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Morning Docket: 10.16.18

* Valparaiso celebrated earlier in the week after reaching an agreement to send its beleaguered law school to Middle Tennessee. Tennessee's education officials have killed the idea of hosting another middling law school with extreme prejudice. [Chicago Tribune] * Ninth Circuit judge displays deliberate ignorance in what appears to be a looming decision to keep college athletes out of court. [Courthouse News Service] * Whenever you doubt the stupidity of humanity, remember people accused of global financial fraud tend to email each other explicit descriptions of what they're doing. [Law360] * Boies Schiller will act as special prosecutor in the Joe Arpaio appeal in what should be the easiest appellate layup ever. [The Recorder] * Republican judge dismisses lawsuit against Republican politician. [Huffington Post] * Jeff Sessions tells the Heritage Foundation that he doesn't approve of this idea that courts might consider themselves some kind of "check" or "balance" on the executive branch. [National Law Journal] * Ralph Baxter thinks Biglaw needs to change its business model to succeed. [American Lawyer]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.20.18

* Unfortunately, this story that Yale professors felt women needed to have a physical "type" to clerk for Brett Kavanaugh isn't terribly surprising. We've been hearing these same rumblings from others -- it seems people have started to come forward and be identified (at least to the reporters) about this kind of talk. [Huffington Post] * CLOC thinks Australia is ready for its "Legal Operations moment." When is that moment going to come to the US? Because all I see are firms raising fees and in-house offering very little but muted disappointment. [Corporate Counsel] * The judge and attorneys for the WWE are pushing back against the lawyer for a 53-person class alleging the WWE ignored the threat of concussions for years. The operative term is "for years" as in "so long ago that it's time-barred." But the class is following the NFL CTE suit's lead in trying to get around that. [American Lawyer] * Papa John heading to court to battle his old company. A serious question: is it really that important to make bad commercials with Peyton Manning again? Just sit this one out. [Law.com] * Mark Cuban to donate $10 million to the advancement of women's athletics as part of a series of overarching reforms to address harassment findings within the Dallas Mavericks organization (Disclaimer that Mark's brother Brian is an Above the Law columnist). [Law360] * Trump's declared election interference a national emergency. But as you might expect it doesn't actually do much that might upset King Putin. [Lawfare]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.04.18

* Trump blamed Jeff Sessions for not covering up suspected criminal activity by Republican legislators. We're running out of taboos to break here. [CNN] * Brett Kavanaugh will have that abortion right eliminated at lightning speed. [National Law Journal] * But the Senators will have access to 42000 pages of documents released a couple hours before the hearings. It's a move that wouldn't stand up to scrutiny in bumbledick local court but for reshaping the Supreme Court for two to three decades it's just fine. [Washington Post via OregonLive] * We may be seeing serious cracks in the wall against outside law firm ownership. And when that happens... send in the accounting firms. [American Lawyer] * Because there's no end to the Trump legal news, Giuliani is now telling people that the White House will block Mueller's final report from ever going public, which is absolutely what innocent people say. [The Hill] * After the first full weekend of college football, is there really a reason to keep Kansas on the field? [TaxProf Blog] * The first in a series on law firm office moves. [Law360] * The slogan "Ask Sherwin-Williams" my bite them in the ass as lawyers lay out the company's old ads bragging about its lead paint. [Law and More]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.24.18

* Jeff Sessions assures people that the Justice Department won't be intimidated by the administration. Trump responds with intimidation effort, blasting Justice for not doing enough about the "other side" and then just lists a bunch of Republicans he doesn't like. [CNN] * The White House is crowing over an unsealed Starr investigation report that "fully exonerates" Brett Kavanaugh... as a media leak. The collective delusion over there that being a leak is the worst possible sin, and not, you know sexual harassment issues, continues to astound. [National Law Journal] * The Trump administration continues its efforts to raise taxes on Americans who didn't vote for him. [Law360] * After Debevoise offered a comically cozy report to help Ohio State keep winning football games, it's worth remembering the school still has another internal investigation going on into sexual abuse claims against the wrestling staff. [Corporate Counsel] * The Texas lateral market is making a whole lot of money. [Texas Lawyer] * K&L Gates gets the go ahead on Singapore merger. [International] * Ady Barkan, an ALS patient who has become an activist for patients, announced a campaign to raise money for Susan Collins's next opponent if she supports the Kavanaugh nomination. Over the course of 3 days, he's raised over $130K. [Crowdpac] * RelativityOne announces Allen & Overy to its list of clients. [PR Newswire]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.21.18

* Michael Cohen is talking to John Dean because 2018 is the new 1973. [WTOP] * Shocking no one, John Dowd doesn't understand basic laws. [Washington Post] * Andrew Cuomo signed a bill cracking down on bad prosecutors. He's been in office for 7 years but he finally got around to this because Cynthia Nixon said something about criminal justice reform. [Law360] * UNC students toppled a confederate statute because the school wasn't doing anything about it. [Huffington Post] * Will elite Biglaw firms suffer from mid-tier competition? Probably not, but maybe. [American Lawyer] * Microsoft identifies more Russian hacking efforts because Microsoft is our default government now. [Courthouse News Service] * Georgia is trying to kill kids. [AJC] * FIFA fired its lawyer so if you want a job facilitating international graft on an epic scale, here's your chance. [NY Times]

By Joe Patrice