{"id":1314,"date":"2017-03-08T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/?p=455679"},"modified":"2017-03-08T08:44:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:44:50","slug":"morning-docket-03-08-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2017\/03\/08\/morning-docket-03-08-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Docket: 03.08.17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/women-lawyers-trio-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"women lawyers trio\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-341443\" \/>* What rights do you have to strike on International Women&#8217;s Day? [<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/thecut\/2017\/03\/if-you-strike-for-womens-day-here-are-your-legal-rights.html\">NY Mag<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Amazon drops its objections to the Echo warrant, meaning if you own an Echo (or any of its ilk), you now have a wiretap in your house. Congratulations. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corpcounsel.com\/id=1202780719018\/Amazon-Avoiding-First-Amendment-Clash-Drops-Objections-to-Echo-Warrant\/\">Corporate Counsel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Blank Rome boosts profit 22 percent. Associates looking <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2017\/02\/firm-finally-announces-raises-and-associates-are-less-than-excited\/\">at their below market paychecks<\/a> must feel super psyched about that. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlawyer.com\/id=1202780737423\/Blank-Rome-Boosts-Revenue-22-Percent-Amid-Major-Growth-Spurt\/\">Legal Intelligencer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Judge Posner is just comparing everything to cats now and that&#8217;s perfectly fine. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/sites\/almstaff\/2017\/03\/07\/judge-posner-gets-a-little-frisky-in-class-action-ruling\/\">Law.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>* Looks like the NCAA and power conferences are going to shell out millions in settlement cash to former athletes in financial aid collusion case, which they&#8217;ll make back several times over by the end of the month. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/student-athletes-inch-closer-209m-scholarship-settlement\/\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Penn accepts big gift from Charles Koch to work on criminal justice research, presumably an extension of his support for indigent legal services, but we can&#8217;t rule out a plan to make convicts fight to the death for sport. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/sites\/almstaff\/2017\/03\/07\/penn-law-is-latest-to-receive-koch-foundation-donation\/\">Law.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Just your standard slave labor case in 2017. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/newyork\/articles\/899183\/diplomat-feds-spar-over-slavery-case-bail-at-2nd-circ-\/\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>* Lynne Stewart has passed away at 77. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/07\/nyregion\/lynne-stewart-dead-radical-leftist-lawyer.html\/\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">* What rights do you have to strike on International Women&#8217;s Day? [<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/thecut\/2017\/03\/if-you-strike-for-womens-day-here-are-your-legal-rights.html\">NY Mag<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Amazon drops its objections to the Echo warrant, meaning if you own an Echo (or any of its ilk), you now have a wiretap in your house. Congratulations. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corpcounsel.com\/id=1202780719018\/Amazon-Avoiding-First-Amendment-Clash-Drops-Objections-to-Echo-Warrant\/\">Corporate Counsel<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Blank Rome boosts profit 22 percent. Associates looking <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2017\/02\/firm-finally-announces-raises-and-associates-are-less-than-excited\/\">at their below market paychecks<\/a> must feel super psyched about that. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanlawyer.com\/id=1202780737423\/Blank-Rome-Boosts-Revenue-22-Percent-Amid-Major-Growth-Spurt\/\">Legal Intelligencer<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Judge Posner is just comparing everything to cats now and that&#8217;s perfectly fine. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/sites\/almstaff\/2017\/03\/07\/judge-posner-gets-a-little-frisky-in-class-action-ruling\/\">Law.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Looks like the NCAA and power conferences are going to shell out millions in settlement cash to former athletes in financial aid collusion case, which they&#8217;ll make back several times over by the end of the month. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/student-athletes-inch-closer-209m-scholarship-settlement\/\">Courthouse News Service<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Penn accepts big gift from Charles Koch to work on criminal justice research, presumably an extension of his support for indigent legal services, but we can&#8217;t rule out a plan to make convicts fight to the death for sport. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.com\/sites\/almstaff\/2017\/03\/07\/penn-law-is-latest-to-receive-koch-foundation-donation\/\">Law.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Just your standard slave labor case in 2017. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/newyork\/articles\/899183\/diplomat-feds-spar-over-slavery-case-bail-at-2nd-circ-\/\">Law360<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">* Lynne Stewart has passed away at 77. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/07\/nyregion\/lynne-stewart-dead-radical-leftist-lawyer.html\/\">New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":341443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[1266,102,1597,1598,1599,268,1600,1601,7,1602,574],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morning-docket","tag-amazon","tag-biglaw","tag-blank-rome","tag-charles-koch","tag-lynne-stewart","tag-morning-docket","tag-ncaa","tag-richard-posner","tag-technology","tag-university-of-pennsylvania-law-school","tag-womens-issues"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Morning Docket: 03.08.17 - Above The Law&#039;s Legal Tech Non-Event<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2017\/03\/08\/morning-docket-03-08-17\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morning Docket: 03.08.17 - Above The Law&#039;s Legal Tech Non-Event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"* What rights do you have to strike on International Women&#039;s Day? 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