Kasowitz Benson

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.21.17

* Tiffany Trump attends Justice Ginsburg lecture because in the coming dystopian FedSoc hellscape, Tiffany will be the enigmatic hermit charged with remembering the long-long-ago when judges spoke of "interstate commerce" and "checks and balances." [Washington Post] * PwC is set to launch a U.S. law firm, but Biglaw is just fine because the Big 4 law firm can't offer domestic legal advice... yet. [Law.com] * Meanwhile, from the massive understatements department: "Kasowitz Benson Adjusts Management Team Amid Tumultuous Year." [New York Law Journal] * Looking for solutions to the problems plaguing patents? Here's some insight direct from the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit. [Law360] * You can now legally dance in New York bars. I'm not sure why you'd want to, but you can. [NPR] * You probably knew that bail was discriminatory and awful, but it's always jarring to see exactly how discriminatory and awful. [The Guardian] * Sex trafficking fight may torpedo Section 230. [Wired]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.05.17

* As we continue to reel from Judge Posner's retirement, here are some of his best quips. Unfortunately lists like these will always miss something. Like my personal favorite: “Yeah, but, you know, the problem with the balancing test is there’s nothing on your side of the balance!” [National Law Journal] * The high price of becoming a partner. [American Lawyer] * Top Kasowitz Benson partner jumps ship... could this be more fallout from the ill-fated attempt to defend Trump? [New York Law Journal] * The government's been in a slump at the Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A deep dive into the Chadbourne discrimination suit. [Bloomberg Businessweek] * If you've not followed the phenomenon of running payday lending from tribal lands, here's an in depth look at a $2B lawsuit over the practice. [Law360] * Some predictions about the upcoming law school application cycle. Here's another one... a bunch of people will end up in debt for no good reason. [US News]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.21.17

* Congratulations to John K. Bush, who won confirmation to the Sixth Circuit despite his controversial undercover blogging. [How Appealing] * Team Trump is digging into the backgrounds of special counsel Robert Mueller's all-star team of attorneys, looking for discrediting dirt. [New York Times] * DLA Piper swallows up Liner LLP, a California-based boutique with 60 lawyers -- so, DLA's idea of breakfast. [Law.com] * Justice Alito defends his tenure on the Supreme Court cafeteria committee (in this hilarious piece by Jess Bravin). [Wall Street Journal via How Appealing] * Ex-Dentons associate Michael Potere, represented by a public defender, pleads not guilty to charges that he tried to extort his former firm. [Law360] * Is the relationship of President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions damaged beyond repair? [New York Times] * Is Charles Miller's move to Tarter Krinsky & Drogin the beginning of a partner exodus from Kasowitz Benson -- one possibly driven by the debacle of the Donald Trump representation? [New York Law Journal] * Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law gets censured by the ABA in the wake of sex-discrimination allegations. [ABA Journal]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.26.17

* Kasowitz Benson may have gotten a minor "Trump bump" from other associates in the most recent edition of the Vault 100 law firm rankings thanks to Marc Kasowitz's representation of the president, but the firm's own associates don't seem to be too impressed. In fact, they listed "Trump" as one of the things they dislike most about the firm. [DealBook / New York Times] * Despite protests from her lawyers that a deposition would "interfere with her ability to perform her duties [as an unpaid advisor] at the White House," a judge has ruled that Ivanka Trump may be deposed in the IP infringement suit that was filed by Aquazzura over the First Daughter's look-alike shoes. [CNN Money] * No matter how many times we think we've dispelled this rumor, it keeps rearing its ugly head again and again. Word is somehow still on the street that Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire from the Supreme Court, as early as this Term or next. But... what if it actually turns out to be true that the justice who holds abortion rights in his hands will be leaving the bench? [Newsweek] * Three months have passed since Trinh Huynh, an in-house attorney at UPS, was gunned down during her commute, and her accused killer has now been indicted on murder charges. Raylon Browning may have targeted Huynh, as surveillance footage indicated that he was following her. [Daily Report] * After 69 years as a journalist -- 58 of them spent reporting on the high court -- Lyle Denniston, the dean of the Supreme Court press corps, will be officially hanging up his press pass after today. He'll be teaching a course at Baltimore Law this fall, but after that, he has no set plans. Congratulations on a remarkable career! You'll be missed. [Constitution Daily / National Constitution Center]

By Staci Zaretsky