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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.09.19

* In the two years or so that Justice Neil Gorsuch has served on the Supreme Court, he’s become “everything conservatives hoped for and liberals feared,” having voted to overturn or suggested revisiting 11 of the court’s precedents thus far. [Washington Post] * Speaking of Justice Gorsuch, here are the two rules he tells each of his law clerks to follow: "Rule number one: Don't make it up -- follow the law. Rule number two: when everybody else around you is yelling at you, asking you to make it up and condemning you for not making it up, refer to rule number one." [Fox News] * “I'm indebted to have his help and advice. He truly is a great American." Frequent Trump critic George Conway, the Wachtell of counsel married to Kellyanne Conway, is informally advising former Rep. Joe Walsh's 2020 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. [CNN] * According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector added around 4,100 jobs in August, outpacing U.S. job growth. This seems like exciting news, but it capped off a summer where overall growth for law jobs was mostly flat. [American Lawyer] * A Housewife Desperate to stay out of jail: Federal prosecutors say probation isn’t enough for Felicity Huffman’s participation in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and want her to serve at least one month in jail, but her lawyers don’t agree. [TODAY]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.01.19

* According to a recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, most Americans — 40 percent — don’t think President Trump was cleared of wrongdoing by the Mueller probe (“[W]hile this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”). It’s somewhat comforting that most Americans can read. [NBC News] * “What are you, Oprah now? I mean, what am I, on a couch and you are a psychiatrist? I think it's a really inappropriate question." Kellyanne Conway didn’t approve of a question about her marriage to Wachtell partner and Trump critic George Conway on live TV. [USA Today] * It seems like everyone will be a loser in this sad Brexit affair — everyone except for the lawyers, that is. UK Biglaw firms report that almost every practice area is “thriving” and they’re seeing the best financial results in a decade. [New York Times] * Georgia bar examinees who were told they failed the exam when they actually passed it lost their suit against the company that calculated their scores. They apparently missed a contracts issue in their suit. Thank god that wasn’t on the bar exam... [Big Law Business] * Congratulations to Zuzana Caputova, the liberal lawyer oft referred to as “Slovakia’s Erin Brockovich,” who was just elected as the first female president in the country’s history. [CNBC]

By Staci Zaretsky