Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.16.17

* Are federal authorities investigating Fox News? [Law360] * Has Trump made law school "cool again"? No. Law school was never cool. [Quartz] * What do you know? Looks like some firms are finally waking up to the fact that they didn't have good years and really couldn't afford to jack up associate salaries. [ABA Journal] * That said, Davis Polk just had its self-described "best year ever." Did nobody tell these people Bowie died? [Am Law Daily] * Judges say they understand technology, but contradictory rulings about discovery and "the cloud" may say otherwise. [Law.com] * The litigation finance industry is leery of class actions. Should they be? [The Recorder] * Then again, maybe it won't matter because this Congress is trying to gut class actions by making it next to impossible to find lawyers willing to take on these cases. [Forbes] * Hofstra Law is opening a clinic to serve immigrants dealing with deportation. [Newsday] * Nobody actually likes the Rams or Chargers. That's why Biglaw is in deep with a gaggle of antitrust suits brought by the people of Los Angeles over having to buy NFL Sunday Ticket. [Law.com]

By Joe Patrice on February 16, 2017 8:55 am

fox-news-logo* Are federal authorities investigating Fox News? [Law360]

* Has Trump made law school “cool again”? No. Law school was never cool. [Quartz]

* What do you know? Looks like some firms are finally waking up to the fact that they didn’t have good years and really couldn’t afford to jack up associate salaries. [ABA Journal]

* That said, Davis Polk just had its self-described “best year ever.” Did nobody tell these people Bowie died? [Am Law Daily]

* Judges say they understand technology, but contradictory rulings about discovery and “the cloud” may say otherwise. [Law.com]

* The litigation finance industry is leery of class actions. Should they be? [The Recorder]

* Then again, maybe it won’t matter because this Congress is trying to gut class actions by making it next to impossible to find lawyers willing to take on these cases. [Forbes]

* Hofstra Law is opening a clinic to serve immigrants dealing with deportation. [Newsday]

* Nobody actually likes the Rams or Chargers. That’s why Biglaw is in deep with a gaggle of antitrust suits brought by the people of Los Angeles over having to buy NFL Sunday Ticket. [Law.com]