Marc Kasowitz

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.25.19

* Justice Ruth Bader Gisnburg has been released from the hospital after being admitted for chills and a fever. Wishing RBG a speedy recovery! [Wall Street Journal] * A New York lawyer is seeking to break up his firm over his partner's affairs with employees and other inappropriate conduct. [New York Post] * A Canadian judge has dismissed Subway's $150 million lawsuit against the CBC for claims relating to the percentage of actual chicken in Subway products. [Fox News] * In-N-Out Burger has been accused in a lawsuit of starting a 2017 California wildfire. Never been there myself, but my West Coast friends tell me the place is on fire... [NBC News] * A lawyer who criticized a Manhattan judge for not disclosing campaign donations made by his adversary Marc Kasowitz has been canned by his client. [New York Daily News] * Damon Dash, a co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records (I had to look this up!), has been sanctioned for unruly conduct at a deposition. [TMZ]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.18.19

* Three Indiana judges are in hot water after they partied until 3 a.m., headed to a strip club, and got shot at during a brawl outside of a White Castles. Apparently another judge who went inside the White Castle was unharmed and avoided discipline, which just shows you the power of the crave. [New York Times] * The Florida Bar is seeking to suspend a Florida lawyer whose pants caught on fire during an arson trial. Maybe he was a "liar, liar"... [Miami Herald] * A Manhattan judge ruled in favor of Marc Kasowitz's client, but never disclosed that he received campaign donations from Kasowitz and an associate. [New York Daily News] * A Texas lawyer has been accused of conspiring with a funeral home to illicitly solicit clients. I guess instead of being an "ambulance chaser" this attorney is accused of being a "hearse chaser." [Texas Lawyer] * Planned Parenthood has won a civil lawsuit against parties responsible for undercover videos of Planned Parenthood activities. [Independent] * Two Arkansas chemistry professors have been charged with cooking meth. Hopefully, they did not use Breaking Bad as their inspiration. [Washington Post]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.10.18

* Fun fact of the day: According to David Brock, a onetime member of "Kavanaugh's cabal," the D.C. Circuit judge has an "unhealthy obsession with the Clintons -- especially Hillary." He urges senators to vote no on Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. [NBC News] * After repeatedly denying that he had an affair with Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump now says he he "will not bring any action, proceeding, or claim" against her for speaking out despite her nondisclosure agreement. All she has to do is give back the $130,000 hush-money payment she received from Michael Cohen. [Washington Post] * The Democratic Coalition has lodged a perjury complaint against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh with the Justicec Department, and will soon file an ethics complaint with the D.C. Circuit. Oh, the irony that the grievance will be reviewed by SCOTUS nominee in waiting, Chief Judge Merrick Garland. [Mediaite * President Trump will provide sworn answers to written questions in the defamation suit filed by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos. Considering Marc Kasowitz thinks his client is "immune" from this suit, things could get interesting. [Reuters] * The U.S. legal sector has lost jobs for the second month in a row, and legal employment is now slightly down year-over-year. Hopefully these job numbers rebound, because law schools have started accepting record class sizes again. [American Lawyer]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.23.17

* According to Justice Gorsuch, you don't need to "suppress[] disagreement" to be civil. Disagreeable, eh? Maybe this is why there seems to be such animosity between him and Justice Kagan. [Associated Press] * President Trump has reportedly promised to pay $430,000 to "defray the costs of legal fees for his associates, including former and current White House aides." Meanwhile, some of his former associates have lawyers' bills from the Russia probe that are higher than that. [Axios] * President Trump has apparently been interviewing candidates (i.e., Biglaw attorneys with close connections to Rudy Giuliani and Marc Kasowitz) for key U.S. attorney positions, which is outside the norm for most presidents. Despite the gravity of the situation, Senator Lindsay Graham had a clever quip about the situation: "It's kind of an extension of 'The Apprentice,' I guess." The ratings on this will be YUGE. [CNN] * "She can leave the country or she cannot get her abortion, those are her options?" Over the objections of the D.D.C. judge who ruled that the government must allow an undocumented 17-year-old seeking an abortion to get one, thanks to the D.C. Circuit, she needs to find a sponsor and further delay the procedure. [New York Times] * Ex-Kaye Scholer partner Evan Greebel is on trial for conspiracy, and he's desperately trying to distance himself from his former client, Martin Shkreli. He claims this was a big misunderstanding, and that he was victimized by Shkreli. [Big Law Business]

By Staci Zaretsky