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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.16.17

* Ted Cruz is angry that the ABA calls unqualified people unqualified. Everyone gets an A in Professor Cruz's class! [National Law Journal] * "A Rutherford couple reportedly got an unwanted house call over the weekend from a lawyer who was completely naked except for a tight-fitting T-shirt and a pair of black high heels." Go on.[NY Daily News] * You had me at "sexual enterprise," you magnificent RICO complaint you. [The Recorder] * The NFL is going to war with Jerry Jones, so grab your popcorn. [CNBC] * Barclay's prevails over a former employee's sex discrimination claim and her race discrimination claim. Seems as though it's been forever since Kimberle Crenshaw pointed out exactly why this is a problem. [Law360] * What do law firms and despotic regimes have in common? Probably a lot, but one thing is a non-existent succession plan. [American Lawyer] * The SEC pursues fewer actions for dramatically less money as it largely abdicates its watchdog role. What could possibly go wrong? [Corporate Counsel] * A deep dive into whether or not ex-convicts should be able to serve as lawyers. [Bloomberg] * Law firm files complaint arguing that Disney stole the script to Pirates of the Caribbean. Amazing because it was never clear to me that there was a script to that movie. [CBS]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.31.16

* Do not mess with federal judges: Shortly after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized Judge Gonzalo Curiel of the Southern District of California at a political rally by calling him a "hater," the judge ordered that internal Trump University documents from a consumer fraud trial be unsealed. [POLITICO] * The Clark County Defenders Union that represents Zohra Bakhtary condemned Judge Conrad Hafen in an open letter, writing, "[h]andcuffing an attorney who is merely doing her job to teach her a lesson is simply improper and has never been done in the history of Nevada." [WSJ Law Blog] * When we last checked in with Stephen DiCarmine, Dewey's ex-executive director, he told a judge that due to financial constraints, he'd like to represent himself at retrial. Now, he's hired Rita Glavin of Seward & Kissel for the job. [DealBook / New York Times] * Uh-oh... Mossack Fonseca, the law firm behind the Panama Papers leaks, announced via Tweet its plans to close offices in several offshore tax havens. The firm will shutter offices in the island nations of Jersey, Gibraltar. and the Isle of Man. [VICE News] * Who knew a Libor-rigging trial could be so exciting? Former Barclays trader and criminal defendant Ryan Reich was scolded by a judge after he interrupted a co-defendant's testimony with shouts of "no, no, no, no." [Big Law Business] * Cassandra Q. Butts, former deputy White House counsel and longtime friend and advisor to law school classmate President Barack Obama, RIP. [Washington Post]

By Staci Zaretsky
Election Law

Non-Sequiturs: 03.05.14

* Upskirt photos not illegal in Massachusetts. The spirit of Kennedy lives on! [Mass Live] * The investigation continues into whether Judge Mike Maggio, who might be the infamous Geauxjudge, suffers from a bad case of the Internet Crazies — but in the meantime, his campaign for the Court of Appeals took a hit. [Arkansas Times] * Speaking of judicial ethics, Judge Kimberly Brown has been removed from the bench in Indiana. She’s only the third judge ever to be permanently removed from the job. [Indy Star] * Wachtell Lipton partner Ricky Mason and his wife, Hoboken mayoral candidate Beth Mason, have been charged with several election-law violations. Uh-oh. [PolitickerNJ] * Which state just ruled that you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in texting… even if you’re texting about a heroin deal? [IT-Lex] * Dewey love the judge’s name in the Barclays suit over the dead firm’s debts? Yes. Because “Popplewell” is an awesome name. [The Lawyer] * The data are in, and the top college grads have passed an all-important math test: they figured out law school is a bad deal. [Associate's Mind] * Yet another Florida law school dean has stepped down. This is what happens when you take a job in a state full of retired people. [Daily Business Review] * Obamacare has been credited — and bashed — for a lot, but are we underselling its role in reducing prison populations? [Sentencing Law and Policy]

By Joe Patrice