Jay Sekulow

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.27.19

* Attorney General William Barr says he plans to make a version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report available to Congress and the public within a matter of weeks, and apparently the White House won't be receiving a copy in advance of the release. [Wall Street Journal] * Speaking of the Mueller report, Rudy Giuliani says he wouldn't have any issues with releasing Trump’s written testimony that was submitted to Mueller. Jay Sekulow would beg to differ. [Washington Examiner] * The EU approved the controversial Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, a new IP law that will govern the way copyrighted material is uploaded online and who will be liable for infringement. At least memes are exempt? [BBC News] * Congratulations to Bridget Bade, who was just confirmed to the Ninth Circuit. She's the 37th circuit court judge to be appointed by President Trump, who is changing the makeup of the federal judiciary, one conservative judge at a time. [Big Law Business] * Elon Musk must appear in court next week for a contempt hearing over his Tesla tweets against self-interest that are allegedly in breach of his settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [CNN] * Your bracket may be busted, but this Biglaw associate has a near-perfect track record. She's gotten 46 out of 48 matchups right thus far, and at one point she was one of just eight people in the country with a perfect bracket. [American Lawyer]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.26.19

* Trump's DOJ now asking courts to overturn the entire ACA including ban on discrimination against pre-existing conditions in bid to capture the eugenics constituency. [NY Times] * Mayer Brown alum mayoral candidate proposes higher taxes on Biglaw. [Chicago Sun-Tribune] * Artists claim Marvel ripped off their Iron Man design claiming "Stan Lee's original Iron Man was clad in spandex and 'minimal armor.'" Someone actually filed a suit based on that theory. [Law360] * Coming as a shock to no legal observer, Jay Sekulow doesn't understand basics of law. [MSNBC] * Michael Flynn owes around $5 million in legal fees. [New York Mag] * The Los Angeles lateral market is hopping. [The Recorder] * Someone's finally suing Facebook for making every dumb media company think they needed to "pivot to video." [Delaware Business Court Insider] * Whistleblower accomplishes what UCF could not and makes Duke pay. [Corporate Counsel]

By Joe Patrice
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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.06.18

* Waymo and Uber head to court in self-driving car battle. Uber's characterizing Waymo's allegations of industrial espionage as a conspiracy theory and hopes no one reads too much into the fact that Uber ran an industrial espionage group for years. [NPR] * On February 2, Ropes & Gray was engaged by USA Gymnastics to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar. Hey gang, we all loved the movie, but Groundhog Day doesn't mean you actually get a do-over on all the stuff you screwed up before. [American Lawyer] * John Dowd and Jay Sekulow don't want Mueller to interview Trump. Ty Cobb thinks transparency and cooperation are the best policy. The existence of this story suggests Dowd and Sekulow are winning the internal struggle. [Business Insider] * The Supreme Court isn't going to intervene to protect Pennsylvania's gerrymandered districts... [Courthouse News Service] * ... So, Pennsylvania Republicans are looking into impeaching the state supreme court justices who ruled against them. [Daily Intelligencer] * Is this the least qualified lawyer to helm a Gitmo case? He certainly thinks so. [NY Times] * Speaking of Gitmo, there's a fight brewing over the Defense Department's recent decision to strip prisoners of their rights to own their own art. [Hyperallergic] * When the Brits refuse to extradite to the U.S., maybe it's time to reconsider prison conditions. [The Intercept] * Katten Munchin opens up in Dallas. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice