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Why There Is A Chance That The Supreme Court Could Uphold Student Loan Forgiveness
The hardcore tribalists will vote for their party regardless of the outcome. -
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Sam Alito Laments It's Getting So You Can't Take All-Expense Paid Luxury Vacations Funded By Billionaires Anymore
Sam Alito tried to get ahead of a ProPublica expose and it didn't work. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.21.23
* Sam Alito… COME ON DOWN! You’re the next contestant on “ProPublica is absolutely going to find all your past judicial ethics issues.” It’s becoming a popular show this year. [ProPublica]
* Trump’s documents trial set for August 14… before all the whining motions begins. [Law360]
* Fund manager explains that the legal industry is in trouble because all of his rich buddies are using ChatGPT to write all their contracts. Oh, this is going to be very funny! [Yahoo Finance]
* John Eastman’s disbarment proceedings went about as well as you’d expect. [Washington Post]
* Interesting analysis of how the nature of the student impacts the success of online legal education. [Law.com]
* Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care struck down. [Reuters]
* America needs to embrace failure a little more. It would certainly help if corporations were more open to investing in the future instead of overreacting in the present to trim enough expense to save a penny before the end of the quarter. [O’Dwyer’s]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.20.23
* Judge Reinhart reminds Trump team that they can’t publicly disclose classified materials, though if they could follow that rule we wouldn’t be here. [Reuters]
* So far, legal experts aren’t particularly impressed with Trump’s legal strategy. [The Hill]
* John Eastman’s disciplinary proceedings kick off today. [CNN]
* Lawyer convicted of killing girlfriend dies awaiting sentencing. [CBS News]
* Justice Thomas dissented in the whistleblower case citing “serious constitutional questions” about a legal concept that was both long-established at English common law and fully understood to be constitutional at the time of the Founding. It’s like this Originalism thing is just a made up PR gimmick. [Law360]
* Quinn Emanuel partner leaves firm to preside over traffic court. [Bloomberg Law News]
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The Circuit Court That's Won The Most And The Least At The Supreme Court
You win some, you lose some. -
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The Highest Cites In The Land
Which justices cited the most law journal articles in their opinions? -
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Will Employers Model Their Post-Affirmative Action Hiring After These Two Law Schools?
How do we keep the effects of Bakke without the process? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.15.23
* Ron DeSantis bashes Trump’s Supreme Court nominees and pledges more in the mold of Clarence Thomas, which is great news for bribery enthusiasts. [Slate]
* Crowell fighting with landlord. Law firms… they’re just like us! [Reuters]
* A deep dive into the life of America’s dumbest lawyer. [NY Post]
* First year associates are racking up big fees in FTX cases. Well look at that… FTX creating fake value. [Bloomberg Law News]
* New bill seeking to yank 230 immunity from AI provides a salve for stupid people. [Gizmodo]
* Biden administration telling car manufacturers to violate state law to inflate dealership profits. [Yahoo]
* EU doing the antitrust work that the US won’t. [Law360]
* Dale Ho finally confirmed to SDNY. [Roll Call]
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John Roberts Decides Voting Rights Already Weak Enough For Him In Latest Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court didn't so much affirm voting rights as it affirmed that John Roberts gets to decide who has voting rights. -
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If It Looks Like A Bottle: SCOTUS Ruling On A Jack Daniel's Copy-Dog Is In!
In short: VIP is SOL for now. -
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Supreme Court Justices Release Financial Disclosures... Except 2 Justices And Take A Wild Guess At Which 2
It will shock you not at all to learn which two Supreme Court justices blew off the financial disclosure deadline. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.08.23
* Supreme Court justices issue annual financial disclosures as required by statute (in case anyone’s confused) except Thomas and Alito. Can’t be caught making material omissions on financial disclosure forms if you don’t file any financial disclosure forms! [Reuters]
* We haven’t checked in on Lin Wood in a while… now even QAnon allies are suing him. [Daily Beast]
* Prosecutors inform Donald Trump that he’s a target in the classified documents investigation in one of American history’s greatest “duh” moments. [CNN]
* DLA Piper named in discrimination suit. [American Lawyer]
* Cooley paying associates $100K not to work. Or, phrased more accurately, “Cooley is paying associates $100K to stay afloat on their soon-to-begin student loan payments.” [Bloomberg Law News]
* Intellectual property experts testify about whether or not AI are capable of legally recognizably invention. At least we know they can invent caselaw! [Law360]
* Digital cash apps becoming a key way to distribute class action awards. No more inconvenience of having to fill out that $2.38 check! [Law.com]
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Harlan Crow's Lawyers Double Down On Genius Strategy To Invite Contempt Charges
Crow's lawyers at Gibson Dunn have done the first half and are really hoping the Senate doesn't initiate the 'and find out' part.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.07.23
* Department of Justice likely to get involved in PGA/LIV merger. Weird how spending major Biglaw dollars calling one of them a monopoly might backfire when you try to merge with them. [Law360]
* After inviting thorough mocking of their legal acumen, Harlan Crow’s lawyers at Gibson Dunn back away from original “let’s just do contempt” offer and suggest a meeting with Senate staffers. [NBC News]
* Speaking of… comparing Clarence Thomas to the “lowliest” federal worker is a stark reminder that John Roberts is running a cesspool of ethical compromise. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Batman defeats Italian designer in trademark dispute. Not that it matters… that guy will break out of Arkham and be designing clothes again within a couple months. [Reuters]
* “There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like.” Take a guess! It’s fun because there’s at least three or four groups it could be! [New York Times]
* Move over law firms, legal technology vendors poised to become next fashionable cyber target. [Legaltech News]
* A dive into K-Pop and contracts. [LegalCheek]
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Does The First Amendment Protect The Right To Make Fun Of Trump's 'Alleged' Small Hands?
This is probably what the Founding Fathers envisioned when they thought of free speech protections. -
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The Court's Decision To Fill In The Facts On Employer's Behalf Will Further Weaken Unions And Strikes
In case you were curious, the trucks ended up being fine. -
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Supreme Court Unanimously Holds That The Government Must Return Excess Equity To The Taxpayer After Selling Her Home
The Tyler decision will ensure that states like Minnesota which have strict home equity forfeiture laws establish procedures to give taxpayers any excess funds after its tax debts are paid. -
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Biglaw's 4-Day Mandatory Office Week Is A Big Gamble
And the Supreme Court's ethical problems just won't go away. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.31.23
* When the Supreme Court tried to deflect the heat from Clarence Thomas taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts, the justices signed an ethics pinky swear. Alito breached it within the month. [Slate]
* Corporate legal departments are hiring smaller law firms to save money. I swear we wrote this exact same story… the last time there was a whiff of rate hikes only to have everything return to normal in a year. [Corporate Counsel]
* Sam Bankman-Fried preparing to blame Fenwick & West for everything. [Fortune]
* Texas lawmakers unveil new anti-ESG laws to limit insurance carriers from considering environmental issues. You know… the environmental issues they’re being asked to pay for. I’d like to limit life insurers from considering my career as a crocodile wrestler too, but c’est la vie. [Bloomberg Law News]
* The family at the center of the opioid crisis can successfully shield themselves from liability because that’s what corporations do! [Courthouse News Service]
* NLRB goes after non-compete agreements and it’s honestly a little shocking that they haven’t always been going after non-compete agreements. [Law360]
* Chris Christie announcing a presidential run next week. Over/under on the number of times he mentions that he was a prosecutor in his kickoff speech? I’m setting the line at 9. [CNN]
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Term Update: We Haven’t Seen This In Over 25 Years
What's going on with the liberal justices and their dissents?