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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.11.19

* Another attorney opts into the Jones Day sex discrimination suit. [Law360] * Bill introduced to legalize sex work in New York. Eliot Spitzer wondering, "where were you when I needed you?" [NBC New York] * Supreme Court balks at lawsuit seeking to expand constitutional protection for silencers. Remember, the only thing that can stop a bad guy performing an assassination in East Berlin is a good guy performing an assassination in East Berlin. [Reuters] * John Dean stopped by Congress to give a history lesson since no one else is honoring their subpoenas. [Courthouse News Service] * Pepper Hamilton more or less kept tight control of its investigation into the Baylor sexual assault case, but now it could face sanctions for potentially withholding records requested in a civil suit arising from the matter. [Texas Lawyer] * Trump's team takes its "legitimate legislative purpose" argument to the D.C. Circuit. Shouldn't some wizened Republican be stepping up and putting a stop to this argument before Trump inadvertently guts the Congress that the party has worked so hard to gerrymander of any real authority? [National Law Journal] * Student launches crowdfunding campaign to pay for legal education. But this is Britain so he only needs about $80K to go to Cambridge instead of $200K+ to go to a TTT. [Legal Cheek] * The proposed extradition law that could allow China to nab people in Hong Kong could undermine foreign involvement in the semi-autonomous region. And that means a lot of big law firms. [CNN]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.30.16

* Looks like Baylor University got some Biglaw sticker shock. [Deadspin] * The judge that blocked the Obama Administration's new overtime rules left a lot of uncertainty in his wake. [Androvett Blog] * Can courts hold Trump accountable under the Emoluments Clause? [Huffington Post] * A look at the changing nature of Presidential power cases before the Supreme Court and what that may mean under a President Trump. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Challenging abortion restrictions in Alaska, Missouri and North Carolina. [Slate] * Will a cashless society mean fewer legal problems? [Law and More]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.26.16

* David Mourey, the former assistant dean for bar preparation and academic success at Barry Law, was fired after students continued to fail the bar exam, but in a recently filed gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, he claims he was discriminated against because he was "singled out for discipline by an all-female management team." We may have more on this later. [Orlando Sentinel] * Despite the wishes of the public and rumors of his firing in the face of the Baylor University coverup of reports of rape and sexual assault by football players, "Ken Starr is [still] president and chancellor of Baylor University." According to a university spokeswoman, the school has not yet finished reviewing Pepper Hamilton's report on the matter, but Baylor will likely make an announcement by June 3. [Associated Press] * "We are willing to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to." Eleven states have filed suit against the Obama Administration in an effort to get around its guidance on transgender rights for children in schools, calling the policy a "massive social experiment." The states suing are Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. [Reuters] * Sumner Redstone turns 93 years old tomorrow, and he's been in and out of court for the past few months in a battle to prove he's mentally competent. The salacious case filed by his former female companion may have been dismissed, but now he's attempting to fend off claims from Viacom directors who were ousted from a trust that will control his media holdings if he dies or is found incompetent. [DealBook / New York Times] * Now that the world knows that PayPal's co-founder provided funding for Hulk Hogan's invasion of privacy suit against Gawker, it's time to take a look at the lawyer who's been representing the wrestler. Charles Harder is no stranger to Hollywood cases, and may be a longtime fan of litigation finance since he "[tries] to win and do so in a way that's cost effective for a client, so they don't lose when they're winning." [WSJ Law Blog] * Since revenge litigation finance's recent invention, what's there to keep billionaires from destroying you with lawsuits? Unfortunately, the answer to this question is not much, especially when "there is no obligation to disclose the litigation financing arrangements" that have been made. Ethical issues aside, we really hope the super-rich wield their new power to ruin lives through rented lawsuits carefully. [Fortune]

By Staci Zaretsky