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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.10.20

* Rapper Lil Wayne is due to make his first court appearance related to a weapons bust that took place on a private plane last year. Wonder if the judge will call him "Lil Wayne" in court... [All Hip Hop] * Home Depot has settled a multimillion-dollar class-action related to a data breach. [National Law Review] * Facebook has finally been hit with long-anticipated antitrust litigation. [NPR] * Hunter Biden is allegedly under investigation for tax issues. [Guardian] * Vermont Law School is considering a move to Burlington, Vermont. Would be a good decision, Burlington is a nice town. [VT Digger]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.19.18

* Papa John has hired Harvey Weinstein's lawyer, who's rapidly establishing herself as the gold standard of representing powerful dirtbags. You could say she's the Domino's of that market. [Courier-Journal] * City officials will investigate whether the Stormy Daniels arrest -- on a law that is never enforced -- was a politically motivated hit job. I assume this will require investigators to spend hours undercover in strip clubs at taxpayer expense. [NBC4] * A deep dive into Judge Collyer's recent opinion contending for the first time that American citizens have a right to at least be heard before being executed by drone. When this case gets snuffed out on appeal, the resulting precedent is going to justify all sorts of executive mischief. [Rolling Stone] * Breaking down Vermont Law's decision to fire tenured faculty -- a sign of things to come? [Forbes] * With co-counsel settling, Sidley's finding itself a little lonelier in the Aequitas suit alleging that it contributed to a Ponzi-scheme. [American Lawyer] * Wondering how much artificial intelligence talk you can deal with? There are nine legal tech conferences over the next few months. Including ILTACON in National Harbor where we're hosting an Above the Law happy hour/bar trivia extravaganza... so if you're around, come on by. [Legaltech News] * Fox Rothschild looking into a hefty merger in the Carolinas. [Legal Intelligencer] * This isn't really a shocker, but lawmakers don't understand technology, free speech. [Wired]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.13.16

* Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein will appear at Vermont Law School today, where she'll meet with members of the law school community to speak about her plan to transition the country using 100 percent renewable energy. Law students will be especially excited to hear about her plans to cancel all student loan debt. [VTDigger] * “Talk to your classmates, especially those with different views. Even if you come away from it disagreeing even more, at least you know what makes them tick, which is a useful thing.” Last week, Justice Elena Kagan went back to Harvard Law, the school where she once served as dean, to share helpful tips with law students. [Harvard Crimson] * Federal prosecutors may have dropped their corruption case against ex-Gov. Bob McDonnell after SCOTUS threw out his convictions, but now he's got some pretty hefty legal bills to pay to Jones Day and Holland & Knight. Right now, he owes more than $10M to the partners who helped clear his name. [Richmond Times-Dispatch] * A lot of big-time lateral moves were announced yesterday, including Kirkland & Ellis's mass hiring of all Bancroft lawyers, but Gibson Dunn's news may top all the rest we've yet to cover. Stuart Delery, the former acting associate attorney general of the Justice Department, will join the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C. [Big Law Business] * Ex-Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper has found a new home -- or rather, a "strategic affiliation" -- with a global Biglaw firm. He'll be working out of the Calgary office of Dentons, where he'll work with many former colleagues and advise firm clients on market access, managing global geopolitical, and economic risk. [Huffington Post]

By Staci Zaretsky