Jena Six

Morning Docket

Morning Docket 05.07.15

* Are you tired of hearing about Tom Brady's balls? No? Good. Here's a great profile of the Paul Weiss litigator that authored the report on deflategate. [New York Times] * Good news for all the Pandora listeners out there. The Second Circuit affirmed Pandora's access to the ASCAP music catalogue. [New York Law Journal] * As if the "Jena Six" haven't been through enough, now one of its members is heading to law school. [American Lawyer] * Brewery scores big First Amendment victory. Let's all celebrate with a nice cold bottle of "Raging Bitch" beer. [Corporate Counsel] * The federal government paid $45 million to Northrop Grumman Systems to settle claims it misappropriated trade secrets related to their satellite program. [National Law Journal] * The debate over the minimum wage rages on in Ninth Circuit case on the constitutionality of Los Angeles' Living Wage law. [Law360]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.15.15

* Sorry, Chicago Law, but it looks like you're going to lose your dean. Michael Schill, the school's departing dean, will leave to assume the presidency at the University of Oregon. It's an upgrade for UO, and a potential downgrade for UChiLaw. Yikes... [Willamette Week] * FYI, D.C. Circuit litigants, you really need to “avoid using acronyms that are not widely known." This is your second warning, your colleagues have already been benchslapped for this behavior, and the clerk's office literally can't even anymore. [National Law Journal] * After six months spent completing a domestic violence program, the battery charge against Judge Mark Fuller has been dropped and expunged from his record. Whether he'll be allowed to keep his job on the federal bench is another story entirely. [Reuters] * Your law school application is a great place to explain why your undergraduate GPA is so damn low, because at this point in the process, the law school of your choice may be happy that you actually have a pulse. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report] * Theo Shaw, a member of the "Jena Six" who had to spend 7 months in jail because he couldn't afford bail for his alleged participation in a gang-beating, is going to law school on a full ride. He's "profoundly grateful" to Washington Law. Congrats! [Business Insider]

By Staci Zaretsky