DACA

* A New Orleans court will be hearing arguments about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). [Fox]

* Arizona really doesn’t like mail-in voting, and the DOJ doesn’t like how they’re going about it. [LA Times]

* Here’s a state-by-state update on how Dobbs is impacting the right to choose. [Politico]

* Hate asking employers how much they plan on paying you to do your job? Live in California? Well, you’re in luck! [Bloomberg Law]

* New York Sports Clubs has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for charging membership fees while its gyms are shuttered because of COVID-19. Seems like most people would just be happy to have an excuse not to go to the gym… [Gothamist]

* A Brooklyn lawyer is suing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over orders meant to curtail the spread of COVID-19. [New York Post]

* DACA beneficiaries have sent a letter to the Supreme Court imploring the justices to consider how around 27,000 DACA beneficiaries are healthcare workers that are needed to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [CNN]

* The NRA has filed a lawsuit against the governor of California over gun store restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Fox News]

* The lawyer at the center of an early cluster of COVID-19 cases in New York has been released from the hospital. [NBC News]

* The University of Arizona is facing a class-action lawsuit seeking refunds to students who have been forced into remote learning because of COVID-19. Guess if these students wanted to take online courses, they could have enrolled at the University of Phoenix… [Arizona Daily Star]

* A University of North Texas lawyer has resigned after using the N-word during a free speech panel at the school. This attorney just learned a valuable lesson in free speech. [New York Post]

* A lawyer set to argue an important case about DACA in front of the Supreme Court is a Dreamer himself. [CNN}

* Hundreds have signed a petition in opposition to Scott Brown’s appointment as president of New England Law. [Boston Globe]

* An attorney from Roswell, New Mexico, is running against President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary. His chances of winning are out of this world… [KOAT Action News]

* Lawyers for Representative Tulsi Gabbard are demanding that Hillary Clinton retract allegedly defamatory comments about Gabbard’s relationship with Russia. [Hill]

* The New York Times has a list of the questions Mueller would like to ask Trump. Why are we hearing about it? Methinks the “he’s exceeding his mandate” noise is about to ramp up. Either that or the New York Times scored a coup with their [email protected] account. [NY Times]

* California Supreme Court opts for employee classification standard that critics claim could ruin the gig economy. That… sounds like a good thing. Happy May Day! [Law.com]

* Cleary is getting slapped with a harassment suit arising from conduct between two Williams Lea employees. What does Cleary have to do with this? Well, the employees work at Cleary, use Cleary equipment, and are directly controlled by Cleary. It’s the common law “walks like a duck” doctrine. [Law360]

* Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter is running for Senate in Minnesota as a Democrat because we’ve reached the point where even the W era is renouncing the GOP. [CNN]

* The lawyer social event of the season is upon us, and it’s called the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. At least a dozen firms are getting in on this fray. [American Lawyer]

* Justice Sotomayor will get “reverse shoulder replacement surgery” which… sounds like the wrong direction. [National Law Journal]

* DACA fight looks like it’s heading for the Second Circuit. [Courthouse News Service]

* DA candidate in Maine suspended from practicing law over sexual assault allegations brought by a former client who was living in the candidate’s house. [Sun Journal]

* Has it really come to this? Protesting a nice, nerdy, thoughtful law professor, simply because he questions the constitutionality of DACA (while supporting the DREAM Act)? [Josh Blackman]

* How much should we read into Team Mueller’s reassurance to President Trump that he is a subject rather than a target of its investigation? Not much, according to veteran criminal defense lawyer Joel Cohen. [The Hill]

* How would William Howard Taft have responded to attacks on judges? The POTUS turned SCOTUS chief was quite prescient about judicial independence — as explained by Jeff Rosen, author of a new Taft biography (affiliate link). [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]

* Speaking of SCOTUS, what’s it like to work in the Solicitor General’s Office? One of the OSG’s newest members, former SCOTUS clerk Jonathan Ellis, pulls back the curtain. [Penn Law via How Appealing]

* How does Justice Gorsuch compare to Justice Scalia — not just in terms of personality, but also in terms of jurisprudence? [Empirical SCOTUS]

* And speaking of Justice Gorsuch, congratulations to Tobi Young, who will be clerking for NMG in October Term 2018 — and who is believed to be the first enrolled citizen of a Native American tribe to clerk for the Court. (By the way, I have another SCOTUS clerk hiring roundup in the works, so please send me your hiring news.) [Chickasaw Nation]

* Are you a healthcare lawyer? You might be interested in this new tool from Bloomberg Law. [Dewey B Strategic]

* Friendly reminder: the Global Legal Hackathon is entering its final stage, and you’re invited — hope to see you on April 21! [Artificial Lawyer]

* Interested in volunteering at a DACA renewal clinic? You can do it even if you’re not an immigration lawyer. Sign up here to get training and match with a site in need of your assistance. [Lawyers for Good Government]

* Adding healthy habits to your already packed schedule can seem like an impossible task, but you really can do it. [Corporette]

* Sad but true (and not at all surprising): Americans don’t know squat about the Constitution. [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post]

* Judge Jed Rakoff issues an important opinion outlining the contours of “fair use.” [Copyright Alliance]

* Biglaw behemoth Dentons has created a network to connect PR professionals. That’s an interesting move for a firm that already counts more than 7,000 lawyers under its umbrella. [Law and More]

* David Lat chats with employment lawyer Matt Steinberg about how transparency is transforming the employer/employee relationship. [Akerman]

* So now we’re going to save DACA? Honestly, watching a White House with no coherent vision is exhausting. [Los Angeles Times]

* Trump’s FEC nominee raises eyebrows because his Twitter feed includes linking to articles explaining that “Protestantism is poison.” That’s an unexpected wrinkle in 2017, but then again… nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! [National Law Journal]

* Do the Big 4 accounting firms pose a threat to Biglaw? Um, yes! [Am Law Daily]

* Squire Patton Boggs isn’t entitled to squirepattonboggs.net according to an international arbitration panel. Put aside the merits of this decision and spend a few minutes cruising squirepattonboggs.net. It’s kind of hilarious. [Asian Lawyer]

* A new online program promises to help women get out of Biglaw. [Law.com]

* Yesterday, jurors heard that employees of payday lender AMG Services were fed weather reports so they could make small talk without revealing that they weren’t really on the tribal lands that offered them legal cover. You’ve got to appreciate how thorough they were. [Law360]

* Attorney sentenced for orchestrating a scheme that swindled NFL players. [Chicago Tribune]

* Let the DACA lawsuits begin! [New York Law Journal]

* But don’t forget about the transgender ban — we’ve got a new lawsuit over that too, courtesy of Latham & Watkins. [The Recorder]

* New York AG Office secures up to 7-year sentence in Operation Vandelay Industries, which was exactly what you’d think it is. [Law360]

* Richard Spencer is trying to speak at the University of Florida now as part of the ongoing real assault on campus free speech — the deliberate efforts by Spencer and others to whip up enough protest so they can then agitate for schools to install roadblocks against organized dissent. And lawyers remain the easiest marks in the world for this con. [Corporate Counsel]

* Former CIA Director John Brennan is joining Fordham Law School’s Center on National Security. [Seattle Times]

* A profile of Edward Hanover, FIFA’s first-ever compliance officer. So all that stuff about countries buying votes and using slave labor is a thing of the past! Or, will be by 2022 anyway. [Law.com]

* The Boston Red Sox have filmed a powerful ad for the Apple iWatch. [NY Times]