Supreme Court Returns With New Faces, Same Contempt For Working People
Legal geeks like to talk about a "new year and a new Court," but they're kidding themselves.
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Non-Sequiturs: 01.14.16
* Interesting take on how the union strategy floundered in Friedrichs. [The Seventy Four] * Think you know the cutting edge of copyright law? Because it is apparently about tractors. [Slate] * Ah, progress. The site of the Salem Witch Trials now overlooks a Walgreens. [Pictorial] * Rich people problems: Rupert Murdock's new fiancee means a new will. [Law and More] * Let's talk about liability insurance... for dummies. [Coverage Opinions] * Planned Parenthood goes on the offensive against the group making undercover videos, filing a federal lawsuit. [Huffington Post]
Farewell Unions — It’s Been Real!
Yesterday's oral arguments could have gone worse for teachers, but it's hard to say how.
Morning Docket: 01.12.16
* Based on reading the oral-argument tea leaves, it sounds like the Supreme Court is about to school the teachers' unions (and public-sector unions more generally). [How Appealing] * Ring in the new year by making the register ring: a slew of Biglaw firms have secured (presumably lucrative) engagements working on the proposed $32 billion merger between drug makers Shire Plc and Baxalta Inc. [American Lawyer] * By a vote of 82-6, and after a wait of more than 400 days, the Senate just confirmed Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo to the Third Circuit, making him the first Hispanic federal judge from Pennsylvania to sit on that court. [Associated Press] * Good news for fantasy-sports fans: it's not (yet) "game over" for DraftKings and FanDuel, thanks to a stay issued by a New York appellate court. [Bloomberg News] * And bad news for student-loan-saddled law grads (like our own Shannon Achimalbe) who were hoping that SCOTUS might make it easier to discharge such debts through bankruptcy. [Wall Street Journal via ABA Journal] * Does Sean Penn face legal risk for his interview of El Chapo, the infamous Mexican drug lord? [ABA Journal] * A former federal prosecutor just secured a six-figure settlement and reinstatement from the Justice Department. [National Law Journal] * U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara -- who came so, so close to winning Lawyer of the Year honors -- announced that Governor Mario Cuomo is off the legal hook for his controversial shutdown of the Moreland Commission, a panel aimed at investigating public corruption. [Law360] * Avvo is starting to roll out a service featuring fixed-fee, limited-scope legal services through a network of attorneys (and Bob Ambrogi has the scoop). [Law Sites] * Professor Peter J. Henning explores the implications of the end of the government case against hedge fund magnate Steve Cohen. [DealBook / New York Times]
The Supreme Court Still Blows But We Have No Idea How To Fix It
After a "liberal" term, progressives continue to lament the ideological bent of the Roberts Court, but have fewer answers when it comes to changing course.
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