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Morning Docket

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]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.03.18

* The possibility of Donald Trump turning the Russia case over to Alan Dershowitz is too delicious of a train wreck to imagine. Stop teasing me! [The Hill] * Andrew McCabe's GoFundMe has raised over half a million dollars. All you need is a righteous claim and a sophisticated lobbying firm behind you. [Slate] * LeBron has decided he holds intellectual property rights over barbershops or something. [National Law Journal] * While DLA Piper is out there swiping lawyers, they're also earning plaudits for a tech solution designed to retain clients. [American Lawyer] * Joon Kim returns to Cleary Gottlieb. [Wall Street Journal] * Jury selection underway in extortion case over Waffle House CEO's syrup. [Daily Report Online] * The Supreme Court declared it's ready, willing, and able to engage in linguistic gymnastics to get out of labor protections. So... we've got that going for us. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.13.18

* Trump tabs Skadden partner Michael Scudder for Seventh Circuit seat. Here's some quotes from James Comey praising Scudder, so we know the Deep State must be happy. [National Law Journal] * Yes, it's accurate to say that the specific job of sheriff has an "Anglo-American heritage." And, yes, given that it's entirely unnecessary to do so -- when terms like "common law" exist -- the fact that someone would use that phrasing is indicative of racial bias. In fact, if anyone drops "heritage" when talking about white people it's probably a bad sign. [Washington Post] * All 56 Attorneys General are asking Congress to end forced arbitration in sexual harassment cases. Florida's Pam Bondi stepped out of her usual ethical cloud to say, "decades of private arbitration proceedings regarding sexual harassment have had the unintended consequence of protecting serial violators." You can go ahead and delete "regarding sexual harassment" and only improve the accuracy there. [Daily Business Review] * DLA Piper has a new senior partner, which I believe grants him the official title of "Pied Piper." [International] * ABA looking to make online education easier. [Inside Higher Ed] * Jones Day continues to have the top law firm brand according to the annual Acritas survey of clients. [American Lawyer] * One of the tourists killed in the Grand Canyon helicopter crash this weekend was a lawyer. [American Lawyer]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.19.18

* Happy Shutdown!!! In case you're wondering, the looming crisis won't close the federal courts... for a few weeks. [National Law Journal] * Sixth Circuit rules that cops can bust into your home and search for any reason at all. Who'd have thought putting an internet troll on an appellate court was a bad idea? [Slate] * Coming off turning over their op-ed page to the lowest common denominator, the New York Times pens a thinkpiece that could easily have been titled, "Did you ever see Person of Interest? That was awesome." [New York Times] * Apparently judges stealing cocaine from evidence lockers is frowned upon. [Legal Intelligencer] * DLA Piper forced to do some rearranging in Saudi Arabia. [American Lawyer] * Frank Darabont is suing Walking Dead again. Just when you thought these suits were dead, they come back to life. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice