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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.03.18

* The possibility of Donald Trump turning the Russia case over to Alan Dershowitz is too delicious of a train wreck to imagine. Stop teasing me! [The Hill]

* Andrew McCabe’s GoFundMe has raised over half a million dollars. All you need is a righteous claim and a sophisticated lobbying firm behind you. [Slate]

* LeBron has decided he holds intellectual property rights over barbershops or something. [National Law Journal]

* While DLA Piper is out there swiping lawyers, they’re also earning plaudits for a tech solution designed to retain clients. [American Lawyer]

* Joon Kim returns to Cleary Gottlieb. [Wall Street Journal]

* Jury selection underway in extortion case over Waffle House CEO’s syrup. [Daily Report Online]

* The Supreme Court declared it’s ready, willing, and able to engage in linguistic gymnastics to get out of labor protections. So… we’ve got that going for us. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Swipes ~50 Lawyers From DLA Piper, Adds $100 Million In Revenue

That's a baller move.

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.13.18

* Trump tabs Skadden partner Michael Scudder for Seventh Circuit seat. Here’s some quotes from James Comey praising Scudder, so we know the Deep State must be happy. [National Law Journal]

* Yes, it’s accurate to say that the specific job of sheriff has an “Anglo-American heritage.” And, yes, given that it’s entirely unnecessary to do so — when terms like “common law” exist — the fact that someone would use that phrasing is indicative of racial bias. In fact, if anyone drops “heritage” when talking about white people it’s probably a bad sign. [Washington Post]

* All 56 Attorneys General are asking Congress to end forced arbitration in sexual harassment cases. Florida’s Pam Bondi stepped out of her usual ethical cloud to say, “decades of private arbitration proceedings regarding sexual harassment have had the unintended consequence of protecting serial violators.” You can go ahead and delete “regarding sexual harassment” and only improve the accuracy there. [Daily Business Review]

* DLA Piper has a new senior partner, which I believe grants him the official title of “Pied Piper.” [International]

* ABA looking to make online education easier. [Inside Higher Ed]

* Jones Day continues to have the top law firm brand according to the annual Acritas survey of clients. [American Lawyer]

* One of the tourists killed in the Grand Canyon helicopter crash this weekend was a lawyer. [American Lawyer]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.19.18

* Happy Shutdown!!! In case you’re wondering, the looming crisis won’t close the federal courts… for a few weeks. [National Law Journal]

* Sixth Circuit rules that cops can bust into your home and search for any reason at all. Who’d have thought putting an internet troll on an appellate court was a bad idea? [Slate]

* Coming off turning over their op-ed page to the lowest common denominator, the New York Times pens a thinkpiece that could easily have been titled, “Did you ever see Person of Interest? That was awesome.” [New York Times]

* Apparently judges stealing cocaine from evidence lockers is frowned upon. [Legal Intelligencer]

* DLA Piper forced to do some rearranging in Saudi Arabia. [American Lawyer]

* Frank Darabont is suing Walking Dead again. Just when you thought these suits were dead, they come back to life. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Biglaw
Biglaw Boom In Beantown

Boston is a bright spot in the legal landscape.

By Kathryn Rubino
Biglaw
Latham Steals DLA Piper's Global Co-Chair

Big partner moves in Biglaw.

By Kathryn Rubino
Biglaw, Pro Bono, Rankings
Which Biglaw Firm Is Best For Pro Bono? (2017)

The pro bono all stars!

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.04.17

* The White House announces ten new judicial nominations, including two for circuit courts (previously predicted in these pages). We’ll have more on this later. [Washington Times]

* King & Spalding joins Jones Day and Sullivan & Cromwell as a “feeder firm” for the Trump administration. [Law.com]

* Will the Trump Justice Department’s possible attack on affirmative action succeed? Law professors disagree. [How Appealing]

* Michelle Carter, the woman convicted for basically texting her boyfriend into committing suicide, gets sentenced to 15 months. [ABA Journal]

* White-collar criminal defense lawyers discuss what to expect from the grand jury convened by special counsel Robert Mueller. [National Law Journal]

* The trend continues: fewer law school graduates, better employment statistics. [ABA Journal]

* Elliot Katz, a leading lawyer in the self-driving-car space, motors from DLA Piper to McGuireWoods. [Law.com]

* If you’ll be online in the afternoon on Wednesday, August 16, join me and ABA Legal Career Central for a Twitter chat about career paths for lawyers, especially alternative careers. [American Bar Association]

By David Lat
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.03.17

* NAACP issues travel advisory for Missouri. Having been in Missouri recently… yeah this makes total sense. [CNN]

* Trump uses signing statement to tell Putin he’s sorry the meanies in Congress want to sanction him. [NPR]

* DLA Piper paying some of its associates more money. [Law.com]

* Microsoft is moving its work to alternative fee arrangements. It’s like what Uber tried to do… but with a much, much, much more successful company. [Law360]

* Dr. Dolittle of Schiff Hardin. [Litigation Daily]

* Iowa is reforming its juvenile justice system. [Courier]

* The best footnotes of all time. [National Law Journal]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.21.17

* Congratulations to John K. Bush, who won confirmation to the Sixth Circuit despite his controversial undercover blogging. [How Appealing]

* Team Trump is digging into the backgrounds of special counsel Robert Mueller’s all-star team of attorneys, looking for discrediting dirt. [New York Times]

* DLA Piper swallows up Liner LLP, a California-based boutique with 60 lawyers — so, DLA’s idea of breakfast. [Law.com]

* Justice Alito defends his tenure on the Supreme Court cafeteria committee (in this hilarious piece by Jess Bravin). [Wall Street Journal via How Appealing]

* Ex-Dentons associate Michael Potere, represented by a public defender, pleads not guilty to charges that he tried to extort his former firm. [Law360]

* Is the relationship of President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions damaged beyond repair? [New York Times]

* Is Charles Miller’s move to Tarter Krinsky & Drogin the beginning of a partner exodus from Kasowitz Benson — one possibly driven by the debacle of the Donald Trump representation? [New York Law Journal]

* Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law gets censured by the ABA in the wake of sex-discrimination allegations. [ABA Journal]

By David Lat