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Law Schools
Law School Professor Doesn't Understand Twitter, Basic Legal Concepts
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Courts
Twitter Is Not A Public Forum
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Courts
President Who Governs By Tweet Can No Longer Block Critics On Twitter
Retweet. Sorry, @realDonaldTrump.
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Technology
Judges Rail Against Social Media Mostly Because They're Soft
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Music
Grant This Lawyer The Serenity To Accept The Clients They Cannot Change Into Batman
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Media and Journalism
Twitter Suspends Prominent Legal Newspaper's Account -- For No Reason
The New York Law Journal has been suspended from Twitter for almost a week without any justification. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.25.19
* The Am Law 100 left $4.4 billion on the table last year. Or… maybe. Biglaw offered $4.4 billion in discounts which could mean the industry undercut each other for an overall loss of value. Or it could mean the market gravitated toward what legal services are really worth. An interesting walk through the finances of Biglaw work. [American Lawyer]
* Some Selendy & Gay partners are headed to arbitration Quinn Emanuel over a provision in their agreement that Quinn’s exercising seeking a portion of their profits on ported business. So much for my wishful thinking that the two firms would come to let bygones be bygones. [New York Law Journal]
* Litigation funders are hiring lobbyists to push back against a new push by Senate Republicans to require more transparency — something those same Senate Republicans spend a lot of time fighting against when it comes to… lobbyists. The circle of life. [American Lawyer]
* March Madness continues in court with testimony about Arizona paying players. It’s at this point that we recall that Arizona wasn’t even the best college basketball team in Arizona this season. [Law360]
* EY continues its overseas legal build-out. [Law.com]
* Twitter’s chief legal officer made $11 million last year to tell everyone that they can’t do anything about Nazis. [Corporate Counsel]
* Supreme Court crushes class victims again! [Courthouse News Service]
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Finance
Elon Musk’s Not The Only Ego In The Courtroom For SEC’s Tesla Tweet Contempt Showdown
SEC personnel should think more about who they are supposed to be protecting and less about the mean things Elon Musk said about them. - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.27.19
* Attorney General William Barr says he plans to make a version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report available to Congress and the public within a matter of weeks, and apparently the White House won’t be receiving a copy in advance of the release. [Wall Street Journal]
* Speaking of the Mueller report, Rudy Giuliani says he wouldn’t have any issues with releasing Trump’s written testimony that was submitted to Mueller. Jay Sekulow would beg to differ. [Washington Examiner]
* The EU approved the controversial Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, a new IP law that will govern the way copyrighted material is uploaded online and who will be liable for infringement. At least memes are exempt? [BBC News]
* Congratulations to Bridget Bade, who was just confirmed to the Ninth Circuit. She’s the 37th circuit court judge to be appointed by President Trump, who is changing the makeup of the federal judiciary, one conservative judge at a time. [Big Law Business]
* Elon Musk must appear in court next week for a contempt hearing over his Tesla tweets against self-interest that are allegedly in breach of his settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [CNN]
* Your bracket may be busted, but this Biglaw associate has a near-perfect track record. She’s gotten 46 out of 48 matchups right thus far, and at one point she was one of just eight people in the country with a perfect bracket. [American Lawyer]
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Law Schools
#TwitterLaw
Join LawProfBlawg in the audience for a gathering of some of his favorite #LawTwitter judges, professors, and attorneys. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non Sequiturs: 03.10.19
* “I Thought I Could Be A Christian And Constitutionalist At Yale Law School. I Was Wrong.” So writes Aaron Haviland, a 3L at Yale Law School. [The Federalist]
* But if you can survive YLS as a conservative, you might thrive in the world beyond — just ask Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who’s now a powerful voice on judicial nominations. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* How often does the Notorious RBG see a brief citing the Notorious BIG? Check out this fun read, filed in the Supreme Court on behalf of a constellation of hip-hop stars represented by Alex Spiro and Ellyde Thompson of Quinn Emanuel. [Supreme Court of the United States via New York Times]
* Yes, I’ve been on a hiatus from Twitter — and maybe I’m on to something, if you agree with Stephen Cooper. [Spectator]
* “For your information,” Georgia trial judges, “the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.” [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* Retired Judge Nancy Gertner (D. Mass.) believes that U.S. sentencing needs reform — but Paul Manafort’s case is far from the ideal vehicle for it. [Washington Post]
* Congratulations to Fastcase on its latest alliance, this time with credit-reporting giant TransUnion. [Dewey B Strategic]
* And congrats to Neota Logic on its new Dashboard feature, which sounds nifty. [Artificial Lawyer]
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Finance
If Elon Musk Violated SEC Rule With His Tweet, Donald Trump Violates The Same Rule Almost Daily
Let's look at just a few of the times that Trump has tweeted false and misleading things which did and could have affected sales and purchases of securities. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Partner In Hot Water After Twitter Outburst Inspired By Kavanaugh Hearing
Cursing out women isn't a great idea when you're supposed to be a professional. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.09.18
* Here’s the truth behind what some saw as Zina Bash making a “white power” sign at the confirmation hearings of her former boss, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. [Washington Post]
* With the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings in the rearview mirror, now is a good time to look back at the last four Supreme Court confirmation hearings. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Thomas Jipping summarizes research showing that the American Bar Association does tilt leftward in rating judicial nominees — which is why its unanimous “well qualified” rating for Judge Brett Kavanaugh is especially impressive. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* Jonathan Adler argues that claims of a Justice Kavanaugh threatening the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare have been greatly exaggerated. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* But a Justice Kavanaugh likely would affect the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on presidential authority and the separation of powers. [Instapundit]
* Speaking of the Supreme Court, conservative (and tiny) Hillsdale College punches above its weight in producing SCOTUS clerks — so Paul Rahe wants to know, why can’t his school get any love from the
U.S. NewsWall Street Journal rankings? [Ricochet]* President Donald Trump’s “radically direct” tweets about pending prosecutions threaten the rule of law, according to Gerald Lefcourt and Joel Cohen. [Law & Crime]
* Legal research smackdown: Lexis v. Casetext! [Dewey B Strategic]
* And in other notable news from the world of legal tech, iManage just acquired business-process company Elegrity, which works in the risk and compliance management space. [Artificial Lawyer]
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Courts
Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings: Day 2 Real Time Updates
Too busy to watch the hearings? Here's what you need to know. -
Courts
The Kavanaugh Hearing: Everything You Need To Know In Real Time
So... what's going on? A Day 1 livecap. -
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Books
Everyone Knows Lawyers Are Really Just Slytherins In Disguise
The jig is up -- stock photos know.