March Madness Is A Fun Time At Many Law Firms
More law firms should embrace the March Madness season.
Former Vinson & Elkins Lawyer Leads Team To March Madness Showdown Against Tennessee
From Biglaw to the Big South champs.
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Basketball Game Clock Patent Owner Blows The Whistle On Alleged Infringer
Michael Costabile, a former NBA referee, is suing fellow basketball referee Keith Fogleman for allegedly ripping off Costabile's patent.
Minnesota Timberwolves Minority Owner Seeks To Block Sale To Alex Rodriguez And Marc Lore
The plaintiff, Orbit Sports, seeks monetary damages of at least $300 million.
Morning Docket: 05.27.21
* A lawsuit filed by a former college basketball player against Adidas has been dismissed. Maybe he should take Adidas's slogan "impossible is nothing" to heart if filing an appeal... [Oregonian] * A man accused of shooting a New Hampshire pastor has pleaded guilty to assaulting his own lawyer. [AP] * The University of Miami has fired the dean of its law school, and members of the law school community are reportedly not pleased. [Miami Hurricane] * Alan Dershowitz is reportedly suing Netflix over a docuseries about Jeffrey Epstein. [Fox Business] * A judge has lowered a sentence after a defendant alleged "shady shenanigans" by a federal prosecutor. Surely, the lawyer didn't use the word "shenanigans" lightly... [ABA Journal]
Supreme Court Brief In Alston Case Should Make The NCAA Very Concerned
The 62-page brief argues that the NCAA's compensation restraints should not be exempt from Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Tuning Up Your Office Systems, Client Relationships, And Operating Documents
Join us on March 26th for this CLE-eligible webinar led by Claude Ducloux where he'll dive into the strategic implications of adapting ethical practices to a distributed environment.
Quinn Emanuel Law Firm Accused Of Serving As A Spy For Qatar
Basketball as a sight of foreign intrigue? That's what's being alleged.
NBA One-And-Done Rule Can’t Be Removed Quickly Enough
The system that made it standard for athletes to spend at least one year in college seems to be crumbling.
College Sports Suffer From A Destructive Model Of Prohibition
If you want a system that ensures corruption and an inevitable, destructive black-market economy, look no further than our system of collegiate 'amateurism.'
WNBA Star To Hang Up Her Sneakers For The Joys Of Law School
Good luck in law school.
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From Pro Basketball To Biglaw, No Matter The Court, You’ll Still Work Your Ass Off
How did this former WNBA player make the transition to litigator?
Morning Docket: 06.20.19
* The Anthony Davis deal may have royally screwed up the Lakers and it looks like it might be the lawyers' fault. [Silverscreen and Roll] * A reminder that Law & Order: SVU is largely based on Linda Fairstein. It seems to me that NBC's best move now would be unveiling "Law & Order: Qualified Immunity" forcing Mariska Hargitay to fend off legal challenges after DNA evidence clears characters from past shows. [NBC News] * In shocking new poll, women in law reveal that they don't like being consistently paid less than men. [Law360] * Antitrust law can't solve today's trusts. [NY Times] * The case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may fall apart because local elected officials (who surely couldn't be political allies of Paxtons!) are refusing to pay the bill for the prosecution. [Courthouse News Service] * Right-wing groups have drafted copycat bills for state legislatures to pass for years and now pro-choice groups are following the same blueprint. Welcome to modern federalism: less "laboratories of democracy" and more "paving over distinctions with cheaper lobbying bills." [USA Today] * R. Kelly has fully paid his child support bills. Finally, the guy can put all these legal problems behind him... oh. [TMZ]
Morning Docket: 04.25.19
* The Am Law 100 left $4.4 billion on the table last year. Or... maybe. Biglaw offered $4.4 billion in discounts which could mean the industry undercut each other for an overall loss of value. Or it could mean the market gravitated toward what legal services are really worth. An interesting walk through the finances of Biglaw work. [American Lawyer] * Some Selendy & Gay partners are headed to arbitration Quinn Emanuel over a provision in their agreement that Quinn's exercising seeking a portion of their profits on ported business. So much for my wishful thinking that the two firms would come to let bygones be bygones. [New York Law Journal] * Litigation funders are hiring lobbyists to push back against a new push by Senate Republicans to require more transparency -- something those same Senate Republicans spend a lot of time fighting against when it comes to... lobbyists. The circle of life. [American Lawyer] * March Madness continues in court with testimony about Arizona paying players. It's at this point that we recall that Arizona wasn't even the best college basketball team in Arizona this season. [Law360] * EY continues its overseas legal build-out. [Law.com] * Twitter's chief legal officer made $11 million last year to tell everyone that they can't do anything about Nazis. [Corporate Counsel] * Supreme Court crushes class victims again! [Courthouse News Service]
This Biglaw Associate Has A Nearly Perfect NCAA Bracket
Your bracket is probably busted, but hers is still going strong.
Morning Docket: 03.27.19
* Attorney General William Barr says he plans to make a version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report available to Congress and the public within a matter of weeks, and apparently the White House won't be receiving a copy in advance of the release. [Wall Street Journal] * Speaking of the Mueller report, Rudy Giuliani says he wouldn't have any issues with releasing Trump’s written testimony that was submitted to Mueller. Jay Sekulow would beg to differ. [Washington Examiner] * The EU approved the controversial Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, a new IP law that will govern the way copyrighted material is uploaded online and who will be liable for infringement. At least memes are exempt? [BBC News] * Congratulations to Bridget Bade, who was just confirmed to the Ninth Circuit. She's the 37th circuit court judge to be appointed by President Trump, who is changing the makeup of the federal judiciary, one conservative judge at a time. [Big Law Business] * Elon Musk must appear in court next week for a contempt hearing over his Tesla tweets against self-interest that are allegedly in breach of his settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [CNN] * Your bracket may be busted, but this Biglaw associate has a near-perfect track record. She's gotten 46 out of 48 matchups right thus far, and at one point she was one of just eight people in the country with a perfect bracket. [American Lawyer]