Women’s Issues
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.18.18
* President Trump seems to be addicted to lawyers, and maybe someday he’ll be able to find another one like Michael Cohen who is “willing to sacrifice reputation, sanity, and perhaps a paycheck” to defend him. [Politico]
* Proskauer Rose and Jane Doe, the partner who sued the firm in a $50 million gender bias lawsuit, will be entering mediation to see if they can reach a settlement. At the same time, limited discovery will take place as to whether Doe is an “employee” under the anti-discrimination laws cited in the suit. [American Lawyer]
* Anthony Borges, a student who was shot five times while blocking a doorway to save other students during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has filed suit against Nikolas Cruz for for assault and battery. Perhaps we should be expecting more of these lawsuits in the future. [Sun Sentinel]
* Parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 have filed a defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones of Infowars. Jones responded to the lawsuit going on a 10-minute rant on his show about how his lawyers thought the suit was frivlous. [New York Times]
* Bonus season isn’t over yet — for staff members, that is. Mintz Levin recently awarded hundreds of its staff members with special bonuses to celebrate an increase in equity partner profits. [Big Law Business]
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Intellectual Property
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.10.18
* Now that the FBI is all up in his business, Squire Patton Boggs has cut ties with Michael Cohen. They had been working together in an amorphous strategic alliance that was almost certainly some kind of murky lobbying-related arrangement. [American Lawyer]
* Today is Equal Pay Day and in-house counsel hold the key to remedying pay inequality. [Corporate Counsel]
* This lawyer’s got 99 problems and all of them are a year in prison for trading sex for legal work. [Texas Lawyer]
* Trump advised that he can’t contribute to legal defense fund. This story assumes the phony billionaire has enough non-debt-financed disposable income to help his cronies, which is a very open question. [Bloomberg]
* In shocker, the Texas Supreme Court doesn’t understand homosexuality. [Slate]
* Wilmer and Foley Hoag seek documents to prove the Family Research Council and the Heritage Foundation drove the administration’s decision to ban transgender troops — since we know the general serving as Secretary of Defense wasn’t pushing it. [National Law Journal]
* Gawker’s liability releases hit snag. [Law360]
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Law Schools
Why Chasity Boyce and Tiffany Harper Co-Founded DAPP, And Their Mission To Train Women of Color
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.06.18
* Easing older partners out the door presents all sorts of problems in eat-what-you-kill firms. [American Lawyer]
* Doctor saves juror’s life during med mal trial. [ABA Journal]
* Remember the cyclist who flipped off the Trump motorcade and then got fired from her job at a government contractor? Yeah, she’s suing over that BS. [Courthouse News Service]
* Do you want fries with that? NLRB’s top-notch customer service bends over backward to help McDonald’s avoid answering for labor law infractions. [Law360]
* South Korea’s former president gets 24 years in corruption case. [Reuters]
* State supreme court releases its opinion allowing Tarra Simmons to take the bar exam. [Seattle Times]
* Legal aid is moving into doctor’s offices to help pregnant women fight for their rights. [Slate]
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Courts
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Dedicated Crusader For Women's Equality
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Biglaw
Time’s Up For Using Arbitration To Squash Sexual Harassment Claims
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Biglaw
The First Biglaw Firm To Willingly Do Away With Its Mandatory Arbitration Policy
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Tries To Force Summer Associates To Arbitrate Sexual Harassment Claims
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
8 Helpful Hints On What Not To Say (Or Do) To A Pregnant Employee
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Courts
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Adds 'Style Icon' To Her Résumé With Love Of High-Class Scrunchies
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Government
A Trailblazing Woman Attorney With Staying Power In Government
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Biglaw
Finally, A Biglaw Firm With A Gender Pay Gap That Favors Women
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.16.18
* Vanessa Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, filed for an uncontested divorce against Donald Trump Jr. Apparently Jr.’s controversial tweets destroyed their marriage. At least they’re not destroying a country. [Page Six]
* Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was forced to plead with senior officials at the Justice Department not to fire him just days before his expected retirement. This man has a pension, and he wants to keep it, even if he has to beg. Let’s see if he was able to change anyone’s mind. Cross your fingers… [Washington Post]
* The late Justice Antonin Scalia’s judicial legacy is being quietly erased each time members of the Supreme Court examine legislative history. The legal legend absolutely, positively hated using legislative history to interpret laws, and it’s been happening more frequently since his death. [New York Times]
* Never could’ve seen this coming: Mossack Fonseca, the law firm behind the Panama Papers, will be closing by the end of the month. “The reputational deterioration, the media campaign, the financial siege, and the irregular actions of some Panamanian authorities have caused irreparable damage” to the firm. [American Lawyer]
* If you haven’t been following @LadyLawyerDiary on Twitter, you should start. It’s a community for women lawyers to talk about exactly what’s going on behind closed doors in the legal profession by “outing stupid sexist stuff” and celebrating women’s successes. It’s a great place to find support, so join up soon. [Big Law Business]
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Courts
This Judge Is The Only Woman To Ever Swear In A U.S. President
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Courts
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stars In Her Very Own Film, 'RBG'
The documentary about the 'flaming feminist litigator' will be featured at select theaters on May 4, 2018. -
Women's Issues
Women Lawyers Should Apparently Seek Advice From This Dominatrix To Get Ahead In Their Careers
Mistress Kasia will help you 'increase power, agency, and influence' in all areas of your life. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm To Pay Over $3 Million To Settle Pay Discrimination Case
The case has gone through many twists and turns, but is resolved at last. -
Biglaw
Former Biglaw Partner Under Fire For Allegedly Making Racist, Sexist Comments
Find out about the scandal that has ended an illustrious legal career.