Morning Docket: 05.02.14

* The Senate confirmed nine judges this week, the highest one-week total since the current session of Congress began. They even managed to confirm a "controversial" nominee. Congrats! [Legal Times] * If you need a reason for your merger-product firm's poor financial performance, don't use the verein structure as a scapegoat. Maybe your firms weren't profitable to begin. Burnnnnn. [The Economist] * Skadden lawyers await the day they're called upon to provide the NBA's defense against a potential suit filed by Don Sterling. They'll be ready, because Skadden's the best brand in the world, yay! [Am Law Daily] * Mayer Brown is pulling out of the "comfort women" case, a decision one of its clients says is "totally crazy." We suppose the firm was getting tired of being dragged through the mud. [Los Angeles Daily News] * A suspect is being held by police in the fatal hit-and-run of Judge Dean Pregerson's son. He's been charged with vehicular manslaughter, and is expected to be arraigned on Monday. [Los Angeles Times] * Fifty-five schools are being investigated for alleged violations of federal law in the mishandling of sexual assault and harassment cases. One professional school is on the list. Sup Harvard Law? [Huffington Post]