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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.21.19

* “In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention I have never heard of this level of inhumanity.” Children being detained at the border are in desperate need of legal assistance and humanitarian aid. [NBC News] * Disgraced former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore, a "polarizing [] Republican," has decided to launch yet another Senate bid after losing during his first go round. This time, even President Trump warned him against trying again. [New York Times] * Puff, puff, pass this vote: New York may not have been able to legalize marijuana, but lawmakers are trying to do the next best thing by decriminalizing it. Fines for “violations” will be no higher than $200 and last convictions can be expunged upon request. [New York Law Journal] * In case you missed it, Slack had its IPO yesterday, opening at $38.50 a share. Goodwin Procter certainly didn't miss it, because the firm is looking to earn $2.5 million for its work on the company's stock market debut. [Big Law Business] * Shaakirrah Sanders, a black female professor at Idaho Law, has filed suit against the school the university, and a former dean, alleging race and gender discrimination and retaliation. She is the only professor of color and woman of color who has earned tenure at the school. [Idaho Statesman]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.20.19

* Hail Mary pass interference? President Donald Trump reportedly asked then-acting AG Matthew Whitaker if U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman (S.D.N.Y.) -- a "perceived loyalist" -- could be put in charge of the Michael Cohen probe even though he'd already recused himself. [New York Times] * Chief Justice John Roberts once again sided with the Supreme Court’s liberals in refusing to agree with a Texas court’s decision to execute a death row inmate with intellectual disabilities, writing that the lower court’s review of the case “did not pass muster under this court’s analysis last time,” and “[i]t still doesn’t.” Justice Samuel Alito dissented, and was obviously joined by the high court’s conservatives. [Washington Post] * Emoji are popping up more and more in court cases, and courts still don't know what to do with them -- which is a shame, because "[j]udges need to be aware of the importance of the emojis to the overall communication when we run into ... odd evidentiary issues." [The Verge] * This Fox Rothschild partner is facing sanctions over missed deadlines in several cases for his client, porn producer Strike 3 Holdings. He's repped the "copyright troll" in about 2,500 infringement cases since 2017. [American Lawyer] * If you're interested in investing in the future of law, alternative legal services provider Axiom will be going public and has applied for an IPO. The number of shares up for grabs and their price range is still undecided. [ALM International]

By Staci Zaretsky