Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.01.19

* IP professors swear IP cases are going to be interesting this time. Of course they say that... it's their trademark response. [National Law Journal] * Chris Collins resigns from Congress in advance of pleading guilty to abusing his board position. [Law360] * California has fired the first, serious shots at the NCAA's student-exploitation model. Where do we go from here? [Sports Illustrated] * Forever 21 enters Chapter 11, learning exactly what 32 feels like. [USA Today] * Law firm merger market remains relatively quiet. [American Lawyer] * Companies hiring GCs increasingly consider candidates based on potential to move into executive leadership someday. [Corporate Counsel]

By Joe Patrice on October 01, 2019 8:56 am

* IP professors swear IP cases are going to be interesting this time. Of course they say that… it’s their trademark response. [National Law Journal]

* Chris Collins resigns from Congress in advance of pleading guilty to abusing his board position. [Law360]

* California has fired the first, serious shots at the NCAA’s student-exploitation model. Where do we go from here? [Sports Illustrated]

* Forever 21 enters Chapter 11, learning exactly what 32 feels like. [USA Today]

* Law firm merger market remains relatively quiet. [American Lawyer]

* Companies hiring GCs increasingly consider candidates based on potential to move into executive leadership someday. [Corporate Counsel]