MDL

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.30.23

* SEC seeks $200 million in real money to deal with enforcement problems caused by fake money. [Law360] * We noted in our coverage of the Disney-DeSantis battle that Trump was going to roast this guy for embarrassing himself in a land deal. A Trump PAC has already started. [CNN] * Law schools growing antsy over new USNWR rankings after they yanked their data from the process. The elite schools will still be the elite schools, but even if there's not much change, what does it mean when we all know it's not backed by the school's data? [Reuters Legal] * Legislators hate TikTok more than they like actually legislating, which totally tracks. [Bloomberg Law News] * Federal rules may craft special provisions for MDL litigation. Has it really been that much of a problem? Judges have managed to handle it for decades at this point. [Law.com] * Meta settles class action for $725 million, which might be the most the company has lost without Zuck wearing VR goggles. [Courthouse News Service] * Paltrow trial "riddled With 'embarrassing' mistakes by legal teams." Like allowing it to happen in the first place? [Newsweek]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.30.17

* "Gimmie an L!" Antitrust suit brought by Oakland Raiders cheerleaders dismissed. On the bright side, they're all losing their jobs to a bunch of Vegas "dancers" soon anyway. [Litigation Daily] * Cleary prevailed in the discrimination suit brought against it, but the real story here is a reminder that Trump made a dating show and now he has nuclear codes. [Law.com] * Russian bank sues Buzzfeed over "Pissgate," which is really more of a "Pissghazi." [Courthouse News Service] * The biggest 400 law firms in the country. Did we really need to go all the way to 400? [Law360] * Speaking of accolades you didn't think we needed, Wilmer Hale is the D.C. Litigation Department of the Year. [National Law Journal] * Ralph Baxter is toying with a congressional run in West Virginia. So... somebody expects a 2018 Democratic wave. [Am Law Daily] * How to reform the MDL process? Get more judges involved. [Corporate Counsel]

By Joe Patrice
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 05.21.13

* Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Oklahoma. [CNN] * The IRS and the Treasury Department better watch out, because it seems that the “next logical step” for the tea party victims of heightened scrutiny leads right up the courthouse stairs. [ABC News] * #Whatshouldwecallme after advising on the $1.1 billion Yahoo/Tumblr deal? Kind of a big deal. The Biglaw firms doing the underlying legal work are Simpson Thatcher and Gunderson Dettmer. [Am Law Daily] * The Mirena MDL judge thinks female attorneys should be on the all-male executive committee. If this is “strategic gender placement,” the strategy is to look bad publicly. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * The Travers Smith trainee who was fired for getting pregnant is due in court this June to find out what type of compensation she’ll receive for being discriminated against by the firm. You go girl! [Daily Mail] * Wherein the parents of a 0L who’s got doubts about her employment prospects are counseled that she can “work not just in law.” ::facepalm:: [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report] * There’s trouble in paradise: lawyers in the Jodi Arias case unsuccessfully attempted to get a mistrial and withdraw from representation — for the second time — during its punishment phase. [Fox News]

By Staci Zaretsky