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Morning Docket: 11.03.23

* Ivanka Trump cited "undue hardship" because her testimony was scheduled during "a school week." The appellate court... disagreed. [CNN] * Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty. But Alex Kirshner's burning question is... why was the defense so bad? [Slate] * Rudy asks DC to please not disbar him. [Reuters] * Retiring Biglaw leaders have firms thinking about succession. Presumably multiple rounds of Boar on the Floor. [Bloomberg Law News] * George W. Bush judge declines seems disinclined to shut down NC Supreme Court’s probe of its only Black justice for saying the North Carolina court system isn't particularly diverse, which seems like more a statement of fact than a controversial claim. [Law360] * Survey finds that 17 percent of Biglaw attorneys feel emotionally depleted at work. An additional 83 percent have already had their capacity for human feeling permanently drained. [ABA Journal] * BLM -- the law firm, not Black Lives Matter or the Bureau of Land Management -- accidentally gave videos of a kid to a pedophile. [Roll on Friday] * Surge Pricing: Uber and Lyft to pay $328 million over wage theft probe. [Courthouse News Service]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.05.23

* Leonard Leo had Kellyanne Conway funnel tens of thousands of dollars from a non-profit to Ginni Thomas without a paper trail and with the explicit direction “No mention of Ginni, of course.” Totally normal and above-board thing to do! [Washington Post] * Ed Sheeran prevailed in his copyright case as sharing chord progressions don't make songs similar. [Law360] * If a whistle blows in the woods and the bank can retaliate without repercussion, does it make a sound? The Supreme Court seems hopeful that the answer is no. [Bloomberg Law News] * Ivanka Trump targeted by NYAG over discovery obligations with investigators leery of "why her volume of emails dropped from 1,200 per month in 2014 to 37 in 2016." Yes, what could have happened in 2016 that inspired some urgency to curtail the digital paper trail? [Huffington Post] * Google and Sonos head to trial in patent dispute over smart devices. Hey, Alexa? Why are you laughing? [Reuters] * Biglaw financials are strong... so of course everyone's talking about layoffs because America is going to gaslight itself into a recession one way or another. [American Lawyer] * Court issues more sanctions over false voter fraud claims, tagging Arizona gubernatorial loser Kari Lake. Which probably makes her the front-runner for Trump's running mate. [The Hill]

By Above the Law
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Morning Docket: 04.27.23

* Judge Luttig joined the chorus calling for stricter Supreme Court ethics -- a chorus that features pretty much everyone not on the Supreme Court. [Reuters] * Trump loses effort to block Pence testimony. Again. [Politico] * Biglaw firms game their partnership size to look more profitable, but there's a stat to look for to check if a firm is truly healthy. [Bloomberg Law News] * Biglaw capital market groups living in suspended animation as the whole economy continues to pretend there's a recession until the Federal Reserve gives up trying to create one. [American Lawyer] * Fox handing Smartmatic the Murdoch depositions because how much more damage can be done? Reputationally, we mean. Financially, it's about $2 billion more. [Law360] * Copyright claim against Ed Sheeran lodged by Marvin Gaye's co-writer. Look, I get that Blurred Lines was -- in addition to a bizarrely rapey song for the 21st century -- pretty much Got to Give It Up, but you don't get to own every chord progression in the universe. [ABA Journal] * Ivanka hires Jeffrey Epstein lawyer after separating counsel from her brothers. [Daily Beast]

By Above the Law
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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.03.20

The Ohio Supreme Court said a lawyer's "pants are charred" by lies, and disbarred the attorney for allegedly practicing law while suspended and other misconduct. That's quite a "burn"... [Columbus Dispatch] * A new lawsuit alleges that a well-known Los Angeles attorney stole from clients to finance “a public image of obscene wealth” for himself and his wife, singer and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne. [Los Angeles Times] * Ivanka Trump was deposed on Tuesday in a lawsuit alleging misuse of funds designated for the Trump Inauguration. [CNN] * A 37-year-old attorney has been confirmed as a federal judge in Mississippi. [Jackson Free Press] * Joe Exotic's lawyer claims that the former zookeeper is close to receiving a presidential pardon. Maybe President Trump wants another season of Tiger King... [Business Insider]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.26.20

* Johnny Depp's lawyer has been reportedly thrown off a defamation case for revealing information covered by a protective order. Maybe the information was "pirated" or the judge should make the attorney "walk the plank"... [Courthouse News Service] * A lawyer for the Lincoln Project told Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to "peddle their scare tactics elsewhere" after the couple threatened to sue the anti-Trump group over billboards in New York City. [Wrap] * An Ohio lawyer has been arrested on human trafficking, racketeering, and related charges. [Cincinnati Enquirer] * The Trump Campaign and the Nevada GOP have filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking election officials from counting early votes. [Business Insider] * A photographer has filed a lawsuit after being hit with the horns of a steer after the 2019 Sugar Bowl. Sounds like a law school hypothetical... [AOL]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.26.20

* A federal judge has dismissed a prisoner's lawsuit asking for permission to marry Ivanka Trump. This guy might want to pursue President Trump's other daughter, since it seems like he could use a lawyer. [CBS News] * A Wyoming attorney has been censured by a state bar for failing to file a bankruptcy petition 11 months after being instructed by a client to do so. [Bloomberg Law] * The Trump family has lost a court battle to halt the publication of a tell-all book written by President Trump's niece. [CNBC ] * President Trump's pick to head the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan has said that he would not necessarily recuse himself from probes involving the president's associates. [Washington Post] * An Assistant U.S. Attorney is suing the NYPD for wrongful arrest. These officers messed with the wrong person. [New York Post]

By Jordan Rothman