawyers explain their travel hacks. [ABA Journal] * Divorce lawyer is also a matador. This isn't some kind of metaphor -- he fights bulls. [Chicago Tribune] * Nikki Haley becomes the latest official to run into Hatch Act trouble. [NPR] * Justice Breyer is the most talkative justice on the Supreme Court. I wonder who's the least talkative... [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.10.17

* Arizona Summit Law School announces its plan to affiliate with an established university... Bethune-Cookman?!? Because when you think of a for-profit law school in Phoenix, you obviously think of an HCBU in Florida. [AZ Central] * 150 law firm leaders wrote a letter asking the government to continue funding legal services, which is nice, but Jim Harbaugh's already on the case. [Am Law Daily] * House passes tough new regulations for class action certification... just what rural, Rust Belt voters were hankering for. [National Law Journal] * K-Y sued over trade secret theft allegations. I don't know about this case, but I always thought those guys were slippery. [P&T Community] * A blow-by-blow of the day Kellyanne started shilling for cheap jewelry on national television. [NBC News] * Restaurant sues to force Trump to divest from his hotel, citing unfair competition when a sitting president can entice people to eat at his well-done steak and ketchup establishments. [Law.com] * Add Turkey to the list of countries with ethically dubious ties to the Trump campaign. [Huffington Post] * The EU is figuring out that the "right to be forgotten" provides a gaping loophole for CEOs to cover up their mistakes and abuses. [Courthouse News Service]

By Joe Patrice