Andrew Ceresney

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.26.17

* You could say these lawyers made an epic screwup when they cribbed another complaint and failed to make even the most obvious changes, but I like to think they were just trying to prove the dangers of repeated concussions. [Law.com] * Class action certified in PACER suit. If you want to read the order, I'm sure there's a place online you can go to find it. [Law Sites] * Sounds like Charlotte School of Law has some real issues. [The Atlantic] * Trump hires Stefan C. Passantino of Dentons to handle ethics and compliance for the new administration. Because Dentons has done so well on this score lately. [Law360] * For some reason, whistleblower lawyers feel pretty good about their practices for the next few years. [National Law Journal] * Andrew Ceresney believes the SEC will remain aggressive in the new administration, proving that this whole alternative facts thing is spreading! [Law.com] * Some student groups want a formal role in the process of hiring Harvard's next dean including membership on the search committee. Don't cross that line -- a strong, vocal student body prepared to critique the school's decisions actually requires staying out of the decisions themselves. [Harvard Crimson]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.09.16

* President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of labor, fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, is a critic of the Obama Administration's regulation in this area (and he's a former litigator, interestingly enough). [Washington Post] * Judge Bill Pryor (11th Cir.), a top SCOTUS contender in a Trump Administration, is beloved by conservatives -- but confirming him could be a battle. [Bloomberg BNA via How Appealing] * The Arkansas Supreme Court rules that married lesbian couples can't put the names of both spouses on their children's birth certificates. [WSJ Law Blog] * SEC enforcement chief Andrew Ceresney will leave the agency by the end of this year; where might he wind up? [Law.com] * Governor Andrew Cuomo met with the feds in connection with the corruption case brought against some of his former aides. [New York Times] * Michael Jordan's latest court victory -- in an IP case in China. [Bloomberg] * Alabama prisoner Ronald Smith is executed after the Supreme Court denies a stay, leaving SCOTUS review of the state's unique "judicial override" system for another day. [New York Times via How Appealing]

By David Lat
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 04.23.13

* The Department of Justice announced federal charges against suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev yesterday, leaving the decision of whether the death penalty will be sought in Eric Holder’s hands. [National Law Journal] * Andrew Ceresney, most recently of Debevoise, was appointed to run the SEC’s enforcement bureau alongside George Canellos, an agency veteran. Maybe they’ll both be able to boost morale. [DealBook / New York Times] * “[T]he best way to find Albany on a map is to look for the intersection of greed and ambition.” Preet Bharara is mad as hell about corruption, and he’s not going to take it anymore. [New York Law Journal] * If Anthony Weiner decides to join the New York City mayoral race, partners from Am Law 200 firms will be responsible for his second coming thanks to their pre-wiener scandal funding. [Am Law Daily] * “It’s done. Turn the page. The distraction is over.” The new dean of St. Louis University’s law school would like to move forward from the “slow-motion train wreck” of years past. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

By Staci Zaretsky