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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.31.19

* New evidence proves what everyone already knew: the citizenship question on the census was intended to suppress minority representation. Maybe Kavanaugh can get angry about it until everyone ignores it? [National Law Journal] * More abuse charges for R. Kelly. [USA Today] * Addressing mental health issues in the legal world probably requires rethinking what "the legal world" really means. But that time isn't billable so it probably won't happen. [Law.com] * HSBC avoids Ponzi scheme suit. Having personally represented HSBC in a Ponzi scheme case before, kudos. [Law360] * It behooves young lawyers to learn how the firm makes its money because it's actually a lot more complex than "make you keep working." [American Lawyer] * You can legally carry brass knuckles in Texas now. [CNN]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.07.18

* Update from the Paul Manafort trial: Rick Gates admitted... everything in testimony yesterday. He admitted he helped Manafort under-report income, create fake loans, and hide foreign accounts. Oh, and he says he did it all "at the direction of Mr Manafort." [CNN] * HSBC to pay $765 million to end the Department of Justice's investigation into its mortgage securities business that was initiated after the financial collapse.[Law360] * In a bid to combat its financial woes, the ABA is decreasing the cost of membership. They hope this will encourage more attorneys to become members. The organization has seen a 4 percent drop in membership in 2018 from 2017. [Law.com] * Jeff Sessions has committed the DOJ to fighting U.S. District Court Judge John Bates's order that the government reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. [Slate] * New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood is going after the Department of Labor for not responding to her FOIA requests. [New York Law Journal] * The campaign of Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Steven Foster has hit a bit of a snag -- the former emergency room doctor has been convicted of driving under the influence. [Law and Crime]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.29.16

* Sixth Circuit decides farmers don't need the Internet. It's your move now, FarmersOnly.com lobbyists! [NY Times] * The latest in the "Houston" law school showdown. [Houston Chronicle] * In Trump U. litigation news, there's a battle over who gets to be called an "expert" in a case about whether unqualified people pretended to be experts. [Courthouse News Service] * Remember Kim Dotcom? He wants to livestream his legal battle, which seems a lot less interesting than what he used to put up. [USNWR] * HSBC paying $13M in suits alleging improperly recorded debt-collection calls. [Law360] * Robot lawyering spreads: The parking ticket battling algorithm moves to Seattle. [WTSP] * "How do you cross-examine a computer?" I dunno, Ctrl-Alt-Delete? [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

By Joe Patrice
3rd Circuit

Non-Sequiturs: 12.30.13

* You can go to jail for possession, but if you actively aid and abet drug cartels, you can walk away with a fine worth 5 weeks of your income. It also helps if instead of “poor” you’re a bank. Hooray for “Too Big To Hold Accountable For Anything!!! [Rolling Stone] * Disney has gotten fed up with “mockbusters,” films that jack the studio’s logo to confuse people into buying a different DVD. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve been itching to check out this new flick September: Osage County. [Jezebel] * Dahlia Lithwick explains that too many schools feel the cure for the trauma of school shootings is… creating more trauma. [Slate] * Chief Judge Theodore McKee of the Third Circuit rules that the government can detain you for carrying Arabic flashcards. This doesn’t even make racist profiling sense: “bad guys” would already know how to speak Arabic, right? [The Raw Story] * Defendants need to understand that getting an acquittal requires them to expend some personal effort, too. [Katz Justice]

By Joe Patrice
Associate Advice

Morning Docket: 08.29.13

* Is Justice Ginsburg, our favorite judicial diva, foiling her own jurisprudential legacy by refusing to retire from the Supreme Court before another president takes office? [Daily Beast] * Year-over-year, there’s been a double-digit drop in demand for legal services, so now is a great time to start speculating about which firm will be the next to conduct layoffs. [Am Law Daily] * Don’t despair, the results of the Am Law Midlevel Survey are out, and associates are more satisfied than ever — except for the women. They’re “leaning out,” so to speak. [Am Law Daily] * New York City (d/b/a Mayor Michael Bloomberg) wants Judge Shira Scheindlin to stay her stop-and-frisk rulings pending appeal, because racial profiling is an effective crime fighting tool. [New York Law Journal] * If you want to know why law school is three years long instead of two, it’s because back in the day, the T14s of the world were convinced it’d “stop the proles from sullying the image of the bar.” [The Economist] * In an effort to keep law school deans’ listserv drama and email scandals to a minimum, the American Bar Association just doled out some rules to keep their ivory tower talk in check. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * “[I]f I die because of this, my life will have been worthwhile.” The HSBC whistleblower is willing to face death to talk about big banks’ alleged money laundering — and to see Marni Halasa. [Huffington Post]

By Staci Zaretsky