Greenberg Traurig

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.18.19

* Did you know over 100 firms have reported data breaches since 2014? Something to make you feel warm and fuzzy. [Law.com] * If you were wondering how conservatives would spin Mick Mulvaney admitting to a quid pro quo holding up foreign assistance in exchange for personal political vendettas, Laura Ingraham's attempt was to say it was all a misunderstanding because Mulvaney's not a lawyer. Ron Howard Arrested Development voice: Mick Mulvaney is a lawyer. [Daily Beast] * Appellate court says it's illegal to watch porn in your car in New Jersey. Sorry if that forces some of you to change your weekend plans. [New Jersey 12] * Anheuser-Busch files counterclaim accusing MillerCoors of stealing their recipes for sub-par beer. [STL Today] * TransPerfect to be fined $30K/day until it drops litigation in Nevada. [Delaware Online] * After Greenberg Traurig threw shade on the Dentons U.S. expansion plans, Joe Andrew of Dentons responds to those "Parochial and Condescending" criticisms. [National Law Journal] * What Parks and Rec can teach us about court reporters. [ABA Journal] * Watchdog group says judge should be removed from the bench for being a harassing, misogynist prick. If only the Supreme Court worked that way. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.09.19

* Another firm opens an office in mainland Europe in the midst of England trying to garotte its own economy. [Law.com] * The census case is in new hands because after trying to make a real case and losing they realized there were some Jones Day flunkys hanging around so just hand it over to them. [National Law Journal] * Opioid case moves forward. [Courthouse News Service] * Stripping prosecutors of power to own the libs. [Inquirer] * Since it's a purely symbolic gesture with no impact on the day-to-day lives of New Yorkers and might land him a headline, Andrew Cuomo did a thing. [Politico] * Law schools have screwed up. [Forbes] * The few competent Trump judicial nominees finally move forward. [Law.com]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.18.18

* Special counsel Robert Mueller is seeking immunity for up to five witnesses who are set to testify in Paul Manafort's upcoming bank and tax fraud trial. Oooh, who are these mystery parties and why do they deserve amnesty? [USA Today] * Just how conservative is Judge Brett Kavanaugh? Using Judicial Common Space scores, Kavanaugh lands "just to the left of the arch-conservative [Justice Clarence] Thomas." Yay. [FiveThirtyEight] * Be careful out there, small firms. According to a report from the Association of International Law Firm Networks, it's not Biglaw firms that should be afraid of the Big Four, but instead, independent firms in mid-sized markets. [American Lawyer] * Remember Evan Greebel, the ex-Biglaw partner who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud thanks to his representation of pharma bro Martin Shkreli? Per his colleagues, after his "terrible encounter with the devil incarnate," Greebel shouldn't get jail time like his former client. [New York Law Journal] * When it comes to law school applications, it's very helpful to know the difference between early decision (binding) and early action (nonbinding), but it's even more helpful to know the difference between out-of-state tuition (drowning in loans) and in-state tuition (treading water in loans). Do your research, applicants! [U.S. News] * Robert Traurig, co-founder of Greenberg Traurig, RIP. [Daily Business Review]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.01.18

The American Bar Association needs some new blood! A new report from Law School Transparency and the Iowa State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division recommends adding some younger members to the ABA's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. [Law.com] Partisan gerrymandering challenges may be making their way through the court system, but don't expect them to be a deciding factor in the midterm elections. [Big Law Business] It's never a great start to a trial when the judge has to explain the case isn't about whether your client is "evil." [Law360] Another day, another looming "constitutional crisis." [Washington Post] Everyone is out at USA Gymnastics. It is the absolute least they could do. [CNN] Stephen Cutler may be moving from JPMorgan Chase to Simpson Thatcher, but he says his practice will still focus on internal and government investigations, corporate governance matters and crisis management. [Law.com] Hank Greenberg of Greenberg Traurig is the president-elect designee of the New York State Bar Association. [New York Law Journal]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.11.18

* Michael Cohen is suing Buzzfeed over publishing the Trump intelligence dossier. He says the Russia collusion allegations are "not legitimate" but to paraphrase Judge Judy, "don't pee on my leg and tell me it's a Russian prostitute." [Bloomberg] * Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is embroiled in boring, plodding lawsuit which actually sums up his offense pretty well. [Deadspin] * The IRS is getting into the Bitcoin game. Maybe they can explain blockchain in terms that don't involve magic. [Forbes] * Justice Sotomayor bluntly confronted Noel Francisco over the administration's 180 on voting rights. Francisco didn't have a clear, straightforward  answer ready which is weird because "we managed to slip in the back door of the White House so we're basically the Allstate Mayhem guy but for the Constitution" would've been a perfectly acceptable and honest answer. [National Law Journal] * Meanwhile, a federal judge threw out a challenge to Alabama's strict voter ID law finding the state had an important regulatory interest in combatting the voter fraud crisis that they can't string together any evidence of. Jeez, maybe Brett Talley would have actually improved the Alabama federal bench. [NPR] * For your daily reminder that Texas is a jerkweed backwater, the woman accused of drunkenly destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars in art faces a possible life sentence because Texas couldn't figure out how to put the death penalty on it. [Texas Lawyer] * Kirsten Gillibrand will use her blue slip to block the nomination of Greenberg Traurig's Geoffrey Berman for the SDNY U.S. Attorney post. Or, more accurately these days, Kristin Gillibrand will use her blue slip to do absolutely nothing to slow down the nomination of Geoffrey Berman for the SDNY U.S. Attorney post. [New York Law Journal] * Skadden avoids sanctions in Vijay Singh suit. Remember when the PGA was accusing people of doping... in golf? [Law360]

By Joe Patrice