* It takes a village worth of billables: this Texas firm has Thanksgiving covered. [12 News Now] * You know these STOP WOKE laws will probably impact Republicans at some point, right? [The Atlantic] * Bad news for Bitcoin Bros: Looks like the normies with 9-5s were right. [CNBC] * Time to pay up Big Boy! [NYT] * The constitutionality of an Idaho law banning transgender athletes hits the 9th Circuit. Again. [Boise State Public Radio]
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* The 9th Circuit may be determining if Twitter can be sued for sex trafficking soon. [Bloomberg Law] * North Carolina's Supreme Court is positioned to determine if nurses can be sued for medical malpractice. [Carolina Journal] * Must be something in the water: legal standard for water in LA could still be dangerous. [ABC 7] * is helping cancer patients figure out their legal and financial troubles. Shouts out to Virginia! [WTVR] * Ohio governor makes it easier to let out those Dionysian urges on a few key holidays. THE EXPLOSIONS WILL BE GLORIOUS! [WHIO]
But, I mean, he's right about the Star Wars movies.
While most of us would like to think the government would change its constitutionally questionable policy, that is probably not its next move.
The man who first shed light on Kozinski's porn files is back in court.
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Frankly, this opinion is a model of restraint.
The lawyer is asking for forgiveness and doesn't deserve any.
Who would have thought 'safe and sanitary' would be this difficult to define? Not these judges.
* R. Kelly threatens to sue Lifetime, a lawsuit that will be totally worth it if the judge has to say "don't pee on my leg and say it's raining." [TMZ] * Alex Van Der Zwaan's attorney, Laura Grossfield Birger, tapped to run the SDNY Criminal Division. That's some... curious optics right now. [Courthouse News Service] * The billionaire client that Boies Schiller is suing over unpaid fees has now alleged malpractice, which is a bold move considering BSF got him through multiple litigation scrapes. But this goes with the territory. I once had a holdout client claim malpractice when we'd gotten him acquitted of racketeering, so this move isn't entirely unexpected. [New York Law Journal] * It's not surprising that the Ninth Circuit has some serious concerns over the possibility that the government systematically lied to the courts, it's surprising that this isn't a universal concern of the federal judiciary. [The Recorder] * This round-up of the top in-house hires of December including Tesla's decision to turn off autopilot and hire a white-collar attorney to serve as general counsel. [Law360] * Cardinal says compensation for abuse victims is less important than avoiding "breaking" the Church. Dude, it's going public that abuse victims aren't as important as the Church that's doing all the "breaking" right now. [NBC News] * Key legal questions surrounding blockchain. [Coindesk]
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* The long, drawn out saga of the "Monkey Selfie" case has crossed another milestone with the Ninth Circuit ruling that the monkey can't sue for copyright violations. Reached for comment, the monkey's attorney expressed disappointment in the decision and hurled feces. [Courthouse News Service] * Jones Day loses more partners to the lateral market. We assume they saw the Above the Law Law Firm Rankings and decided they had to get out. [American Lawyer] * Colorado passes "secret prisons" reform bill... in secret. Hurray irony! [9News] * Kimberly Yuracko named the new dean of Northwestern Law. [Northwestern University NewsCenter] * Good news for DLA Piper: the Second Circuit upholds their malpractice victory. [Law360] * K&L Gates adds firepower in Asia. That should serve them well until Trump hears a scary Pokemon Go story on Fox and cuts off all trade to Japan. [International] * Checking in on the finale of the Global Legal Hackathon. So if you got a suspicious request for money from your practice management software the other day, it was probably hacked. [Legaltech News]
We need a statute of limitations when it comes to the scribblings of one's youth.
Love or hate his jurisprudence, Judge Reinhardt's importance and influence cannot be denied.
