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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.02.18

* On the cusp of college football preseason camps, Ohio State suspends coach Urban Meyer amidst revelations that he knew of and covered up an assistant coach's systematic domestic violence for years. [ESPN] * Trump fighting his lawyers over Mueller meeting. If he's really serious, he should fire all of his lawyers and do the interview unrepresented. That's exactly what you should do, Mr. President. [Huffington Post] * And while people concentrate on Trump's public spat, police have arrested an immigration detention center employee for molesting children separated from their parents because of this administration's policy. QAnon needs to help me figure out how this is all part of Trump's master plan to end child sex abuse. [NY Post] * Good news: law grad hiring is way up. Bad news: the growth is mostly in Biglaw hiring so if you're letting this news convince you to take a chance on going to your local Tier 3 school... don't. [Law.com] * Senator Mike Lee has joined the liberals in asking nominees if they support Brown v. Board. [Law360] * Mueller referred a criminal inquiry into former Skadden counsel and former White House Counsel Greg Craig to the SDNY. Above the Law first reported Craig's mysterious departure from the firm's website. [CNN] * CBS is bringing in both Covington & Burling and Debevoise to investigate sexual harassment allegations against Les Moonves. [WSJ] * In an absolute shocker, Texas is illegally keeping high schoolers off the voter rolls. [Texas Observer] * Meanwhile, in Michigan the state's laughably gerrymandered districts are facing another date with the Sixth Circuit. [Courthouse News Service]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.14.16

* Senator Mike Lee, an influential member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (and a former Supreme Court clerk himself), explains why Republicans won't confirm Judge Merrick Garland to SCOTUS in the lame-duck session. [Washington Post via How Appealing] * Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson, former managing partner of Chadbourne & Parke's defunct Kiev office, wants in on Kerrie Campbell's sex discrimination suit against the firm. [American Lawyer] * In other news about alleged gender bias in Biglaw, it looks like partner Traci Ribeiro's lawsuit against Sedgwick is bound for arbitration. [Law.com] * The latest bad news for Theranos: a hedge fund is suing the company for securities fraud, and it's represented by a pair of high-powered Gibson Dunn partners, former federal prosecutors Reed Brodsky and Winston Chan. [Corporate Counsel] * Kasowitz Benson's recent legal work on behalf of Donald Trump is just the latest example of the firm representing litigious tycoons. [New York Law Journal] * As some firms exit China, others enter the market; Hogan Lovells just announced a strategic alliance with Fujian Fidelity Law Firm in Shanghai. [Big Law Business] * In my ancestral homeland of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte poses a threat to the rule of law, but remains very popular with the people. [New York Times]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.26.16

* As you may have already seen, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released another list of his potential Supreme Court nominees ahead of tonight's debate. The list includes a Republican senator who has refused to endorse Trump (and has already turned down Trump's proposal), three non-white judges, and one female judge. [WSJ Washington Wire] * Speaking of the Supreme Court, the justices may be shorthanded and trying to avoid 4-4 deadlocks on controversial cases, but they'll soon decide whether they'll liven up this term's docket by agreeing to hear a major transgender rights case involving public school bathrooms. It could be one of the biggest case of the high court's 2016-17 term. [Reuters] * "[Twelve] students is not any kind of representation of our program." Indiana Tech Law's dean says the fact that only one of the school's graduates passed the bar isn't a realistic assessment of the quality of their education, and was unwilling to confirm the school's low pass rate since five graduates were appealing their results. [Indiana Lawyer] * The Department of Education will not suspend the American Bar Association from accrediting new law schools, despite a recommendation to do so from the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. We'd like to think that the ABA has learned its lesson, but perhaps that's a bit naive of us. [ABA Journal] * In anticipation of further fallout from its fake accounts scandal, Wells Fargo has hired Shearman & Sterling to advise the bank's board as to the legal ramifications of a possible clawback of pay from Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf, Chief Operating Officer Tim Sloan, and Carrie Tolstedt, the former head of community banking. [Bloomberg]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.27.15

* The amount of money lawyers are willing to spend on advertisements to reel in new clients is now estimated at $890 million. [Forbes] * The holiday season is fast approaching, you guys. So maybe try and be nice. Yes, even especially to lawyers. [Law and More] * Some courts do find they have the authority to mandate specific CLEs for underperforming attorneys. [South Florida Lawyer] * This is how farms get excluded from workplace safety regulations. [Lawyers, Guns & Money] * Check out this event tomorrow night in D.C. on the criminal justice system featuring Judge Alex Kozinski, Senator Mike Lee, noted criminal defense lawyer Stephen Bright, and Dahlia Lithwick. [Eventbrite]

By Kathryn Rubino