Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.24.19

* Boris Johnson unanimously smacked down by UK Supreme Court, a bizarre institution where jurists uphold the law regardless of whether or not it inconveniences one or the other political party. [Legal Cheek] * The biggest law firms in the world enjoyed a good year as the rich get richer. [American Lawyer] * The Supreme Court needs to branch out from Harvard and Yale when it comes to clerks. For that matter, it needs to branch out from Harvard and Yale when it comes to justices. [National Law Journal] * This is about well-being coordinators but holds a universal truth: firms hiring non-lawyer professionals probably should only focus on people familiar with the law firm environment. [Law.com] * Today's the day Dershowitz tries to disqualify Boies Schiller from the defamation case against him. Let's see how that pans out for him. [New York Law Journal] * The Ninth Circuit's Stairway to Heaven case will ramble on. [Courthouse News Service]

By Joe Patrice on September 24, 2019 9:09 am

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* Boris Johnson unanimously smacked down by UK Supreme Court, a bizarre institution where jurists uphold the law regardless of whether or not it inconveniences one or the other political party. [Legal Cheek]

* The biggest law firms in the world enjoyed a good year as the rich get richer. [American Lawyer]

* The Supreme Court needs to branch out from Harvard and Yale when it comes to clerks. For that matter, it needs to branch out from Harvard and Yale when it comes to justices. [National Law Journal]

* This is about well-being coordinators but holds a universal truth: firms hiring non-lawyer professionals probably should only focus on people familiar with the law firm environment. [Law.com]

* Today’s the day Dershowitz tries to disqualify Boies Schiller from the defamation case against him. Let’s see how that pans out for him. [New York Law Journal]

* The Ninth Circuit’s Stairway to Heaven case will ramble on. [Courthouse News Service]