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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.30.18

* Trump says he will end the Fourteenth Amendment by executive order. This is your Andrew Jackson-John Marshall moment right here. Thankfully, he probably knows he can't do this and is just ranting in a desperate bid to energize a racist base to turn out for the Midterms. That's actually what passes for "thankfully" these days. [CNN] * Milwaukee judge puts defense attorney in chains for defending his client. The American justice system of 2018 is cruising along swimmingly. [Journal-Sentinel] * GCs making a lot more money to tell outside counsel that they can't afford the bills. [Corporate Counsel] * ...Of course our client was planning to bomb people, but that was if Hillary Clinton had won, so, in a sense, Trump saved all these potential victims! [Huffington Post] * Judicial Conference hearing testimony today about reforming the judiciary to address sexual misconduct. This should be a powerful meeting that results in lackluster reform. [National Law Journal] * Florida prosecutors are challenging the constitutionality of the state's "Stand Your Ground" law for forcing them to try self-defense claims without a jury. Too bad we couldn't have had this challenge several years ago. [Miami Herald] * Cravath on the outside looking in when its long-time client embarked on its biggest software acquisition ever. [American Lawyer] * New York judge rules that daily fantasy games are gambling because this stupid battle will never end. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.18.17

* IBM says Watson's about to take away your job, which is an announcement IBM makes roughly every three months because they're taunting us. [Corporate Counsel] * Betty Shelby acquitted in the killing of a black motorist because apparently it's always reasonable to believe a random black guy is going to pull a gun. [NBC News] * Former client seeks $1.4 million back that it spent trying to disqualify BakerHostetler. [Law360] * Latham's Alice Fisher has pulled out of the FBI Director sweepstakes. All eyes are on Joe Lieberman right now, but folks G. Gordon Liddy is just sitting there raring to go. [National Law Journal] * And apparently Sheriff Clarke (who I'm sure was Trump's personal pick) is taking a Homeland Security job so he can focus on harassing the poor and disadvantaged without having to bother all those nice bankers. [New York Times] * Judge Charles Breyer took a break from writing the best benchslaps of all time to issue a groundbreaking video game ruling citing Star Wars and Love Actually -- two movies that should never, ever be mentioned in the same sentence. [Hollywood Reporter] * Stupid fan lawsuit against Warriors center ZaZa Pachulia moves on. [KENS5] * More horrific allegations from Ken Starr's world-class leadership at Baylor. [Huffington Post]

By Joe Patrice