Hurricane Irma

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.11.17

* "Legal aid is critical after a natural disaster," so the Florida Bar has raised the income cap for its online legal clinic so Floridians affected by Hurricane Irma can get legal assistance, and the Florida Bar Foundation has set aside $500,000 to support legal aid organizations. How generous! [Law.com] * Sixteen years have passed since the September 11 attacks, but we've yet to try or convict any of the five men who are said to have planned the day that changed America, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged "architect of 9/11." Some lawyers wonder why this "isn't a cause for more outrage." [Al Jazeera] * In case you missed it, Irell & Manella has elected Ellisen Turner as its first African-American managing partner. Among the many accolades he's earned over the course of his illustrious legal career, Above the Law once referred to him as a "hottie." Congratulations on all accounts! [Big Law Business] * Lawmakers from both parties are interested in holding hearings on the massive Equifax hack, and after outcry from state attorneys general about an arbitration clause that would have prevented those affected by the data breach from suing, the credit reporting agency has changed its terms of service. [The Hill] * In the wake of Justice Scalia's death, Justice Kagan says the remaining justices did everything they could to avoid 4-4 split decisions: "[W]e all made a very serious effort to try to find common ground even where we thought we couldn’t. It sort of forced us to keep talking to each other." [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] * Which Biglaw firm is about to get a lot bigger? It's Cozen O'Connor, apparently. According to CEO Michael Heller, he'd like to increase the firm's head count to somewhere between 700 and 1,000 lawyers in the next five years. About 600 attorneys are currently working at Cozen. [Am Law Daily]

By Staci Zaretsky