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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.20.19

* President Trump seems to have indicated which attorney will represent him at his impeachment trial. [Reuters] * A number of strippers have sued over Reno’s new law requiring strippers to be at least 21 years old. [Fox News] * Lawyers have argued that immigration officials keep writing false addresses on immigration paperwork so that […]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.17.19

* Faster lawyers don't necessarily mean better lawyers sounds like something a client would say just before demanding an overnight answer. [Law.com] * Jurists rallying behind judge charged with obstruction for not letting ICE demean the judicial system by turning it into stakeout location. [National Law Journal] * Prosecutors seek 15 year sentence for Manafort's former son-in-law. Maybe Skadden can write a report justifying his actions? [Politico] * Shenzhen is coming and Biglaw has a new market to figure out. [American Lawyer] * JP Morgan traders accused of 8-year racket. This is in contrast to the more broadly defined 220-year racket the company's been up to. [Law360] * White House ordering more people to ignore subpoenas, so that's a super development for the rule of law. [Courthouse News Service] * While the UK endures a constitutional meltdown, here are fun facts about their Supreme Court. [Legal Cheek]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.08.19

* Jones Day partner Don McGahn sued for failing to comply with House subpoena. [National Law Journal] * Short seller argues that Burford is out of money in move that pits highly sophisticated calculated gamblers against highly sophisticated calculated gamblers. [American Lawyer] * A reminder that the Supreme Court is going to hear a case that could allow employers to fire women for not acting feminine enough. [Vice] * ICE deported a guy to Iraq who had never lived there, didn't speak Arabic, and who subsequently died unable to secure insulin. [Slate] * Biglaw is making the diversity officer role more senior and more powerful. [American Lawyer] * MGM complaining that federal government gives tribes "monopoly" over casinos. That's... that's not how this works. [Courthouse News Service] * National Review is arguing for "red flag laws" in an editorial that it will deny ever publishing once the GOP quietly kills this issue. [National Review]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.13.18

* Judges are sick and tired of ICE busting into their courthouses and harassing people and they're gonna... write a pointed letter about it. [Courthouse News Service] * Microsoft's innovative legal diversity program that hit Biglaw firms in their wallets if they didn't diversify is now 10 years old. Davis Wright Tremaine was the top performer under the program this year. [Corporate Counsel] * Michael Cohen's plea deal reminds of Richard Nixon's lawyer. [Time] * Intellectual property laws are completely broken in the digital age and no one is doing anything about it. Well, the lobbyists for rights-holding entities are doing a lot about keeping it broken. [Law360] * Firms are starting to consider new ways to accommodate the personal lives of their associates. Like making them bill 2700 hours on their own schedule. [American Lawyer] * Majority of Americans would opt for alternative legal services providers over attorneys which is either great news for entrepreneurship and technology or incredibly bad news for the standing of the profession. Or probably both. [Legaltech News] * Thank U, Next parody from soon-to-be attorney. [LegalCheek]

By Joe Patrice
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By Barbri
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.28.18

* Now begins the period of wild predictions about Kennedy’s eventual replacement. Young judge with proven record of hostility toward minorities, gays, and women would be a pretty good bet. [National Law Journal] * A whopping 33 states employ the UBE now. [Law.com] * No one is actually complying with GDPR. Sounds right. [Digiday] * But back to Supreme Court news, remember Roe? Yeah that won’t be around much longer. And if you’ve deluded yourself into the Pollyannaish belief that Roberts won’t go there, you’re forgetting how courts work. [Slate] * This op-ed by the legal luminary power family, the Amars, about Justice Kennedy’s call for a civil and balanced court in his Muslim Ban concurrence did not age well. But it’s worth revisiting to demonstrate just how deeply Kennedy grifted everyone, including some of the smartest legal minds around, with his “swing” schtick. [CNN] * ICE lawyer decides it’s time to help kids instead of hurt them. To quote West Wing: “Let's... I tell you what, let's forget the fact that you're coming a little late to the party and embrace the fact that you showed up at all.” [USA Today] * Border patrol is about to get aggressive on keeping Canadians out. [Newsweek]

By Joe Patrice