Monkey Selfie
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 04.24.18
* The long, drawn out saga of the “Monkey Selfie” case has crossed another milestone with the Ninth Circuit ruling that the monkey can’t sue for copyright violations. Reached for comment, the monkey’s attorney expressed disappointment in the decision and hurled feces. [Courthouse News Service]
* Jones Day loses more partners to the lateral market. We assume they saw the Above the Law Law Firm Rankings and decided they had to get out. [American Lawyer]
* Colorado passes “secret prisons” reform bill… in secret. Hurray irony! [9News]
* Kimberly Yuracko named the new dean of Northwestern Law. [Northwestern University NewsCenter]
* Good news for DLA Piper: the Second Circuit upholds their malpractice victory. [Law360]
* K&L Gates adds firepower in Asia. That should serve them well until Trump hears a scary Pokemon Go story on Fox and cuts off all trade to Japan. [International]
* Checking in on the finale of the Global Legal Hackathon. So if you got a suspicious request for money from your practice management software the other day, it was probably hacked. [Legaltech News]
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Intellectual Property
When A Crested Macaque Is A Necessary Party: Ninth Circuit Denies Joint Motion To Dismiss Monkey-Selfie Case
Why on earth is this case still in the court system? The Ninth Circuit may be preparing to hand down a very important opinion. 
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Copyright, Federal JudgesMonkey See, Monkey Do? Not When It Comes To Copyright Law
Enough of this monkey business!
