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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.22.23

* Elon Musk asks court to lift protections designed to keep him from committing more SEC violations. What could possibly go wrong? [CNBC] * The Supreme Court may still want to blow up the internet, but they don't seem like they want to do it over this case. [SCOTUSBlog] * Delaware lowers bar passage score. Apparently global climate change has made hell freeze over. [Reuters] * Hogan Lovells net income down 13 percent. Starting to see why they might be in the merger market. [American Lawyer] * Put aside four days in the office... could we really operate on a four-day work week? Yes, reports obvious study. [Courthouse News Service] * Law firms band together to oppose SEC request for the names of Covington clients targeted in cyberattack. [Law360]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.12.23

* FINALLY. Firm leaders willing to come right out and say that "recession" fears are overblown at this point. Regular followers of Above the Law might have heard this point five or six hundred times over the last six months. [American Lawyer] * Covington sued for non-compliance in client data leak investigation. If a leak happens in the woods and no one properly investigates it, does it even happen, really? [Law.com] * Supreme Court allows New York gun regulations to stand while Second Circuit litigation continues. Congratulations New York! You get to exercise the state sovereignty to regulate guns guaranteed by the actual text of the Second Amendment... for a few more months. [Law360] * Sam Bankman-Fried is blogging on Substack now? Perfect client, 10 out of 10, no notes! [Reuters] * New high-powered firm set up to fight threats to democracy. It's a growth industry. [New York Times]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.24.17

* Ted Cruz predicts another Supreme Court vacancy this year based on absolutely nothing but his desire to see his name in stories reporting his baseless ramblings. [ABA Journal] * Hope you didn't dump your private prison stock, because look who's back in the business of abusing prisoners! [Mother Jones] * Stanford's student senate joins the calls to reinstate the lawyer dropped from the school's referral program for sexual assault victims after she criticized the school. [Law.com] * Covington posts double-digit growth. [National Law Journal] * Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is suing Simpson Thacher over real estate. [National Law Journal] * Revenue recognition rules are changing... what's that going to do to M&A? [Law360] * Securities lawyer gets in juicy lawsuit over sports journalism. [Business Insider] * Law professors file ethics complaint against Kellyanne Conway. For good measure let's rephrase that: Law professors file first ethics complaint against Kellyanne Conway. [Washington Post]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 09.19.16

* Surprise, surprise. The federal government isn't such a great steward of the Trail of Tears. [AP] * Litigator and writer Jonathan Shapiro speaks with Deborah Kalb about his novel Deadly Force (affiliate link) and his latest legal TV show, Goliath, which premieres next month. [Books Q&As] * Thoughts on fixing our broken government from Philip K. Howard, Covington partner turned author and reform advocate. [Wall Street Journal] * The biggest scams you need to know about, before it is too late. [Pawn Hero] * How to get juries to feel an acquittal in their gut. [Katz Justice] * American history is owed to booze. [Law and More]

By Kathryn Rubino