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Intellectual Property
LeBron James Tries To Trademark 'Taco Tuesday,' Proving He Understands Trademarks Better Than Ohio State
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.12.19
* Immediately after John Bolton lost his job, a true genius tweeted that he’d signed with the Patriots. It looks like he might return to Kirkland which is basically the same thing in legal circles. [National Law Journal]
* Supreme Court decides government can circumvent international law while asylum rules get litigated. Cool. [NY Times]
* Dentons just added five firms across Africa in one day. [American Lawyer]
* “Chief Counsel of Digital Citizenship” is an actual title a major company came up with for a lawyer presumably after spinning the buzzword wheel. [Corporate Counsel]
* Latest appellate judge pick was so mealy-mouthed and evasive that even the Republicans snapped at him before they’ll ultimately vote down the line to give the racist myth peddling jackhole a lifetime job. [Huffington Post]
* Former Big 4 partner gets a year for fraud. [Law360]
* What exactly would happen if California stood up for college athletes? [Sports Illustrated]
* John Hinckley seeks sentence adjustment so he can move to California and get into the music business which is a sentence no one ever expected. [AP]
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Intellectual Property
THE Obvious Conclusion To Ohio State's Stupid Trademark Application
Ohio State tried to trademark the word "the." It didn't work.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.10.19
* Redaction comedy: filings in the Roger Stone case inadvertently gave out Trump’s phone number. [National Law Review]
* Law firm growth has slowed but we’re going to pretend that’s not a troubling sign. [American Lawyer]
* California’s going to war with the NCAA and they stand a better chance than this year’s UCLA team. [KTLA]
* Former Penn State GC faces discipline hearing before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. [Law.com]
* Insider trading trial begins with argument that banker didn’t intend to go in on an insider trading scheme with his dad. [Law360]
* FDA sends warning letter to Juul over its claims to be “safer than cigarettes” being potentially false as opposed to its claims to “not make you look like a douche” which are demonstrably false. [Corporate Counsel]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.03.19
* The new list of Mansfield certified firms is coming. [American Lawyer]
* Corporate lawyer quits to start Equestrian Sports Data company proving there’s always a stupider way to make money. [Noelle Floyd]
* “Allen & O’Melvery” is dead. The firms have nixed merger plans. [Financial Times]
* The Offspring are locked in a legal battle and I’ll admit I’d totally forgotten they existed. [Forbes]
* Politicians want to destroy the Internet and no one seems to be stopping them. [NBC News]
* Locke Lord crypto scam trial coming in November. [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.30.19
* Brexit is going to be a real problem for law firms. [Law.com]
* Former paralegal sues firm alleging it “fosters a ‘party culture’ rife with drug use and sexual harassment.” [Philly Voice]
* Law firms are feasting on the Sears bankruptcy. [NY Post]
* 2020 could be a monster year for Biglaw fundraising. [American Lawyer]
* What happens to intellectual property when artificial intelligence starts inventing things? [The Recorder]
* Even the Second Circuit doesn’t want to fly Spirit. [Law360]
* SEC targets investment fund that allegedly preyed upon brain-damaged NFL players to enrich themselves. Team owners, meanwhile, face no repercussions. [Daily Business Review]
* The DOJ makes secret laws? Super. [Politico]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.26.19
* 3M is asking Biglaw to care for attorney mental health in its new procurement process. The fourth “M” is for “Mindfulness.” [Corporate Counsel]
* In today’s installment of “intellectual property law is broken,” publishers are suing over audiobooks that offer captions. [New York Law Journal]
* A guy who legally changed his name to Atticus Finch when he was 8 is now in law school. If you think you hated Go Set A Watchman… [Texas Lawyer]
* Second Circuit doing all sorts of fact-finding because adhering to the record and precedent is out of fashion apparently. [Law360]
* Anti-gay blogger Judge John Bush calling out Kim Davis for “antihomosexual bias” is peak 2019. [National Law Journal]
* Famous football players who became lawyers. [Law.com]
* Convict seeks sheriff job. [HuffPo]
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Sports
