Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.14.18

* "Plaintiffs’ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolous." Taylor Swift has successfully shaken off an absurd copyright infringement lawsuit thanks to her lawyer's player-hating. [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter] * President Trump has nominated 87 judges thus far, and of those nominees, 80 are white, five are Asian-American, one is Hispanic, and one is African-American. Trump's nominees are 92 percent white, which "turns the clock back on years of work and effort that went into promoting judicial diversity." [USA Today] * Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! What better way for a law firm to celebrate the special occasion than to offer a free divorce? We may have more on this later. [UPI] * Yesterday was the second anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, and [t]hanks to [his] disruption, the Supreme Court may never be the same." Admirers, critics, and clerks share their memories of the man, the myth, the legend. [National Law Journal] * Elizabeth Rose, a former employee of Vice Media, has filed a proposed class-action suit against the company, alleging that women were "systemically and intentionally" paid less than their male counterparts in violation of equal pay laws in New York and California, as well as in violation of the Equal Pay Act. [Los Angeles Times] * Judge Sandra Townes, the first African-American woman to be appointed to the Eastern District of New York, has died of cancer at 73. RIP. [New York Law Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky on February 14, 2018 8:38 am

Taylor Swift (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty)

* “Plaintiffs’ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolous.” Taylor Swift has successfully shaken off an absurd copyright infringement lawsuit thanks to her lawyer’s player-hating. [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]

* President Trump has nominated 87 judges thus far, and of those nominees, 80 are white, five are Asian-American, one is Hispanic, and one is African-American. Trump’s nominees are 92 percent white, which “turns the clock back on years of work and effort that went into promoting judicial diversity.” [USA Today]

* Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! What better way for a law firm to celebrate the special occasion than to offer a free divorce? We may have more on this later. [UPI]

* Yesterday was the second anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, and [t]hanks to [his] disruption, the Supreme Court may never be the same.” Admirers, critics, and clerks share their memories of the man, the myth, the legend. [National Law Journal]

* Elizabeth Rose, a former employee of Vice Media, has filed a proposed class-action suit against the company, alleging that women were “systemically and intentionally” paid less than their male counterparts in violation of equal pay laws in New York and California, as well as in violation of the Equal Pay Act. [Los Angeles Times]

* Judge Sandra Townes, the first African-American woman to be appointed to the Eastern District of New York, has died of cancer at 73. RIP. [New York Law Journal]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.