Cease and desist letters

Nikki Haley sends cease & desist to 'Haley Voters For Harris,' and they tell her that's not how any of this works.

We must protect this house!

* While the #metoo phenomenon receives deserved attention for uncovering decades of vile behavior, it also presents business opportunities. Stroock & Stroock has put together a group headed by ormer U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin and former New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams to conduct internal investigations for companies concerned about harassment on their watch. [New York Law Journal]

* Idiot techie fired after saying women weren’t smart enough to work in Silicon Valley files class action suit against Google with help of idiot lawyer who thinks this is a “shot across the bow” of tech companies that they need to be more serious about creating hostile work environments… or something. [The Recorder]

* The SDNY takes judicial notice that Louis Vuitton needs a sense of humor. [Law360]

* An Italian judge is accused of turning his law school into a misogynistic “cult.” Oh Italy… just like us. [Washington Post]

* Kirkland has done a little more poaching. [American Lawyer]

* Tips for aspiring GCs. [Corporate Counsel]

* The last substantive line of Macmillan’s response to Trump’s cease and desist highlights the lockdown argument against Trump’s litigious posturing — “yo, you realize discovery goes both ways, right?” [Slate]

Beyoncé's lawyers are not as fun.

If you thought this was a dumb letter, trust that the lawyers for AL.com agreed.

Words can't describe how terrible this letter is.

You're not just an attorney, you're an attorney for a specific client; act like it.

* Everything you need to know about Biglaw jargon. [Big Law Business]

* Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Wood and the burgeoning environmental racism scandal. [The Root]

* Fascinating podcast about negotiating a career as a woman in the law. [Legal Executive Institute]

* On the buying and selling of FCPA enforcement officials. [FCPA Professor]

* Do you even want to get into a T-14 law school? [Law and More]

* Well, this is an awful idea. [Huffington Post]

* Zillow’s C&D letter against a popular blog. [Jezebel]

The Trump administration tries a scary new tactic to keep lawyers from aiding immigrants.

* A look at how behavior on the Court has changed since Justice Gorsuch’s began serving. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Is General Counsel Dianne Brandi likely to be the next head to roll of Fox News? [Law and More] * We’ve all seen the local news and after school specials — cyberbullying is a real phenomenon. […]

In the era of "fake news," has the internet been Rickrolled?

Trump threatens a lawsuit... the response is a devastating lesson in defamation law.

Which Biglaw firm is facing this metal band's wrath?

It's highly likely that Donald Trump will call his attorney a "loser" after this fiasco.

* More cease-and-desist action from the world of Donald Trump. It seems he’s gone and pissed off Aerosmith. [Fortune]

* First-person accounts of providing abortions on the cusp of Roe v. Wade. [New York Magazine]

* This is the exact opposite of how a school district should handle teacher molestation cases, though I can see it playing well in law school fact patterns in the near future. [The Atlantic]

* Kansas Secretary of State to begin his prosecution of voter fraud cases, after first being given authority to do so earlier this year. [Talking Point Memo]

* These are now skills lawyers need: the ability to sell, sell, sell. [Law and More]

* A change.org petition to prevent gun suicides. [change.org]

* Practical advice (in podcast form) for making your law practice lean. [Law Reboot]

Donald Trump goes after a conservative group for calling him a liberal.

* Unfortunately, it seems that if you want to get an elite legal education in this country, you’re going to have to pay an arm and a leg for it. This year’s NLJ Top 10 Go-To Law Schools each have a sticker price that’s greater than $50K. [National Law Journal]

* Hamline University’s president thinks it was smarter for her law school to merge with William Mitchell Law than for it to close altogether — hey, it’ll still bear the Hamline name and its dying carcass won’t be on her books anymore! [Star Tribune]

* Later this week, SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell, a case that could decimate the Affordable Care Act as we know it. At this point, the justices must be contemplating how many people will lose if the plaintiffs here win. [Wall Street Journal]

* An ADA from the Brooklyn DA’s office who prosecuted drug cases was canned after his colleagues learned that he failed to report his personal connection to an admitted cocaine dealer. Perhaps they were jealous he refused to share his hookup. [New York Daily News]

* In case you missed it, Above the Law, your favorite legal website, has been “rankle[d]” by a new series on CNNMoney called “Above the Law.” We know you’re as ticked off about this as we are, so we hope you’ll help us write our cease-and-desist letter. [Am Law Daily]

Who wants to write the ATL cease-and-desist letter to CNN?

You don't want to make Katy Perry your enemy, because her lawyers will come at you like a dark horse. Check out the UPDATE: we've got the response to the C&D letter.

Sometimes lawyers are a little too quick to send out cease-and-desist letters.