Scintillating Sports Law Takes
Law and sports collide this week.
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?
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
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.
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.
Ohio State Tries To Trademark The Most Common Word In The English Language
Someone in this legal department thought this was a good idea.
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]
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Biglaw Attorney To Compete At International CrossFit Games
How does he even find the time to get his WOD in?
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.
The Biglaw Firm Taking The Sports World By Storm
The firm counts NBA and NHL commissioners among its notable alumni.
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.
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
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]
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]
Morning Docket: 06.04.19
* California takes the first steps to disbar Michael Avenatti. Can he repeat as Above the Law's Lawyer of the Year (an accolade designed to represent the lawyer who dominates the year's headlines) if he's no longer a lawyer? [CNN] * Lawyer numbers are up. Numbers of lawyers able to make a living at the law aren't necessarily changed. [ABA Journal] * Trump calls on Americans to boycott AT&T because it now owns CNN -- a merger that the Trump administration ultimately approved -- because CNN occasionally reports on the stuff Trump actually does. [Gizmodo] * But antitrust law gets trickier when neither party to the deal has publicly questioned the president. CVS and Aetna are set to appear in court to defend their merger plans, which the administration signed off on, but the judge appears to view with some suspicion. [WSJ] * The corporate world is so far ahead of Biglaw when it comes to diversity that clients are starting to seek out smaller firms to make good on their commitment to the cause. [American Lawyer] * Trustee fighting to clawback $15 million in transfers to the Arizona Cardinals. Get in line behind everyone else disappointed that they've ever given money to the Cards. [Law360] * A thoughtful deep dive into the invocation of executive privilege from a former Senior Counsel to the Whitewater investigation. In short, Clinton abused it and Trump is abusing it systematically worse. [The Atlantic]
World’s Most Honest Prosecutor Minces Zero Words
He doesn't think much of this case.
Falsehoods In The Media Deserve Criticism, But Also First Amendment Protection
The best response to speech we don’t like is more speech, not threats of lawsuits which are often only available to the wealthiest among us to threaten others into silence.