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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.28.15

* Despite the fact that the 25/75 percentile LSAT range for many law schools has dropped precipitously, some schools still care about LSAT scores -- because they care about you (and their U.S. News rank). [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News] * Maryland Law and Baltimore Law are going to be teaming up to launch a solo practice incubator for their recent graduates, and BC, BU, and Northeastern will be doing the same thing in 2016. Full-time, long-term jobs where bar passage is required for all! [National Law Journal] * The Dacheng Dentons merger has the potential to completely change the legal profession as we know it, or fall flat on its face and be remembered as a good idea that went wrong. It's been six months, and we're all still waiting to see what happens. [Financial Times] * The criminal case against ex-Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov is like the Energizer bunny in that it keeps going, and going, and going, and going. Manhattan DA Cy Vance is appealing Aleynikov's overturned conviction. [DealBook / New York Times] * "The unfortunate scenario alleged in the complaint cries out for a legislative fix, not a judicial nix." As expected, terminally ill civil rights attorney Christy McDonnell's right-to-die lawsuit was dismissed by a California judge yesterday. How depressing. [AP]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.17.15

* "I don't know what you heard about me, but a bitch can't get a dollar out of me." Truer lyrics have never been rapped. 50 Cent's legal team will face off in bankruptcy court against lawyers for a woman owed $5 million thanks to a sex-tape scandal. [Business Insider] * You may be happy that income-based loan repayment exists and is saving you from defaulting on your law school debts, but in a few decades, you're probably going to get F'd in the A by a ticking tax time bomb. [Student Loan Ranger / U.S. News] * If you missed it, James Eagan Holmes, the shooter in the Dark Knight movie theater massacre in Colorado, was convicted for killing 12 people and wounding 70 others. Next up is the sentencing phase of his trial, and the death penalty is on the table. [Denver Post] * The head honchos at Goldman Sachs are sad their second-quarter profits were reduced by ~half thanks to protracted litigation stemming from the financial crisis. The bank had to put away $1.45B for “mortgage-related litigation.” [DealBook / New York Times] * The stars at night may be big and bright deep in the heart of Texas, but Berg & Androphy, led by attorney David Berg, is trying its hand at big city life in New York. It got the hang of things, y'all: B&A has already poached two Kasowitz partners. [Lawdragon]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.06.15

* Is Apple Music an antitrust violation, a second-rate streaming music provider, or both. Probably both. [Dorf on Law] * Former Goldman employee Sergey Aleynikov acquitted... again. Who would have thought Cyrus Vance's trumped up show trial would fail so thoroughly? [Dealbreaker] * Landmark cases reimagined as movie posters. [Res Ipsa Law Poster] * If you missed it, here's the New York Times Editorial about the "Activist Roberts Court" that everyone was talking about over the weekend. [New York Times] * In her defense, Sarah Palin may not be the dumbest person from Wasilla. [Legal Juice] * In the wake of Obergefell, will some holdout religious schools lose their tax-exempt status? [Tax Prof Blog] * Susman Godfrey's Steve Susman chats with Richard Hsu about distance cycling. [Hsu Untied]

By Joe Patrice
Books

Morning Docket: 09.08.14

* It’s fun to keep suing the Redskins over their racist nickname. It’s also fun to watch the Washington Football Club get the snot beat out of them. [ABA Journal] * Legal aid… for inventor seeking venture capital. Everybody needs lawyers, folks. Nobody wants to pay for them. [San Jose Mercury News] * Goldman picks […]

By Elie Mystal
FCC

Non-Sequiturs: 09.03.14

* As football prepares to kick off, there’s a new filing opposing the renewal of the broadcast license for Dan Snyder’s Washington-area radio station because it has a tendency to broadcast a particular racial slur over and over throughout the NFL season. [Corporate Counsel] * If you’re a young law grad ready to give up on being a lawyer, it’s harder to move into another industry than you’d think. [Law and More] * Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sought an emergency stay to allow Texas to start shutting down abortion clinics despite a ruling that the law was unconstitutional. So he filed his motion at midnight on the Sunday before Labor Day. The Fifth Circuit does not brook this tripe. [Houston Chronicle] * New research confirms deportations don’t lower crime rates. They do, however, help drive up the BS in political ads, so that’s nice. [New York Times] * The confusing reports that Goldman Sachs was driving aluminum around Detroit to drive up the price of aluminum spawned a lawsuit. And that led to a dismissal. [Bloomberg View] * This is why you don’t eat underwear… [Daily Mail] * The legal battle surrounding Adam Carolla’s podcast is breaking up friendships now. [CNN]

By Joe Patrice