Larry Bird Objects To Mating Bunnies Tattoo On Larry Bird Street Art
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Biglaw
From Pro Basketball To Biglaw, No Matter The Court, You'll Still Work Your Ass Off
How did this former WNBA player make the transition to litigator? -
Sports
Colin Kaepernick Settled His Grievance, Jay-Z Is Just Taking The Money
People who are comparing Kaepernick's settlement to Jay-Z's business deal need to step all the way back. -
Intellectual Property
University Of Michigan Deals Devastating Intellectual Property Blow To Ohio State Legal Department
Ohio State's trademark debacle earns withering derision from University of Michigan. -
Sports
Ohio State Tries To Trademark The Most Common Word In The English Language
Someone in this legal department thought this was a good idea.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.13.19
* Data indicate the average attorney salary has doubled over the last 20 years. Adjusted for inflation though that’s about a 25 percent bump. Meanwhile, if law school tuition over that period only increased 25 percent, schools would be $40K cheaper now. [Law.com]
* Predictably, a staffing shortage is being blamed for Epstein’s death so everyone can start the push to hire a ton more guards rather than revisit overcrowding or reforming fundamental incarceration policies. [Huffington Post]
* Trump goes to war with the bald eagle. Finally, his revenge is complete. [NY Daily News]
* California and New York ban discrimination based on hairstyle almost 30 years after the Paulette Caldwell article pointing out exactly how messed up this practice is. [Law360]
* Biglaw shows up in force to help Burford fight back against short seller. [American Lawyer]
* ‘Space Law and Poop’ is coming to a 3L seminar near you. [Live Science]
* Ninth Circuit shuts down another attempt to get college football players a cut of the money they earn. [Courthouse News Service]
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Biglaw
Biglaw Attorney To Compete At International CrossFit Games
How does he even find the time to get his WOD in? -
Sports
The 'His Reputation Is Such Trash My Client Couldn't Have Defamed Him' Defense!
Which living people are truly libel-proof, with reputations so bad that defamation ceases to exist. -
Biglaw
The Biglaw Firm Taking The Sports World By Storm
The firm counts NBA and NHL commissioners among its notable alumni. -
Sports
Moving The Rays To Montreal Half The Year Is Dumb, But At Least It's Also An Impossible Legal Nightmare
It could be worse, you could be the Mets. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.20.19
* The Anthony Davis deal may have royally screwed up the Lakers and it looks like it might be the lawyers’ fault. [Silverscreen and Roll]
* A reminder that Law & Order: SVU is largely based on Linda Fairstein. It seems to me that NBC’s best move now would be unveiling “Law & Order: Qualified Immunity” forcing Mariska Hargitay to fend off legal challenges after DNA evidence clears characters from past shows. [NBC News]
* In shocking new poll, women in law reveal that they don’t like being consistently paid less than men. [Law360]
* Antitrust law can’t solve today’s trusts. [NY Times]
* The case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may fall apart because local elected officials (who surely couldn’t be political allies of Paxtons!) are refusing to pay the bill for the prosecution. [Courthouse News Service]
* Right-wing groups have drafted copycat bills for state legislatures to pass for years and now pro-choice groups are following the same blueprint. Welcome to modern federalism: less “laboratories of democracy” and more “paving over distinctions with cheaper lobbying bills.” [USA Today]
* R. Kelly has fully paid his child support bills. Finally, the guy can put all these legal problems behind him… oh. [TMZ]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.06.19
* A rundown of the legal problems with Florida’s decision to criminally charge the school cop at Parkland for not being a better guy with a gun. [CBS News]
* White House aims to take legal services and exercise away from migrant children for cruelty’s sake. [NY Times]
* Opioid manufacturer settles case for pocket change. [Courthouse News Service]
* While its former athletic director is reportedly under investigation, USC got a bit of happy news when one of its former basketball coaches avoided prison time. Fight on. [Law360]
* Cellino and Barnes battle royale gets a bit more juicy. [Buffalo News]
* Tom Brady is trying to trademark another Hall of Famer’s nickname. [BU Today]
* A day in the life of a human rights attorney. [Lifehacker]