Morning Docket: 09.27.18
* Is anything going on today? [BBC] * Anything at all? [USA Today] * Dan Snyder and Cadwalader settle their massive malpractice suit so Snyder can focus full time on his team's inevitably heartbreaking collapse. [Law360] * Speaking of Washington's football franchise, the heiress of its former owner is facing criminal charges for allegedly saying, "hurry up Jew" before beating a lawyer in the head until he bled. Lovely organization Washington's got there! [Fox News] * After months of bad press, America's tech giants are calling for a federal privacy law. Or, more accurately, after California passed a privacy law, America's tech giants are calling for a neutered federal law to preempt California's. [Reuters] * Since Rod Rosenstein might be leaving our public lives as early as today, here's an in-depth look at one of his most bonkers cases. [Washingtonian] * DLA Piper adds the former ambassador to Argentina as a special advisor. In other news, David Mamet's son used to be the ambassador to Argentina? Was anyone else tracking that? UPDATE: OK, I feel vindicated that I hadn't missed something huge. DLA Piper confirms that he's not actually David Mamet's son. I would've thought that would have been a bigger deal. [National Law Journal] * Amazon's commitment to screwing over its workers and leaving taxpayers to foot the bill runs right up to the NLRA line. But it's cool since that law won't survive Kavanaugh's first year. [Gizmodo] * Why PwC's new Fragomen partnership is a big deal. [Law.com]
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Morning Docket: 06.03.16
* A ray of light for Madonna as the Ninth Circuit hands her a victory in a long-running copyright infringement case, creating a circuit split in the process. [Billboard] * The New York Court of Appeals overturns the $17.2 million award Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder earlier won against Cadwalader at summary judgment. Life's hard for billionaires who beg regular people pay their bills for them. [Law360] * Kirkland & Ellis plays hardball with departing partner, forcing him to repay a $120K bonus before walking out the door. [Legal Week] * This is why we can't have nice things. Literally. Intellectual property concerns threaten customizable goods. [Corporate Counsel] * Texas AG Ken Paxton's still gonna have to face those criminal fraud charges. [Courthouse News Service] * Industry groups come out of the woodwork to challenge a Department of Labor rule requiring retirement advisors to act in the best interest of their customers. Crocodile tears abound as the groups claim they agree with the sentiment of the rule but just want the SEC to write it -- knowing full well that the SEC isn't going to write it. [Wall Street Journal] * Add ABA President Paulette Brown to the list of people outraged that Donald Trump is criticizing a federal judge for, among other things, being of Mexican descent. [Law360] * Irell gets sneaky in this copyright win over pre-1972 songs. [Litigation Daily]
Morning Docket: 12.19.14
* A third-year student from the Louisiana State University Law Center was indicted for allegedly raping one woman and allegedly sexually assaulting and attempting to rape another. He's currently free on bail under GPS monitoring supervision. [The Advocate] * Here's some news you can potentially use (with extreme caution): you may be able to give a law firm partner the finger and still be eligible to receive unemployment benefits after you've been fired for flipping the bird. [Madison St. Clair Record] * Ever go to law school? Ever go to law school... on weed? Lots of law schools are adding courses related to marijuana law to their curricula because "[f]or most students, this is an inherently interesting topic." Yessir, it is. [National Law Journal] * Hmm, this advice article says you should evaluate your GPA and LSAT score to determine which law schools to apply to, but we know the only real qualification is a pulse. This is confusing. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report] * The Federal Communications Commission renewed a radio license for a station owned by Washington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder, despite the fact that the agency's chairman previously called the team name “offensive and derogatory.” [WSJ Law Blog]
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Non-Sequiturs: 05.09.14
* Poe’s The Raven, if the narrator was a midlevel associate working on Christmas. Excerpt: As of someone slowly rapping, rapping at my office door. “‘Tis the janitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my office door — Likely here to clean the floor.” Ha. [Law Poetry] * In the wake of Greece, a Satanist wants to open a government meeting with a Satanic prayer. When reached for comment, Dick Cheney said he was flattered. [Broward Palm Beach New Times] * Dan Snyder is just awful. Now he’s sent a cease and desist letter to LaVar Arrington because Arrington describes himself as a “Redskins great.” Because if anyone around here is going to needlessly slur indigenous people, it’s going to be Dan Snyder. [Deadspin] * Speaking of cease and desist letters, the one we talked about yesterday — sent over a bad Amazon review — has resulted in Amazon yanking the seller’s license. [ArsTechnica] * Come on, lawyers. Clean up after yourselves. Especially if you’re just leaving Molly all over someone else’s car. [South Florida Lawyers] * Guy in Alabama killed his wife, three dogs and a parrot after she sent a critical text. I know this is a tragedy, but as I saw the story all I could think is the parrot was somehow completely to blame. [AL.com] * There’s still a slave plantation in the United States and it’s terrifying. [Policy Mic] * Sometimes it’s worth remembering that we have it very easy as lawyers compared to some in other parts of the world. A lawyer representing a professor accused of blasphemy in Pakistan was gunned down last night. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * A conversation with Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. The full interview is available after the jump… [California Lawyer]
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Non-Sequiturs: 02.10.11
* Remember the law firm screw-up that revealed juicy dish about NBA star Gilbert Arenas and his ex-fiancee, Laura Govan? Here’s an update. [Reliable Source / Washington Post] * Musical chairs: King & Spalding picks up 14 litigators from Filice Brown. [The Recorder via ABA Journal] * Be careful when buying up Google search terms […]
Dan Snyder, Owner of a Team Named After an Ethnic Slur, Sues Over Perceived Anti-Semitism
This is rich. The owner of the Washington Redskins, Dan Snyder, has sued the Washington City Paper for a column he claims defamed him and used anti-Semitic imagery. That’s right, the man who has famously defended his right to name an entire football team after an ethnic slur is playing the ethnic card because a […]