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Kim Kardashian Aces Midterms, Conquers Constitutional Law Class

Slay, Con Law queen!

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‘Taco Tuesday’ Trademark Challenge A Win-Win Proposition For Taco Bell

The Taco Tuesday narrative is already set.

Most Lawyers Believe A Diverse And Inclusive Workforce Should Be A Priority

But how well do they think their law firms are doing?

In-House Perk: Leaning Into Authenticity

In-house counsel who work at large companies and tech companies often feel freer to be their authentic selves.

Top 50 Biglaw Firm Overhired, And Now Associates And Staff Are Paying The Price

Is overhiring responsible for the latest Biglaw layoffs? It's very likely.

Bank That Makes Up Everything Else Also Made Up All The Progress It Said It Was Making On Not Making Up Everything Else

The Wells Fargo story reaches its logical conclusion.

Morning Docket: 05.18.23

* Fifth Circuit judge scolds attorney for “personal attack” because she accurately described the district court opinion as unprecedented. As Inigo Montoya would put it, “I don’t think that word means what Judge Elrod thinks it means. [Slate]

* After watching Disney’s experience beating up on Florida lawyers, Penguin Random House is starting to sue Florida school districts for banning books. [AP]

* Montana has banned TikTok in a reminder that “free speech” is now limited to punishing students for carrying mean signs during FedSoc events. [Wall Street Journal]

* Deutsche Bank paying $75 million to settle claims that the bank facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operations. Another win for Boies Schiller Flexner and Edwards Pottinger representing Epstein’s victims. [Reuters]

* Massachusetts US Attorney accused of abuse of power “to achieve a political goal epitomiz[ing] the type of ‘political justice’ that Congress intended to prohibit.” Too bad she wasn’t a judge taking free vacations from parties before the court… she’d be home free by now.[Law360]

* WilmerHale earned 5 percent of its total revenue from Meta, the company you remember as Facebook before they completely retooled to chase a creepy VR chat room that they’ve since killed after costing the company about $13 billion. Which is all to say that Wilmer may want to diversify its revenue streams at this rate. [Bloomberg Law News]

* A discussion of Shadow Docket by Steve Vladeck (affiliate link). [ABA Journal]

So Wait, Congress Didn’t Want To Give Officers An Easy Way To Attack People While On The Clock? — See Also

The Last Few Decades Of Qualified Immunity Jurisprudence May Have Been Based On A Typo: This is why you double check your statutes, people.

Are They Even Trying?: Disney is in shock over how bad DeSantis’s legal team is.

Nothing Like Food To Resolve A Court Feud: I wonder if the wings were lemon pepper.

Yeah… That Note Is Not Going To Help You In Court: I thought lawyers were generally against leaving paper trails.

Me Too, Counsel?: How dare Elon Musk be held accountable to his own words?

FTC Files Suit To Block Amgen’s $28B Buyout Of Horizon Therapeutics

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to stop Amgen’s acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics. But rather than claiming product overlap, the agency contends Amgen will use its influence to keep at bay competition for Horizon’s products.

Law Schools Just Keep Admitting More And More Students

Want to be a lawyer? Now’s your chance.

Maybe There Is Such A Thing As Free Lunch?

If a RICO case is what it takes — personally — I'd just hand over 12 bucks to a cashier.

Donald Trump Loses Yet Another Lawyer

Parlatore Peaces Out.

Biglaw Partner Bracketing Clause And Writing ‘F*#k,’ Sufficient To Get Malpractice Claim To Trial

What's $636 million among friends and attorneys?

Sexism Continues To Thrive In Biglaw, With Women Facing Undue Bias

Will things ever change? Not while women ‘face a much tougher path to advance and succeed.’