Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.03.17

* 50 Cent is suing Reed Smith for malpractice. As they say, "Get Rich Or Sue Your Lawyers." [Law.com] * The federal government lags in cybersecurity because all the talent is going to the private sector. [New York Law Journal] * Nothing says, "politics as usual" better than the South Dakota legislature declaring an "emergency" to overturn an ethics law. [Huffington Post] * D.C. Circuit blocks state attorneys general from coming to the defense of the CFPB. [National Law Journal] * Kellyanne scolds America for not remembering the Bowling Green massacre. Admittedly it's easy to forget, what with it never happening and all. [CNN] * Trump plans to roll back the protections put in place after the financial crisis. Presumably next week he'll take action to eliminate airbags because, "hey my car isn't crashing right this second, why does anyone need these?" [Wall Street Journal] * NFL TE turned Wiley Rein associate Colin Cloherty has a hard time picking who to root for in the Super Bowl. [The Am Law Daily] * The NLRB's general counsel issued a memo recognizing college football players as employees, because they fit every conceivable definition of an employee. So obviously politicians -- of one party anyway -- are demanding his resignation. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice on February 03, 2017 8:50 am
50 Cent (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty)

50 Cent (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty)

* 50 Cent is suing Reed Smith for malpractice. As they say, “Get Rich Or Sue Your Lawyers.” [Law.com]

* The federal government lags in cybersecurity because all the talent is going to the private sector. [New York Law Journal]

* Nothing says, “politics as usual” better than the South Dakota legislature declaring an “emergency” to overturn an ethics law. [Huffington Post]

* D.C. Circuit blocks state attorneys general from coming to the defense of the CFPB. [National Law Journal]

* Kellyanne scolds America for not remembering the Bowling Green massacre. Admittedly it’s easy to forget, what with it never happening and all. [CNN]

* Trump plans to roll back the protections put in place after the financial crisis. Presumably next week he’ll take action to eliminate airbags because, “hey my car isn’t crashing right this second, why does anyone need these?” [Wall Street Journal]

* NFL TE turned Wiley Rein associate Colin Cloherty has a hard time picking who to root for in the Super Bowl. [The Am Law Daily]

* The NLRB’s general counsel issued a memo recognizing college football players as employees, because they fit every conceivable definition of an employee. So obviously politicians — of one party anyway — are demanding his resignation. [Law360]