When The White House Left America’s Best Behind
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Morning Docket: 10.30.12
* People realize that the next President will probably get to appoint a couple of SCOTUS justices, right? [Slate] * That's some costly attorney misconduct: a lawyer who got slapped with a $10,000 sanction for "egregious conduct" at a deposition now has to pay an additional $36,274 in legal fees. [New York Law Journal] * The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau better hope for Obama wins. [National Law Journal] * Fun legal times at the Village Voice. [Corporate Counsel] * When Sandy got real for people in Manhattan. [New Yorker]
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Morning Docket: 09.12.12
* Good news, everyone! According to Citi’s Managing Partner Confidence Index survey, firm leaders are feeling pessimistic about their business due to an overall lack of confidence in the economy. [Am Law Daily] * Per the Ninth Circuit, an Idaho statute that essentially criminalizes medication-induced abortions imposes an undue burden on a woman’s ability to terminate her pregnancy. Really? You don’t say. [Bloomberg] * Kiwi Camara’s circuitous route to SCOTUS: thanks to the Eighth Circuit, Jammie Thomas-Rasset started and ended her journey with $222K damages for copyright infringement. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * “Fashion law is a real career choice,” says Gibson Dunn partner Lois Herzeca. This niche practice area is one of the hottest new trends in the wonderful world of fashion, and it’s not likely to go out of style any time in the remote future. [Reuters] * Your clawback suit is a wonderland? John Mayer was named as a defendant in a suit filed by trustees seeking to recover money paid out by Ponzi schemer Darren Berg. [Bankruptcy Beat / Wall Street Journal]