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Morning Docket: 04.03.18

* The possibility of Donald Trump turning the Russia case over to Alan Dershowitz is too delicious of a train wreck to imagine. Stop teasing me! [The Hill] * Andrew McCabe's GoFundMe has raised over half a million dollars. All you need is a righteous claim and a sophisticated lobbying firm behind you. [Slate] * LeBron has decided he holds intellectual property rights over barbershops or something. [National Law Journal] * While DLA Piper is out there swiping lawyers, they're also earning plaudits for a tech solution designed to retain clients. [American Lawyer] * Joon Kim returns to Cleary Gottlieb. [Wall Street Journal] * Jury selection underway in extortion case over Waffle House CEO's syrup. [Daily Report Online] * The Supreme Court declared it's ready, willing, and able to engage in linguistic gymnastics to get out of labor protections. So... we've got that going for us. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.07.17

* According to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Judge Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed to the Supreme Court at about 11:30 a.m. on the first day of the Senate's nuclear winter. Now that we're in the nuclear age, when it's time for the next SCOTUS nominee's confirmation hearings, Senator Orrin Hatch "expect[s] Armageddon." [CNN] * It's been about a month since Preet Bharara was ousted from his position as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and he isn't mincing his words when it comes to his firing, calling it "a direct example of the kind of uncertain helter-skelter incompetence" people associate with the Trump administration. [New York Times] * Speaking of the Trump administration's "helter-skelter incompetence," Twitter has filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security in an attempt to block an agency summons to reveal the identity of @ALT_uscis, an anonymous user who has used the social media platform to criticize the president's immigration policies. [Reuters] * According to the latest data from Bloomberg, Cleary Gottlieb handled the largest volume of M&A deals in 2017's first quarter, with the firm involved in 22 deals worth more than $98 billion. Skadden Arps, Cravath, Kirkland & Ellis, and Slaughter and May fell in line behind Cleary, each surpassing $54 billion in deal volume. [Big Law Business] * Welcome back, John White! Now that Mary Jo White has departed from her position at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is back at Debevoise & Plimpton, her husband -- who was the firm's lone nonequity partner for four years -- will return to the firm's equity partnership, where he can enjoy all of the rain he makes. [Am Law Daily]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.14.16

* "Your complaint claims that it must speak for us because we are too afraid to speak for ourselves. That is not how we see ourselves and certainly not how any of us believes our clients and colleagues perceive us." Some female partners at Chadbourne & Parke are speaking out against the $100 million class-action sex discrimination lawsuit that's been filed on their behalf. We'll have more on this news update later today. [WSJ Law Blog] * Davis Polk is so desperate to improve gender diversity at the firm that it has launched an alumni rehiring program to give women who have opted to leave the firm to raise children a pathway back to an associate-level position. Participants in the program will earn $190K for one year, and may be offered a permanent job. [Am Law Daily] * Say hello to Michael Gerstenzang, who was elected as Cleary Gottlieb's new managing partner. He's been with the firm for his entire career as an attorney since the 1990s, and he'll continue to maintain his private equity and funds practice during his time serving as the firm's leader, or rather, its "listener in chief." Congratulations! [Legal Week] * The House of Representatives approved the Financial Choice Act, a bill meant to roll back portions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including the Volcker Rule and the Durbin Amendment. Critics had this to say: "This bill is so bad that it simply cannot be fixed. It's clear that this is a rushed, partisan messaging tool.” [DealBook / New York Times] * Sixteen years after the alleged fraud took place, ex-AIG chairman Hank Greenberg is standing trial. Although he's accused of orchestrating multimillion-dollar transactions, David Boies of Boies Schiller says "[t]his case is devoid of any admissible evidence that ties Mr. Greenberg to anything improper in either of these transactions." [Reuters] * Deborah Broyles, global diversity director at Reed Smith, RIP. [Big Law Business]

By Staci Zaretsky