Sotheby’s

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.25.17

* Who says you can never go home again? Neil Eggleston, White House Counsel under President Obama, return to Kirkland & Ellis. [Law.com] * The Biglaw scandal that just keeps giving and giving and giving... The Dewey retrial nears its end. [New York Law Journal] * North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has opened up an investigation into the troubled Charlotte School of Law. We'll have more on this story later today. [Politico] * The Republican controlled North Carolina General Assembly is trying to mess with Democratic Governor Roy Cooper's ability to appoint judges to their state courts. But Judge J. Douglas McCullough -- a Republican -- has at least one trick up his sleeve to thwart the plan. [Slate] * The NRA is ramping up its legal strategy in California as they anticipate the future political direction of the courts there. [LA Times] * The excuse "the Russians did it" just doesn't fly in the world of tax law... not even if you are Sotheby's. [New York Times]

By Kathryn Rubino
Art

Morning Docket: 10.28.14

* Some observers do not appreciate the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Delphic pronouncements on a slew of hot-button issues. [New York Times] * The New York Court of Appeals does international banks a solid — but is it bad policy? [Reuters] * Fired Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi hires Dentons to sue CBC, which dismissed him over allegations of sexual misconduct. [American Lawyer] * Is post-Citizens United money polluting judicial elections? [New York Times via How Appealing] * An Englishman sues Sotheby’s, alleging that the auction house negligently failed to inform him that a painting he sold through Sotheby’s was by Caravaggio and worth millions. [BBC] * If you’re a lawyer looking for extra income, check out Avvo’s new service, which offers consumers on-demand legal advice for a fixed fee. [Law Sites via ABA Journal] * Is it reversible error for a judge to refuse to ask voir dire questions related to sexual-preference prejudices? [Southern District of Florida via How Appealing]

By David Lat