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Morning Docket: 06.05.17

* The Supreme Court has a few options when it comes to President Trump's travel ban. The justices can grant or deny certiorari to hear the case, or grant or deny a stay on lower court rulings blocking various aspects of the ban. Either way, this case could become moot before it's ever heard. [New York Times] * Meanwhile, the man who's the worst client in the universe lashed out at Justice Department lawyers this morning in a series of Tweets, demanding that the travel ban be referred to as a travel ban instead of the "watered down, politically correct version they submitted to [SCOTUS]." Congrats on undermining your case! [New York Times] * Get your popcorn ready, because according to two senior administration officials, President Trump will reportedly not be invoking executive privilege to block former FBI director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee later this week in the ongoing Russia probe. [The Hill] * During a speaking engagement at Harvard, the Supreme Court's freshman, Justice Neil Gorsuch, recounted the time he met Sandy, the dean of Oxford's naked sex doll, who was dressed in only a boa. Although she could be counted on for answers, Gorsuch said she didn't provide him with any. [Washington Post] * Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will soon be the star of her very own fitness book. Co-authored by her longtime trainer Bryant Johnson and illustrator Patrick Welsh, "The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong ... and You Can Too!" (affiliate link) will be out the first week of October Term 2017. [Associated Press] * Womble Carlyle is entering into a transatlantic merger with British firm Bond Dickinson to become Womble Bond Dickinson. The combined firm will have about 1,080 lawyers across 23 offices, with revenues exceeding $410 million. A spokesperson claims the tie-up will not result in layoffs. [News & Observer]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.25.17

* As voters head to the polls in Montana, they're finding out that frontrunner Greg Gianforte allegedly beat up a reporter in front of a bunch of witnesses. Will this doom his chances? Pfft. I present the case study of Michael Grimm. [Huffington Post] * Here comes the "Marc Kasowitz's ties to Russia" stories. Newsflash: Russians have a lot of businesses that get sued. Let's not make an equivalence between representing a Russian bank and handing them classified intelligence. [CNN] * The D.C. Circuit seems like they might actually save the CFPB. At least until there's an appeal to some politically hostile higher court. [Law.com] * Google fighting to avoid becoming a generic term. This is apparently called "genericide" which I'd never heard of. I'll have to Bing that. [Law360] * Dentons cutting jobs in the UK. [Legal Week] * If you want to know more about lobbying, Bracewell lobbyist Josh Zive just started a podcast called "The Lobby Shop." Apparently "Big Bags O' Bribes" reflects negatively on the practice. [National Law Journal]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.09.17

* Littler acquires UK firm, marking their third European deal in the last year and a half. That's very interesting. Or should I say, "that's vereinteresting." No? OK, that's very interesting. [Am Law Daily] * Miami firms shepherd the $60 million sale of "Jungle Island." So when the Velociraptors start rampaging through South Beach, don't say we didn't warn you. [Daily Business Review] * Five hypotheticals posed by the Fourth Circuit in its travel ban hearing. Spoiler: some of them are incredibly stupid. [Law.com] * Bill Clinton is writing a thriller with James Patterson entitled "The President Is Missing." In the end they find the president campaigning in the Rust Belt which is where no Democrat bothered to look. [Huffington Post] * Dentons partner launches campaign for lieutenant governor in California. [The Recorder] * Meanwhile, Morgan Lewis partner David I. Miller is in the running for the SDNY U.S. Attorney gig which would put him in charge of looking the other way in most cases of financial crime. [Law360] * Judge holds company publicly accountable in waterslide decapitation. But the real story here is, as always, just how terrible Kansas is. [Litigation Daily] * How Michigan uses the law to trap people in poverty. [Jalopnik]

By Joe Patrice