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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.13.17

* Does Trump's health care executive order violate ERISA? [CNBC] * Just when law firms needed another challenge, here comes PwC. [Law.com] * Pepper Hamilton partner brings clients to secluded private island. Enjoy Camp Crystal Lake everyone! [The Legal Intelligencer] * On Sunday, 60 Minutes will have a profile on the fascinating career of Shon Hopwood, the Georgetown Law professor who came to his career as a jailhouse lawyer while serving time for bank robbery. [National Law Journal] * Why aren't there vegan wigs? It's actually a pretty interesting question. [Legal Cheek] * Judge was "unaware" that he gave joint custody to an accused rapist. But before the judge gets pilloried for conducting a slapdash proceeding, consider that the prosecutors never bothered to mention this. [ABA Journal] * The gender bias suit against Proskauer reaches the Second Circuit on claims that Judge Cote erred in preventing the plaintiff from getting key discovery for her retaliation claim. [Law360] * A guide to interviewing for introverts. The first tip should be to open every interview with, "I'm interested in tax." In my experience, firms expect to put the tax geniuses in a dungeon and let them work their sorcerer's ways in peace, so they'll forgive any awkwardness as a sign of genius. [The Recorder] * Law firm merger mania strikes Texas. [Houston Chronicle]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.15.17

* Credit where credit is due: Attorney General Jeff Sessions wins qualified praise for his forceful condemnation of the Charlottesville violence. [New York Times] * Donald Trump needs all the legal help he can get -- so he's surely pleased and proud about daughter Tiffany Trump starting up at Georgetown Law this month. (More on this later.) [Washington Post] * And wouldn't it be incredibly awkward interesting to have Tiffany as a classmate in your Con Law class this semester? [New York Times via How Appealing] * The ABA will reconsider its controversial, much-criticized changes to how law schools report graduate employment data. [Law.com] * Taylor Swift prevails in her lawsuit accusing DJ David Mueller of groping her during a photo op. [Law360] * Merger mania spreads -- from Biglaw to boutiques. [Law.com] * Tech company DreamHost will resist -- a Justice Department effort to acquire information about visitors to an anti-Trump website set up to coordinate Inauguration Day protests. [Washington Post] * An investors' lawyer claims that his lawsuit against Duane Morris "could bankrupt that firm." [Law.com] * There are reasonable arguments for and against splitting up the Ninth Circuit, but the ABA's position is clear: firmly opposed. [ABA Journal]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.11.17

* President Donald Trump rejects reports that he's considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller, while offering a less-than-ringing endorsement of his relationship with Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "It is what it is." [New York Times] * Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, whose house was the subject of a predawn raid by the FBI, parts ways with WilmerHale and goes back to his former lawyers at Miller & Chevalier. [National Law Journal] * Meanwhile, the Trump administration files its opening brief in the Supreme Court in the travel ban litigation. [How Appealing] * Georgetown Law launches a new con-law center, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, led by star SCOTUS litigator Neal Katyal, former National Security Council official Joshua Geltzer, and former Justice Department official Mary McCord. [ABA Journal] * Some Democratic senators claim that the White House isn't consulting them enough about judicial nominations. [Politico] * The hype may exceed the reality on alternative-fee arrangements -- but not at pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, which takes an aggressive and innovative approach to AFAs. [Am Law Daily] * Settling the "pink slime" litigation cost Disney/ABC how much? [How Appealing] * Also not cheap: the costs of bad-faith discovery spoliation. [Big Law Business]

By David Lat