Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.19.18

* Florida Coastal seeks restraining order against ABA requirement that the school to let students know that they'll probably not be passing the bar exam. [Daily Business Review] * Kris Kobach lost his effort to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters based on a series of rank fabrications... but the best part is the judge ordered him to attend CLE as punishment for his cluelessness throughout the trial. [Courthouse News Service] * Cadwalader Cabinet functions as the "Bloomberg Terminal for financial regulation." [American Lawyer] * ... And then promptly loses its financial services co-chair to Debevoise. So it's an up and down kind of day down there. [American Lawyer] * MillerCoors and Pabst locked in bitter legal battle. Why do mommy and daddy have to fight like this? [CNBC] * Conversations with minority partners. [Law360] * A call for Silicon Valley to get behind a privacy law. [Politico]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.18.16

* "I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up." So much for honoring the will of the people: Senator John McCain has pledged that Senate Republicans will continue to block Supreme Court nominees from receiving hearings to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the high court. We'll have more on this later today. [CNN] * Matthew Apperson, the man who fired a gun at George Zimmerman during a road rage incident, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault. Apperson's wife said Zimmerman is getting "a hall pass to go out there and continue to be reckless." [New York Daily News] * "Returning to Cadwalader at an exciting time of growth for the firm was an easy decision." After losing two of its litigation practice leaders earlier this year, Cadwalader has started to replenish its ranks by rehiring Jason M. Halper, a former 14-year veteran of the firm who decamped to Orrick in 2014. Welcome back! [Big Law Business] * Sigfredo Garcia, the suspected shooter in the murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel, was supposed to be tried on November 14, but his trial date was pushed back to December 6. In the meantime, perhaps co-defendant Katherine Magbanua will be inclined to flip on those who allegedly arranged the hit. [Tallahassee Democrat] * Citing a lack of evidence, a judge has thrown out riot charges against radio journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! for her coverage of the North Dakota oil pipeline protests. She says she'll continue to cover the protests, noting that "[t]he state’s attorney must respect freedom of the press and the First Amendment." [New York Times]

By Staci Zaretsky