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Morning Docket: 09.05.19

* A look back at 40 years of Biglaw financials. Spoiler alert: they made a lot of money. [American Lawyer] * Greg Craig was acquitted! Good news for all the lobbyists and foreign agents out there who (wink wink) aren't lobbyists and foreign agents. [WSJ] * Department of Labor official resigns after anti-Semitic social media posts surface. Frankly, one would've expected him to stay to own the libs. [Bloomberg Law] * CVS and Aetna get their clearance to merge because despite all Judge Leon's rage at DOJ he's still just a rat in a cage that happens to keep people from caring about antitrust enforcement. [Law360] * Simple way to fix harassment in Silicon Valley. [The Atlantic] * It's a day that ends in "y" so Dentons just got bigger. [Dentons] * Does Chambers have a blindspot for women? [Careerist] * For those of you following the Alphabet/Google CLO shenanigans, the GC just married an employee this weekend, but not the employee who says he neglected their baby after he had an affair with her while married to yet another person. [CNBC]

By Joe Patrice
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By Barbri
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.09.19

* We might be seeing Trump's tax returns soon... because New York has its own income tax system and doesn't answer to him. States' rights conservatives are surely rejoicing. [New York Law Journal] * Gordon Caplan looking at 8-14 months if the judge follows the Guidelines, with prosecutors recommending the lower end. [American Lawyer] * Allison Mack's crazy sex cult charges end in a guilty plea. [Huffington Post] * Good career advice everyone can take from Kirstjen Nielsen's unceremonious firing. [The Careerist] * Judge questions the rubber stamp deal CVS and Aetna got from the DOJ. [Law360] * Will the next set of Roundup ads have one of those pharma commercial voiceovers listing disclaimers? [Courthouse News Service] * Sadly, the idea that Department of Labor officials were simultaneously representing companies in labor disputes can barely elicit a yawn these days. [Bloomberg Law]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.04.17

* This weekend was full of huge news in Trumpland. Following Michael Flynn's guilty plea, President Trump tweeted that he fired Flynn because he lied to the FBI. If you recall, Trump originally said that he'd fired Flynn because his former NSA adviser had lied to Vice President Pence. [New York Times] * Here's why Trump's shift is pretty important, according to Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller: "Oh my god, he just admitted to obstruction of justice. If Trump knew Flynn lied to the FBI when he asked Comey to let it go, then there is your case." [The Hill] * Slow your roll, prosecutors. President Trump is now saying that he never asked former FBI director James Comey to stop investigating Flynn, even though Comey testified to that version of events before Congress. Per Trump, it's "[j]ust more Fake News covering another Comey lie!" [CBS News] * But wait, there's even more! It seems that President Trump wasn't the author of that tweet. Apparently it was written by one of his lawyers, John Dowd, who now says it was "[his] mistake" as he's "out of the tweeting business" and "did not mean to break news." [Washington Post; Axios] * Finally, in case you missed it, the Senate passed its version of the tax bill in the dead of night as it was still being written, with a 20 percent tax rate for corporations. Now, President Trump -- the client who will never be satisfied -- says that rate might go up to 22 percent. [CNBC] * Last, but not least, President Trump has endorsed accused child-toucher Roy Moore via tweet (obviously) for the Republican Senate seat that was left open by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This has reached a whole new level of ridiculousness. [CNN] * In other news, CVS is planning to buy Aetna for $69 billion. We've not yet seen which law firms are representing the companies on the deal, but this is a move that could seriously change the way our health care system looks. (And as an aside, it could seriously change the way your EOBs look, since CVS is a fan of those absurdly long receipts.) [DealBook / New York Times] * Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer who served just three months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, is now appealing, claiming that his trial was "fundamentally unfair." Most would counter that raping an unconscious woman in the street is what's really "fundamentally unfair," but that's neither here nor there. [NBC News]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.22.16

* You graduated from law school with a Biglaw offer in hand, and you're as happy as can be. A few months later, you receive the worst news possible for a young lawyer. After all of your hard work, you failed the bar exam. What happens now? It really depends on the policies of the firm that you work for. We'll have more on this later today. [Big Law Business] * "[I]f there was a genre of women taking pictures of men's crotches, and pornifying it, I think there's be a law really quickly." In many states, it's still legal for unsavory characters to take photographs and videos up women's skirts, but some are attempting to lawfully address the non-consensual pornography known as "upskirting." [VICE] * [I]t is unrealistic to think the background political views of justices (their political ideologies) have no impact on their opinions." Like it or not, SCOTUS justices are "political animals," and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's remarks about presidential nominee Donald Trump were likely a form of "high politics." [Bloomberg BNA] * The Justice Department wants to block mergers between Anthem and Cigna and Aetna and Humana, citing antitrust concerns. Each deal is worth billions, and they may still go forward despite this roadblock. While Cigna said its deal won't close anytime soon, "if at all," Aetna and Humana will challenge the DOJ. [DealBook / New York Times] * The ABA Journal want to know if you liked law school, or if you wish you'd never set foot inside of a law school. Speaking for myself, I really enjoyed law school, but I sure don't enjoy the insane amount of debt that I'm still drowning in, six years after graduation. What about you? Did you like law school? Please let us know. [ABA Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky