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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.18.19
* Did you know over 100 firms have reported data breaches since 2014? Something to make you feel warm and fuzzy. [Law.com]
* If you were wondering how conservatives would spin Mick Mulvaney admitting to a quid pro quo holding up foreign assistance in exchange for personal political vendettas, Laura Ingraham’s attempt was to say it was all a misunderstanding because Mulvaney’s not a lawyer. Ron Howard Arrested Development voice: Mick Mulvaney is a lawyer. [Daily Beast]
* Appellate court says it’s illegal to watch porn in your car in New Jersey. Sorry if that forces some of you to change your weekend plans. [New Jersey 12]
* Anheuser-Busch files counterclaim accusing MillerCoors of stealing their recipes for sub-par beer. [STL Today]
* TransPerfect to be fined $30K/day until it drops litigation in Nevada. [Delaware Online]
* After Greenberg Traurig threw shade on the Dentons U.S. expansion plans, Joe Andrew of Dentons responds to those “Parochial and Condescending” criticisms. [National Law Journal]
* What Parks and Rec can teach us about court reporters. [ABA Journal]
* Watchdog group says judge should be removed from the bench for being a harassing, misogynist prick. If only the Supreme Court worked that way. [Law360]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.16.17
* What does the future hold for the U.S. Supreme Court? Analysts (including yours truly) opine. [Bloomberg BNA via Storify]
* Another prediction of ours has come to pass: congrats to Sullivan & Cromwell partner Brent McIntosh on his nomination as general counsel for the Treasury Department. [Corporate Counsel]
* Is it time to break up the Ninth Circuit (as President Trump recently called for)? Professors John Eastman and Brian Fitzpatrick say yay; Judges Sidney Thomas, Carlos Bea, and Alex Kozinski say nay. [House Judiciary Committee]
* Anthony Kronman: from dean of Yale Law School to “born-again pagan” (affiliate link). [New Yorker via How Appealing]
* Looking for smart, timely takes on the Trump Administration, from an all-star cast of law professors and legal experts? There’s a site for that. [Take Care]
* Guess who: “Cat-loving judge makes case that has nothing to do with cats all about cats.” [Chicago Tribune]
* Professor Orin Kerr chats with Professor Barry Friedman about Friedman’s latest book, Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission (affiliate link). [Volokh Conspiracy]
* The current SCOTUS Term isn’t super-sexy — but there are a few interesting cases on the docket, as Adam Feldman points out. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Attention 2Ls & 3Ls, here’s a cool contest — with $100K in scholarships as prizes! [PR Newswire (press release)]
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