Supreme Court

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]

By Above the Law
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]

By Above the Law
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]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.26.23

* Ken Paxton on the verge of impeachment. And apparently that means it's time for a good old fashioned dumpster fire... of papers outside his office. I'm sure there's an innocent explanation. [Washington Post] * Judge loses defamation suit over being linked to QAnon. Or so the shadowy government conspiracy would have us believe. [Reuters] * Hugh Grant case against branch of Rupert Murdoch empire can proceed. It's like the Dominion case but more charming. [ABC News] * North Carolina sued over its electronic court filing system. Ah, the only corner of American technology where PACER can look like an industry leader. [Courthouse News Service] * The Pacific Legal Foundation had themselves a DAY yesterday. They won the elderly woman tax foreclosure case everyone was up in arms about and then they got the Supreme Court to gut wetlands protections. [Law360] * Of the previous 100 anti-LGBTQ+ statutes passed, half of them were this year. It's fricking May. [538]

By Above the Law