Gordon Caplan

* Where does Gordon Caplan go from here? Maybe he goes back to school… I hear there are some folks out there who can help him get in. [American Lawyer]

* Mitch McConnell’s aide is running for Kentucky AG. The only problem? Kentucky has a law requiring candidates for the post practice law at least sometime in the past eight years. He’s arguing that a federal clerkship should count as “the practice of law” as opposed to “one year Fed Soc externship.” We’ve made a mockery of so many rules, why not this one? [Corporate Counsel]

* Mark Zaid’s daily adventures representing whistleblowers. [The Hill]

* Bill Brewer heads to court to see whether or not his $177K benchslapping he received will stand up on appeal. [Texas Lawyer]

* Matt Lauer’s attorney pushing back against rape allegations, explaining that her former anchor client was involved in a completely mutual and consensual affair with someone on the lower end of a gross power imbalance. [National Law Journal]

* Railroaded former Goldman Sachs coder Sergey Aleynikov lost his recent appeal. He’d argued that double jeopardy precluded his conviction, which of course is a non-starter in a dual sovereignty world. [Law360]

* Freshfields partner resigns over accusations of “engaging in sexual activity with intoxicated junior colleague” [Legal Cheek]

* Kirkland promotes whopping 141 to partner. [American Lawyer]

* Supervised injection site given the go ahead in Philly. So maybe Gritty can finally get the help he needs. [Gizmodo]

* Gordon Caplan set for sentencing today. Prosecutors are looking for 8 months of prison time. [New York Law Journal]

* Trade war moves into the European theater. [Courthouse News Service]

* Law schools lag when it comes to minority clinical faculty. [Law.com]

* More clamoring for a national law to give NCAA athletes access to compensation for their likeness. [ESPN]

* A bunch of useless facts about the UK Supreme Court in case you’re looking for cocktail chatter. [Legal Cheek]

* We might be seeing Trump’s tax returns soon… because New York has its own income tax system and doesn’t answer to him. States’ rights conservatives are surely rejoicing. [New York Law Journal]

* Gordon Caplan looking at 8-14 months if the judge follows the Guidelines, with prosecutors recommending the lower end. [American Lawyer]

* Allison Mack’s crazy sex cult charges end in a guilty plea. [Huffington Post]

* Good career advice everyone can take from Kirstjen Nielsen’s unceremonious firing. [The Careerist]

* Judge questions the rubber stamp deal CVS and Aetna got from the DOJ. [Law360]

* Will the next set of Roundup ads have one of those pharma commercial voiceovers listing disclaimers? [Courthouse News Service]

* Sadly, the idea that Department of Labor officials were simultaneously representing companies in labor disputes can barely elicit a yawn these days. [Bloomberg Law]

* Gordon Caplan showed up in court. At least he didn’t hire someone else to do his appearance for him. [Hartford Courant]

* Mueller people think the report might be worse than the four-page summary written by Trump’s stooge might suggest. [CNN]

* Wait, Jones Day may be a terrible place to work? [American Lawyer]

* In-house counsel needed in the Bay Area. [Corporate Counsel]

* Facebook user records just left laying around in public. Red angry face. [Law360]

* The mayor from Mayer. [American Lawyer]

* Australia to go after social media companies that don’t rapidly deal with violent content. [NY Times]

* It’s cliché to label this, “but their emails” right? [NY Times]

* R. Kelly wants to see this sex tape. Let’s presume it’s for defense purposes. [TMZ]

* Navigating the privacy waters between GDPR and CCPA. [Corporate Counsel]

* Gordon Caplan has a court date with Aunt Becky. [American Lawyer]

* While eDiscovery has been a thing for over a decade, a new study confirms that a lot of firms still don’t understand it. [Legaltech News]

* The SPLC removed its founder…folks around the work they do think that was the right move. Meanwhile, prepare for years of white supremacists going “I can’t be criticized because SPLC had a sh [New Yorker]

* Mississippi wants a law aborted next. [NBC News]