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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.30.18

* Guess which Biglaw firm has decided to bring back on-campus recruiting for its summer associate program? Here's a hint: You're going to need a pair of flip flops. We'll have more on this later today. [American Lawyer] * With an estimated $11 million annual salary, Sandra Goldstein, who recently left Cravath for Kirkland & Ellis, may be the highest paid female partner in all of Biglaw. You go, girl! [The Careerist] * Speaking of female Biglaw partners, Bracewell partner Barbara Jones's $700 per hour rate as special master in the review of materials seized from Michael Cohen's office has added up to a pretty YUGE bill for just one week's worth of work: $47,390. [New York Law Journal] * The Justice Department approved a merger between Bayer and Monsanto, but only after the companies agreed to dump $9 billion in business assets. "Today’s news makes it clear that our antimonopoly laws are completely worthless," said one farm group that's just thrilled by the news. [Washington Post] * Eduardo M. Peñalver, the first Latino dean of an Ivy League law school, has been reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of Cornell Law after achieving quite a few milestones for employment and bar pass rates at the school. [Cornell Chronicle] * Briana Williams, a single mother who requested an epidural while she was in labor so her contractions wouldn't interfere with her completion of a final exam, recently graduated from Harvard Law School. Much respect from one law mama to another. Congratulations and best of luck in all that you do! [Yahoo!]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.26.17

* "I’m guessing they have had a number of long days and potentially sleepless nights." The government lawyers behind the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the American Health Care Act have had a rough go of things. Who are they, which law schools did they attend, and which Biglaw firms did they work for before becoming Hill lawyers? [National Law Journal] * Don't forget about Merrick: A third of Democratic senators have pledged to vote against confirming Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. At this time, it remains unclear as to whether there will be a united effort by Democrats to oppose his confirmation when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on April 3. [Reuters] * Guess who isn't boycotting Hawaii? People who apparently have a vendetta against this federal jurist. Judge Derrick Watson of the District of Hawaii has been receiving death threats ever since he blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on March 15. He is now receiving 24-hour protection from the U.S. Marshals Service. [The Hill] * The Second Circuit has upheld New York's ban on non-lawyers investing in law firms. Personal injury firm Jacoby & Meyers argued that the state's prohibition on non-lawyer investment violated lawyers' First Amendment right to associate with clients, but the court found that connection to be "simply too attenuated." [New York Law Journal] * Ithaca may be gorges, but it can't compete with the Big Apple with it comes to hands-on learning about issues dealing with cutting-edge tech. Cornell Law is launching a semester-long Program in Information and Technology Law at its Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City that's slated to begin in Spring 2018. [WSJ Law Blog] * Judge Edward J. McManus, the longest serving of any incumbent judge in the United States (and third-longest servng in the history of the United States), RIP. [N.D. Iowa]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.23.17

* Powerful essay from a Cornell Law professor on the need for empathy in the criminal justice system. [Verdict] * It's Apple v. Qualcomm, with $1 billion on the line. [Fortune] * An inspiring story of a graduate of a lower-ranked law school who has found success. [Breaking into Biglaw] * What's the future of ethics? [Law and More] * An analysis of the decisions of Trump's shortlisters. [Empirical SCOTUS] * On the legal consequences of the lack of supervision at work. [Guile is Good] * The Chinese Business Lawyers Association is hosting a free CLE in New York tomorrow night at Fordham Law School. You can RSVP here. [CBLA Law]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.29.16

* Perversely, Antonin Scalia's death may have saved public unions. [Slate] * Will online law schools radically alter the landscape of legal education? [Law Reboot] * Justice Scalia's death has changed how frequently the remaining justices speak. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A criminal-defense attorney hasn't sat on the Supreme Court's bench in 25 years, but is that really a problem? [Vox] * Follow-up on the racist meme that circulated at Cornell Law. [College Fix] * Laurence Tribe discusses the Merrick Garland nomination. [NBC] * The North Carolina anti-LGBTQ law is now the subject of a lawsuit, because obviously. [Fusion]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.28.15

* Good news, everyone! Legally Blonde 3 is supposedly in the works, and Reese Witherspoon says that the movie may involve Elle Woods becoming a Supreme Court justice or some kind of an elected official. It's really too bad that SCOTUS robes aren't pink. [Washington Post] * Biglaw firms aren't the only ones that are downsizing when it comes to their headcount. Case in point, Lear Corporation's in-house legal department has dropped from 20 attorneys to 11, but its GC Terry Larking says it's working for the company. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Cornell Law School will be teaming up with Cornell Tech to launch a new LL.M. degree in law, technology, and entrepreneurship. Like most LL.M. degrees, we imagine that it will cost a pretty penny, but that its overall value on the market will be low. [Cornell Chronicle] * "Do we really need to protect people from trying to achieve their dreams?" Professor Noah Feldman of Harvard Law thinks we shouldn't coddle law school applicants who are unlikely to pass a bar or try to "save" them from a lifetime of debt. [Bloomberg View] * She shoots, she scores? An ex-cheerleader filed suit against the Milwaukee Bucks under the Fair Labor Standards Act because she alleges she was paid less than minimum wage to cheer for the team. The suit is the first of its kind filed against an NBA team. [ABC News]

By Staci Zaretsky