Michael Steinberg

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.27.15

Ed. note: We hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. As we mentioned before Thanksgiving, we'll be on a reduced publication schedule today. * Randall Kennedy, one of the African-American Harvard Law School professors whose portraits got marked with black tape, shares HLS alum Elie Mystal's reaction to the incident: he is unimpressed. [New York Times] * In other Harvard Law news, an HLS librarian got arrested after police claim he tried to arrange a sexual meet-up with a deputy posing as an underage girl in Colorado (site of a librarians' conference). [Boston Globe] * Former Supreme Court clerk Brianne Gorod argues that SCOTUS can and should decide Texas's challenge to President Obama's executive action on immigration this Term (i.e., before the 2016 election). [Constitutional Accountability Center via How Appealing] * Ohio State law student Madison Gesiotto is not happy with how administrators responded when one of her conservative columns prompted a threat from a fellow student. [Washington Times] * The SEC just dropped its civil insider trading case against former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager Michael Steinberg. [WSJ Law Blog] * Let's rank the top 10 women Supreme Court justices! Oh wait, there are only four.... [National Law Journal] * Linda Greenhouse offers her reflections on "Sex After 50" (at SCOTUS). [New York Times via How Appealing] * The father of Paul Walker is suing Porsche for negligence and wrongful death over the 2013 car crash that killed Walker, of "Fast and Furious" fame. [AP via WSJ Law Blog]

By David Lat
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 12.20.13

* Kansas Law School has been fined and censured by the ABA for recruiting violations surrounding Andrew Wiggins. Wait, no, I got that wrong. KU Law started an LL.M. program without asking, which I’m sure they did only because Wiggins is from Canada. [Topeka Capital-Journal] * The proposed merger between Patton Boggs and Locke Lord has been called off. Fingers crossed that Bendini Lambert is the next target for Locke Lord. [Am Law Daily] * Mayor Bloomberg swears at his last set of judges. I mean swears “in.” Man, who gets up this early? [NYC.gov] * President Obama commutes the sentences of eight inmates convicted of crack-cocaine offenses. [New York Times] * New Mexico is Breaking Gay. [Bloomberg] * Did EA know Battlefield 4 would kind of suck before they released it? [Techspot] * So evidently R. Kelly isn’t “trapped” in the closet, so much as he’s hiding there waiting for your daughter to come home. [The Root] * Here’s your homework for today: everybody has to go find a dispirited Duck Dynasty fan and patiently explain to him or her the difference between a government infringement on free speech and a network momentarily suspending a bigot. You’re not allowed to punch the fans, you can only use words, and if necessary, hand gestures. [Huffington Post] * An inside look at the jury deliberations in the recent insider trading trial of Michael Steinberg of SAC Capital. [New York Times]

By Elie Mystal