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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.13.17

* Authorities charge the Panama Papers lawyers with money laundering. On the other hand, the firm's Twitter account denies any wrongdoing, and I think we all know Twitter never misleads anyone. [Am Law Daily] * An intellectual property suit over Kim Kardashian and ugly sweaters and that's the first time "intellectual" and "Kardashian" have made it into the same sentence. [Law360] * Shady new strategy concocted to fast track foreclosures on the homes of unsuspecting seniors. Just in case you'd gotten the misperception that lawyers were good people. [Law.com] * Kramer Levin renews its lease, but it's cutting back about 50,000 square feet. [Wall Street Journal] * Where does Judge Gorsuch stand on intellectual property matters? [National Law Journal] * Puzder slapped with antitrust class action over alleged schemes to depress wages. Seems like the kind of guy who should be in charge of defending labor in America. [Courthouse News Service]

By Joe Patrice
Department of Justice

Morning Docket: 10.21.13

* How Jamie Dimon (and Stephen Cutler and Rodge Cohen) reached JPMorgan Chase’s tentative $13 billion settlement with Eric Holder and the Department of Justice. [DealBook / New York Times; Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)] * Congratulations to all the New Jersey couples who got married since midnight, in the wake of the state supreme court’s decision not to stay a lower-court ruling in favor of marriage equality. [Newark Star-Ledger] * Additional insight into all the partner departures from Weil Gotshal in Texas. [Dallas Morning News] * Lawyers aren’t the only folks who know how to overbill; defense contractors do too, according to federal prosecutors who allege that a company provided prostitutes and kickbacks to Navy personnel. [Washington Post via The BLT] * The legal battle over Obamacare rages on. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)] * Judge Oing, this really isn’t that hard. Here’s a draft opinion for you in the long-running litigation between Macy’s and J.C. Penney over the right to sell Martha Stewart merchandise (by James Stewart, no relation to Martha). [New York Times] * If you’d like to run with the bulls without schlepping to Spain, former lawyers Rob Dickens and Brad Scudder can help. Presumably their legal training helped them draft ironclad waivers. [BuzzFeed] * Another interesting but very different event, taking place this Wednesday: “Healing the U.S. Lawsuit System.” [U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (one of our advertisers)]

By David Lat