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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.10.17

* Donald Trump is pushing the boundaries of at-will employment. [Slate] * Get ready for the influx of litigation under Nixon v. Fitzgerald. [Law Fare] * Explosive allegations from Bill O’Reilly’s ex-wife's affidavit. [Jezebel] * I'm sure history won't judge Mitch McConnell harshly at all. [Talking Points Memo] * Does this Biglaw firm need re-branding? [Law and More] * Recusal just doesn't mean what it used to anymore. [Huffington Post] * Don't ask too many questions... [The Hill]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.17

* Amazon Echo: The first "smart" witness? [Ohio Bar Association] * Appeals court finds showing a jury clips of Ben Affleck's "The Town" didn't unfairly prejudice the trial of bank robbers that allegedly drew inspiration from the movie. But isn't that cruel and unusual punishment for that poor jury? [The Hollywood Reporter] * I mean, you know Obama won't do this, but it is fun to think about a libel case against Trump for his insane Tweeting. [Slate] * 144,000 pages of documents on Neil Gorsuch were dumped on the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Politico] * Speaking of SCOTUS, tune in to Twitter next Tuesday to hear a panel of experts -- including our own David Lat -- discuss the future of the Supreme Court. [Bloomberg BNA] * More counterfeiter lawsuits. [The Fashion Law] * Branding in SmallLaw -- more important than you think. [Law and More] * Try, try again. [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.09.16

* Demand for corporate work may be down, but that's not stopping senior Biglaw partners from ramping up their hourly billing rates. Partners at some firms have rates that exceed $1,400 per hour. They're not making it rain, they're making it monsoon! [WSJ Law Blog] * No law license, no pretty huge problem: Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's license to practice law is still suspended, so the state Senate has scheduled a historic vote for her removal. For her part, Kane, of course, thinks this is "unwarranted and unconstitutional." [PennLive.com] * Herbert Sudfeld Jr., an ex-partner at Fox Rothschild, was convicted of insider trading. He'd apparently eavesdropped on discussions related to a firm merger client and purchased stock based on what he'd overheard. [Legal Intelligencer via ABA Journal] * Washington & Lee Law settled a suit filed by a former student who claimed he was dismissed as a result of a campus judicial proceeding because he was accused in a sexual assault case. The terms of the deal won't be disclosed. [Richmond Times-Dispatch] * When your firm's founding partners have been disciplined by the state Supreme Court a few times too many, you should probably hurry up and change the firm's name to something kooky like LawyerASAP to distract your existing clients. [Orlando Sentinel]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.08.14

* A student at Barry Law claims someone stole her phone and used it to call an African-American blogger an N-word on Instagram. We'll have more on this believable story later. [Miami Herald] * Mark Wahlberg wants to be pardoned for a crime committed before he was known as Marky Mark. He should also consider asking to be pardoned for The Happening and Planet of the Apes. [CNN] * The job market was flat last month, and in 2014, the legal sector lost 3,000 jobs. Don't worry, you'll get a job eventually, per the hopes and prayers of your career services employees. [Am Law Daily] * Shine bright like A. Diamond: Howrey's bankruptcy trustee says he'll have a confirmed creditor-repayment plan "well before" the end of next year. [WSJ Law Blog] * iF*ckedUp? The last named plaintiff in the Apple iPod class action may not have bought an iPod during the time period at issue in the suit. [Bits / New York Times] * We suppose that with new tech comes new logos, because Covington & Burling is dropping the "& Burling" for global branding purposes. [National Law Journal] * David Lat, ATL's founder and managing editor, doesn't "think [he's] defamed anyone" in his book, Supreme Ambitions (aff. link). Yay! We'll have more on this later. [New York Times]

By Staci Zaretsky