Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.29.17

* Justice Neil Gorsuch delivers a speech on civility in public life at a lunch held at the Trump International Hotel -- and meets with protests. [How Appealing] * Congratulations to Makan Delrahim, just confirmed as head of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. [Bloomberg via Big Law Business] * MoloLamken adds another star federal prosecutor to its roster, bringing aboard Megan Cunniff Church in Chicago. [Law360] * Speaking of stars, the Supreme Court clerks from October Term 2007: where are they now? [Excess of Democracy] * Don't say we didn't warn you: the list of law schools with the highest loan default rates is dominated by staples of Above the Law's pages. [ABA Journal] * Harvard Law School graduate Tamara Wyche, who failed the bar exam twice and lost her job at Ropes & Gray, can proceed with parts of her federal lawsuit against the New York State Board of Law Examiners. [Law.com] * Shocker: lobbyists go into high gear to try and save some cherished tax breaks from the scourge of tax reform. [New York Times]

By David Lat on September 29, 2017 8:45 am

Justice Neil Gorsuch (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

* Justice Neil Gorsuch delivers a speech on civility in public life at a lunch held at the Trump International Hotel — and meets with protests. [How Appealing]

* Congratulations to Makan Delrahim, just confirmed as head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. [Bloomberg via Big Law Business]

* MoloLamken adds another star federal prosecutor to its roster, bringing aboard Megan Cunniff Church in Chicago. [Law360]

* Speaking of stars, the Supreme Court clerks from October Term 2007: where are they now? [Excess of Democracy]

* Don’t say we didn’t warn you: the list of law schools with the highest loan default rates is dominated by staples of Above the Law’s pages. [ABA Journal]

* Harvard Law School graduate Tamara Wyche, who failed the bar exam twice and lost her job at Ropes & Gray, can proceed with parts of her federal lawsuit against the New York State Board of Law Examiners. [Law.com]

* Shocker: lobbyists go into high gear to try and save some cherished tax breaks from the scourge of tax reform. [New York Times]

DBL square headshotDavid Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].