Colin Kaepernick

We already knew RBG's retrograde stance on this issue.

People who are comparing Kaepernick's settlement to Jay-Z's business deal need to step all the way back.

Colin Kaepernick suit against NFL survives summary judgement.

* Colin Kaepernick’s lawsuit against the NFL alleging collusion between NFL teams will be allowed to go forward, at least to a full hearing. [Slate]

* A former NBC exec says the network threatened to smear Ronan Farrow if he kept investigating Harvey Weinstein. [Daily Beast]

* Proskauer settles lawsuit over the work the firm did for convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford… to the tune of $63 million. [New York Law Journal]

* A Mueller bombshell to drop by 5pm today? We’ll be watching. [Mediaite]

* Inside the fight to deregulate the U.K. legal market. [The Financial Times]

* Microsoft is doubling down in making sure its outside law firms (and other suppliers) provide paid parental leave for their employees. [Corporate Counsel]

* Bank of America is facing backlash after freezing accounts of people they suspect as being non-U.S. citizens. [Huffington Post]

* Colin Kaepernick’s lawyers have requested emails and texts from a number of teams as part of the quarterback’s collusion claim. They’ve also asked to speak to Texans owner Bob McNair, 49ers owner Jed York, and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. [CBS Sports]

* So, you want to write a white paper. Best practices for law firms to make the most of the marketing opportunity. [Law and More]

* Bad news for in-house lawyers. Those sexual harassment trainings probably don’t work. [Mother Jones]

* Yeah, you best believe Anita Hill has some thoughts about what’s been going on. [New Yorker]

* It’s apparently Global Love Your Lawyer Day, so get out there and give your lawyer a hug! [ABA Journal]

* As Trump (slowly) nominates U.S. Attorneys, just how important is it that prosecutors have ties to the states they serve? [Baltimore Sun]

It's a hail mary, but Kaepernick could win the bigger game.

This may be less about Kaepernick, and more about pushing a public showdown between protesters and the NFL.

* Colin Kaepernick, who remains unsigned six weeks into the season, has filed a grievance against the NFL and its owners alleging collusion under the latest collective bargaining agreement, claiming that he’s been deprived of employment in retaliation for “bringing awareness to peculiar institutions still undermining racial equality in the United States.” [Bleacher Report]

* Harvey Weinstein was planning to file suit against the New York Times for defamation, but Charles Harder, the hot-shot lawyer who brought down Gawker, has left the media mogul’s legal team. Harder is the third lawyer to step away from this representation, following moves made by Lisa Bloom and Lanny Davis. [Deadline]

* Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rolled back protections for transgender people in the workforce and in education, but the Department of Justice is taking a hard line when it comes to federal hate crimes that have been committed against the very people his policies have thrust into potential danger. [New York Times]

* Harvard Law students and alumni want major improvements to be made to the school’s public service loan assistance program, saying their alma mater has “fallen behind its peer schools” when it comes to supporting graduates who work in public interest. Will HLS act to preserve its stature, or to help its own? [Harvard Crimson]

* Even though women account for more than 40 percent of the school’s student body, there aren’t enough women’s bathrooms at the University of South Dakota School of Law, and students who’ve been forced to wait in long lines are pretty pissed that the administration has done such a piss-poor job of handling this issue. [Wichita Eagle]

There isn't a winning scenario for the NFL in this situation.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not have to know WHY you are protesting the flag to know that you are allowed to do it.

* A useful new resource for journalists, media lawyers, and anyone else interested in libel law -- from Charles Glasser, another lawyer who successfully called Donald Trump's bluff (as the New York Times just did). [LexisNexis] * Relatedly, Marc Randazza discusses the phenomenon of the libel-proof plaintiff. [Popehat] * The Florida Supreme Court just declared the death penalty unconstitutional. So that's a thing. [NPR] * The duty to warn in the Marvel Universe -- does Luke Cage need to tell his attackers that they're about to break their hands punching him? [The Legal Geeks] * Interesting... law schools have really cut back on the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference. Almost 60 fewer schools in attendance. [PrawfsBlawg] * Using algorithms for sentencing? Just in case you wanted to introduce flash crashes to criminal justice. [Medium] * Meticulous deep dive into the Apple v. Samsung oral argument. If Samsung paid this much attention to detail they probably may not have exploding phones. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Mike Papantonio's got a new show coming to RT next month: America's Lawyer. [RT]

Ouch.

Justice Ginsburg may be a liberal icon... she's just not all they make her out to be.

Disappointing comments like these are unexpected from the Notorious RBG.

If you pro-anthem people keep it up, sports leagues are going to end up having to pull the anthem before ordinary games.

Barack Obama knows something about con law.

Lots of star football players are in trouble with the law right now.

* So, this happened over the weekend: Anonymous hacked the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s website and is threatening to release government secrets about the DOJ (and possibly all nine of our Supreme Court justices) unless the legal system is reformed. [CNET]

* A spoonful of sugar makes the lawyering go down? Apparently the best way to remind lawyers that they need to act civilly is through song. Or through Above the Law posts, but we aren’t in the habit of hosting sing-a-longs like the New York Inn of Court did. [Wall Street Journal]

* “[U]nless there are major changes in the legal industry,” law school administrators shouldn’t expect people to apply in droves, especially when they’re now fleeing like rats from a sinking ship. [National Law Journal]

* Arizona’s Supreme Court will allow people to take the bar exam after two years of study, but come on, the justices don’t want to jump the shark by allowing online law grads take the test, too. [East Valley Tribune]

* Tim Tebow got to trademark Tebowing, so why shouldn’t Colin Kaepernick get to trademark Kaepernicking? All the San Francisco 49ers quarterback wants to do is sell some inevitably overpriced t-shirts. [NBC Bay Area]

* An appeals court threw out two of Casey Anthony’s convictions, but her legal drama is far from over. The ex-MILF filed for bankruptcy to escape nearly $1 million in liabilities, including Jose Baez’s legal fees. [CNN]