Morning Docket: 09.20.18
* Unfortunately, this story that Yale professors felt women needed to have a physical "type" to clerk for Brett Kavanaugh isn't terribly surprising. We've been hearing these same rumblings from others -- it seems people have started to come forward and be identified (at least to the reporters) about this kind of talk. [Huffington Post] * CLOC thinks Australia is ready for its "Legal Operations moment." When is that moment going to come to the US? Because all I see are firms raising fees and in-house offering very little but muted disappointment. [Corporate Counsel] * The judge and attorneys for the WWE are pushing back against the lawyer for a 53-person class alleging the WWE ignored the threat of concussions for years. The operative term is "for years" as in "so long ago that it's time-barred." But the class is following the NFL CTE suit's lead in trying to get around that. [American Lawyer] * Papa John heading to court to battle his old company. A serious question: is it really that important to make bad commercials with Peyton Manning again? Just sit this one out. [Law.com] * Mark Cuban to donate $10 million to the advancement of women's athletics as part of a series of overarching reforms to address harassment findings within the Dallas Mavericks organization (Disclaimer that Mark's brother Brian is an Above the Law columnist). [Law360] * Trump's declared election interference a national emergency. But as you might expect it doesn't actually do much that might upset King Putin. [Lawfare]
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Morning Docket: 04.04.18
* Amal Clooney, the acclaimed lawyer who is working a side hustle as a visiting professor at Columbia Law, left her apartment while wearing clothes. This is apparently a very big deal. Oh, did we mention she's married to George Clooney? Because she is. [Daily Mail] * Both Microsoft and the Department of Justice have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile data privacy case even though oral arguments have already been heard due to the fact that a new law, the CLOUD Act, has made it moot. [Reuters] * Villanova Law students got the day off yesterday to continue celebrating the Wildcats' 79-62 win in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The team's chaplain who delivers a prayer before every game is a lawyer. [Legal Intelligencer] * "She’s created the impression that I’ve done something wrong and I haven’t even had final adjudication." Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea of DePaul Law has canceled Professor Donald Hermann's class in the middle of the semester after he used the N-word during a lecture. We may have more on this later. [Chicago Sun-Times] * In the lead up to the release of the 2018 Am Law 100, the American Lawyer has been publishing articles about firms' impressive financial feats. One of the latest articles is about Strasburger & Price's 9 percent jump in net income -- which likely means that Strasburger may have made it (at least into the Am Law 200). [American Lawyer]
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Morning Docket: 04.03.18
* The possibility of Donald Trump turning the Russia case over to Alan Dershowitz is too delicious of a train wreck to imagine. Stop teasing me! [The Hill] * Andrew McCabe's GoFundMe has raised over half a million dollars. All you need is a righteous claim and a sophisticated lobbying firm behind you. [Slate] * LeBron has decided he holds intellectual property rights over barbershops or something. [National Law Journal] * While DLA Piper is out there swiping lawyers, they're also earning plaudits for a tech solution designed to retain clients. [American Lawyer] * Joon Kim returns to Cleary Gottlieb. [Wall Street Journal] * Jury selection underway in extortion case over Waffle House CEO's syrup. [Daily Report Online] * The Supreme Court declared it's ready, willing, and able to engage in linguistic gymnastics to get out of labor protections. So... we've got that going for us. [Law360]
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Morning Docket: 09.28.17
* Federal law enforcement's crackdown on NCAA coaches has likely brought an end to Rick Pitino's career. That said, we thought his career was over when we all learned that Louisville hired hookers for recruits so maybe he still has a shot. [ESPN] * Law firm mergers continue at a record place. Yep, there's no fundamental market weakness here at all. [Am Law Daily] * DOJ lawyers face an unpleasant grilling at the Second Circuit. Maybe someday Sessions can disinvite judges he doesn't want criticizing his unsupported legal theories. [Slate] * Women losing pregnancies while detained by the administration. I'd say we're going to look back on this era of immigration policy in horror, but we can probably go ahead and be horrified now. [Huffington Post] * The USD Alumni Board has weighed in on the Wax/Alexander op-ed. They take a "let's all come together" approach, which isn't wrong as much as it seems asymmetric. When one-side throws bombs about cultural superiority, decrying divisiveness puts the onus on the wrong side side to move. [Motions Online] * The most likely grants from the long conference. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Here's how you get $4 billion in punitive damages (hint: be in Texas). [Law.com]
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Morning Docket: 05.18.17
* IBM says Watson's about to take away your job, which is an announcement IBM makes roughly every three months because they're taunting us. [Corporate Counsel] * Betty Shelby acquitted in the killing of a black motorist because apparently it's always reasonable to believe a random black guy is going to pull a gun. [NBC News] * Former client seeks $1.4 million back that it spent trying to disqualify BakerHostetler. [Law360] * Latham's Alice Fisher has pulled out of the FBI Director sweepstakes. All eyes are on Joe Lieberman right now, but folks G. Gordon Liddy is just sitting there raring to go. [National Law Journal] * And apparently Sheriff Clarke (who I'm sure was Trump's personal pick) is taking a Homeland Security job so he can focus on harassing the poor and disadvantaged without having to bother all those nice bankers. [New York Times] * Judge Charles Breyer took a break from writing the best benchslaps of all time to issue a groundbreaking video game ruling citing Star Wars and Love Actually -- two movies that should never, ever be mentioned in the same sentence. [Hollywood Reporter] * Stupid fan lawsuit against Warriors center ZaZa Pachulia moves on. [KENS5] * More horrific allegations from Ken Starr's world-class leadership at Baylor. [Huffington Post]