Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.20.23

* Billing rates are up and somehow the narrative around this never mentions that we had a spate of overall inflation in the middle. [American Lawyer] * Lawyer pleads guilty to paying clerk for referrals. The hustle is real. [ABA Journal] * DOJ asks court to strip Eric Adams of control over Rikers Island. Was he trying to sell that to Turkey too? [Gothamist] * Bob Menendez hires Paul Hastings. [Reuters] * Federal Circuit asking judge to let them continue to pocket impeach Pauline Newman just like it doesn't say they can in the Constitution. [Bloomberg Law News] * Abuse lawsuit against Diddy settles instantly. Seems like something that could've been handled with a demand letter. [Law360] * David Boies plans to step back from firm leadership in 2025. [Litigation Daily]

By Above the Law on November 20, 2023 8:43 am

981450* Billing rates are up and somehow the narrative around this never mentions that we had a spate of overall inflation in the middle. [American Lawyer]

* Lawyer pleads guilty to paying clerk for referrals. The hustle is real. [ABA Journal]

* DOJ asks court to strip Eric Adams of control over Rikers Island. Was he trying to sell that to Turkey too? [Gothamist]

* Bob Menendez hires Paul Hastings. [Reuters]

* Federal Circuit asking judge to let them continue to pocket impeach Pauline Newman just like it doesn’t say they can in the Constitution. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Abuse lawsuit against Diddy settles instantly. Seems like something that could’ve been handled with a demand letter. [Law360]

* David Boies plans to step back from firm leadership in 2025. [Litigation Daily]