Brian Cogan

* Dentons launches a “global referral network” because hiring a lawyer should be as much like eHarmony as possible. [The Am Law Daily]

* In-house counsel shouldn’t be too friendly with the business-side. Too bad the trend is pointing the exact opposite direction. [Corporate Counsel]

* Judge Brian Cogan may have provided a little gasoline for the political fires yesterday when he released a bulk of records to the Associated Press detailing “Donald Trump’s business dealings with a real estate developer, who had mob connections and a hidden criminal record in his past.” If the rest of this campaign is any indication, this revelation will… probably boost Trump 5 points. [WiseLawNY]

* Yesterday at the White Collar Crime Institute conference, Deputy AG Sally Yates fleshed out the ramifications of the Department of Justice’s focus on prosecuting individuals for corporate crime. So now we know what will happen to all those overly friendly in-house counsel. [Law360]

* Lawyers in goofy hats. [The Careerist]

* Congress passes bill changing all the racist terms populating the U.S. Code. Send it on to a president half of them refuse to believe is American. [The Hill]

* Minnie Driver’s neighbors accuse her of throwing paintbombs at their house in a lawsuit. The lawsuit is obviously frivolous… Minnie Driver hasn’t left a significant mark on anything in years. [People]

* Judge Brian Cogan has ruled that a group of New York Catholic institutions doesn’t have to provide health insurance plans that include birth control coverage to its employees because… insurance policies with provisions that other people may or may not ever invoke is a religious thing. Too bad no one told the Catholic Church in New York, which already pays for insurance that provides birth control coverage and has for years. [Jezebel] * Judge Richard Leon’s decision ruling the NSA metadata gathering program unconstitutional makes a lot of good points, but perhaps the best is that even if you think there’s a compelling counter-terrorism concern that trumps constitutional safeguards, the NSA just can’t point to it. Of course we’ll all be singing another tune when the Moldovans take over. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * Here’s a tale of dealing with a Biglaw bully. I don’t get the concept — being locked in a locker is way better than spending the whole night conforming edits. [Big Law Rebel] * Elie appeared on the Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast to discuss drones. [Lawyer 2 Lawyer] * Eyewitness testimony is often disastrously wrong. Suddenly that “Eyewitness News” title your awful local news channel uses seems really appropriate. [Slate] * A guide for tech startups and software developers dealing with contracts. I’m looking in your direction, Winklevoss twins. [Alleywatch] * An IP lawyer makes a rap video. His record may affirm that he knows IP, but I don’t think Death Row is going to be calling any time soon. Video embedded below…