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* Attorney for accused poker cheat explains that he loses all the time, so people who win all the time must be possible too. These are the math students law school was built to serve. [Card Player]
* A Davis Wright Tremaine partner has resigned amid controversy that a board he served on covered up allegations against the non-profit’s founder. [American Lawyer]
* Comedy writer writes tale of what would have happened if he’d listened to his mother and gone into law instead of comedy. Having read this contribution to the New Yorker’s humor section… he should have listened to his mom. [New Yorker]
* Inmate seeks to intervene on R. Kelly’s behalf. He feels a kinship because the prisoner is… Trapped in the Jail Cell. [Yahoo]
* LST is looking to expand its board as part of its commitment to maintain a board reflecting a cross-section of the legal industry. [Law School Transparency]
* Lawyers overpay for less? Shocking! [Legaltech News]
* Irell & Manella may be suffering from failed merger exodus. [Business Insider]
* In his final days, accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein surrounded himself with lawyers in a private meeting room for up to 12 hours a day, emptying vending machines, if only to escape his cramped, vermin-infested cell. [New York Times]
* The Trump Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to deny civil rights protections for transgender employees, but the EEOC doesn’t agree and its general counsel refused to sign the DOJ’s brief to the high court. [National Law Journal]
* Per a leaked Brexit document, U.K. officials are trying to avoid a “catastrophic collapse in the nation’s infrastructure” (e.g., food, fuel, and medicine shortages; port gridlocks; and civil unrest) if Britain is unable to leave the EU with a deal. [NPR]
* Will other Biglaw firms with similar parental leave policies face scrutiny in the wake of the reverse discrimination lawsuit filed against Jones Day? We’ll have to wait and see if this reproduces additional legal claims. [American Lawyer]
* Milbank just scored a major lateral coup after scooping up some talented IP litigators from Irell & Manella, including David Gindler, the firm’s managing partner. Gindler was Irell’s third managing partner in just a few years. [Big Law Business]
Benjamin W. Hattenbach, Member of Executive Committee
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, JD
Lisa S. Glasser, Member of Executive Committee
Duke University School of Law, JD
Keith A. Orso, Member of Management Committee
UCLA School of Law, JD