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Opposition to Trump's Labor pick increases.
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Morning Docket: 02.13.17
* Authorities charge the Panama Papers lawyers with money laundering. On the other hand, the firm's Twitter account denies any wrongdoing, and I think we all know Twitter never misleads anyone. [Am Law Daily] * An intellectual property suit over Kim Kardashian and ugly sweaters and that's the first time "intellectual" and "Kardashian" have made it into the same sentence. [Law360] * Shady new strategy concocted to fast track foreclosures on the homes of unsuspecting seniors. Just in case you'd gotten the misperception that lawyers were good people. [Law.com] * Kramer Levin renews its lease, but it's cutting back about 50,000 square feet. [Wall Street Journal] * Where does Judge Gorsuch stand on intellectual property matters? [National Law Journal] * Puzder slapped with antitrust class action over alleged schemes to depress wages. Seems like the kind of guy who should be in charge of defending labor in America. [Courthouse News Service]
What President Trump Will Do To Employment Law Will Make You Dizzy
Employment law may undergo its biggest upheaval since the New Deal, according to new columnist Richard B. Cohen.
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]