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Morning Docket: 08.26.19

* 3M is asking Biglaw to care for attorney mental health in its new procurement process. The fourth "M" is for "Mindfulness." [Corporate Counsel] * In today's installment of "intellectual property law is broken," publishers are suing over audiobooks that offer captions. [New York Law Journal] * A guy who legally changed his name to Atticus Finch when he was 8 is now in law school. If you think you hated Go Set A Watchman... [Texas Lawyer] * Second Circuit doing all sorts of fact-finding because adhering to the record and precedent is out of fashion apparently. [Law360] * Anti-gay blogger Judge John Bush calling out Kim Davis for "antihomosexual bias" is peak 2019. [National Law Journal] * Famous football players who became lawyers. [Law.com] * Convict seeks sheriff job. [HuffPo]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.16.19

* According to a new report, “personal attacks and language that politicizes or otherwise casts doubt on the judicial branch as a whole has the potential to cause significant damage to our democracy.” Thanks, Trump. [Big Law Business] * Why are there so few minority law clerks? California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu and Federal Judicial Center director Jeremy Fogel are trying to solve this “mystery” in conjunction with the ABA. [National Law Journal] * A former IRS staffer has pleaded guilty to unlawfully accessing Michael Cohen's confidential financial information and distributing it to Michael Avenatti, who once represented Stormy Daniels. He faces up to five years in prison and up to $250K in fines. [New York Post] * With hundreds of flights canceled, Hong Kong's airport had been at a complete standstill due to protestors clashing with police until this Biglaw firm managed to intervene. Be sure to thank Hogan Lovells for getting an injunction on airport protests. [American Lawyer] * In case you've been wondering about what bar pass rates and law school debt have looked like for the past decade or so, you can see it in some stunning graphics right here. [Law.com] * Thanks to the Lousiana Supreme Court, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell won’t have to testify just yet in the Rams-Saints NFC Championship game lawsuit. Everything is on pause while the state's high court decides whether the case should be allowed to continue at all. [NBC Sports]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.31.19

* California just enacted a law that will require Donald Trump to release his tax returns if he wants to get on the state's primary ballot next year. Get ready for a tweetstorm about this one. [Los Angeles Times] * Not only is LeClairRyan facing a gender discrimination case amid its uncertain future, but the firm is also facing a lawsuit over allegedly unpaid rent to the tune of $348K+ at one of its offices. [American Lawyer] * In case you missed it, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and three game officials are going to be deposed over the "stupid blown call" during the Saints-Rams game that allowed the Rams to proceed to the Super Bowl. [Sports Illustrated] * Good news for Biglaw legal ops professionals: The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, an organization designed for in-house legal ops employees, has now opened its membership to those who are working at law firms. [Big Law Business] * Guess what? There's something to look forward to after this torture. As the saying goes, "you can do anything with a law degree," but if you pass the bar exam this week, you'll probably be able to practice law in one of these exciting jobs. [U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non Sequiturs: 12.16.18

* In case you missed it (the news broke on Friday night), Judge Reed O’Connor (N.D. Tex.) held that the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare is unconstitutional, in the wake of last year's tax reform that reduced the ACA's "shared responsibility payment" for lacking health-care coverage to zero. [MedCity News] * Josh Blackman agrees with Judge O'Connor the constitutionality of the individual mandate, but disagreed with his severability analysis. [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy] * Meanwhile, fellow Volokh Conspirator Samuel Bray is glad that the court didn't issue a national injunction. [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy] * Adam Feldman takes a closer look at the Federal Circuit's relationship to the Supreme Court -- including which members of the Federal Circuit are most frequently vindicated by SCOTUS. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Carrie Severino shares the disappointment of her former boss, Justice Thomas, in Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh voting against certiorari in Gee v. Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast. [Bench Memos / National Review] * Eric Turkewitz calls out members of the media for misreporting on a routine trip-and-fall case because they don't like the plaintiff's famous father. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * Oakland is going on the offensive against the NFL, firing off a 49-page complaint signed by James Quinn of Berg & Androphy, among others. [The MMQB / Sports Illustrated] * Speaking of Berg & Androphy, name partner David Berg offers expert insights on what it takes to win as a trial lawyer. [YouTube]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.04.18

* Trump blamed Jeff Sessions for not covering up suspected criminal activity by Republican legislators. We're running out of taboos to break here. [CNN] * Brett Kavanaugh will have that abortion right eliminated at lightning speed. [National Law Journal] * But the Senators will have access to 42000 pages of documents released a couple hours before the hearings. It's a move that wouldn't stand up to scrutiny in bumbledick local court but for reshaping the Supreme Court for two to three decades it's just fine. [Washington Post via OregonLive] * We may be seeing serious cracks in the wall against outside law firm ownership. And when that happens... send in the accounting firms. [American Lawyer] * Because there's no end to the Trump legal news, Giuliani is now telling people that the White House will block Mueller's final report from ever going public, which is absolutely what innocent people say. [The Hill] * After the first full weekend of college football, is there really a reason to keep Kansas on the field? [TaxProf Blog] * The first in a series on law firm office moves. [Law360] * The slogan "Ask Sherwin-Williams" my bite them in the ass as lawyers lay out the company's old ads bragging about its lead paint. [Law and More]

By Joe Patrice