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Morning Docket: 01.05.16

* If you haven't been watching Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, then you're missing Dean Strang's turn on the catwalk. The compassionate defense attorney has turned into an "unlikely sex symbol." Are you part of the #StrangGang? [The Guardian] * Sometime later today, President Barack Obama will announce a sweeping package of executive actions related to gun restrictions. Stay tuned, grab your popcorn, and get ready for some hardcore constitutional litigation. [Washington Post] * Happy New Year! We're not even a full week into 2016, and the first Biglaw merger has already been announced. Lewis Roca Rothgerber has picked up Christie Parker & Hale, a 40-lawyer Southern California IP boutique. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Hipsters, thou shall be avenged sevenfold: The Justice Department has filed suit against Volkswagen in the wake of the automaker's massive emissions scandal. The DOJ is seeking billions in damages over VW's air-pollution violations. [New York Times] * According to Ethan Couch's lawyer, it may be weeks or months before the affluenza teen returns to the United States. A judge issued a temporary stay in his case after Couch argued that being deported from Mexico would somehow violate his civil rights. [CNN] * Robert Wonsch, an Oklahoma process server, was arrested after allegedly coercing his female clients into performing sex acts in exchange for lowering his fees. He's now facing several criminal counts. Good Lord, talk about ineffective service of process... [Reuters] * Dale Bumpers, President Clinton's impeachment defense lawyer, RIP. [New York Times]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.24.15

*Yeah, this happened in real life, not in a Philip K. Dick short story. [Time] *Oh burn! Cornel West responds (indirectly) to biting New Republic article. [The Root] *Justice for sale in Texas? Sounds about right. [KCBD] *Allegations of overbilling in Deepwater Horizon litigation. And -- this may be a shock to some of our readers -- turns out many of the firms involved made generous political contributions to the LA AG. [Louisiana Record] *Eliminating salary negotiations to combat the wage gap? Who knew Biglaw's lockstep approach to money would turn out to be progressive? [NPR] *Columbia University's rape problems deepen with new lawsuit about Emma Sulkowicz and her mattress "Carry that Weight" performance art. [Jezebel] *Update in the Alan Dershowitz sex case. Now with 100% more David Boies. [American Lawyer] *Attention New York: Prepare to swipe right. AG Eric Schneiderman is once again a bachelor. [Law and More] *Idaho refuses to come in line with multinational treaty obligations. . . yay federalism? [Dorf on Law]

By Alex Rich