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Morning Docket: 07.23.15

* Earlier this week, President Barack Obama said that he'd issue an executive order to keep Jon Stewart on as the host of The Daily Show, despite his imminent retirement. POTUS joked that "[i]t's being challenged in the courts." [Newsweek] * Check out this hot mess from New Jersey: An employee in the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office was allegedly demoted from office administrator to legal secretary after making comments about a prosecutor's adult purchases made during a visit to a sex toy shop. [Press of Atlantic City] * Dentons just snagged a heavy hitter in its Chicago office, where Roderick “Rick” Palmore, formerly general counsel to corporate giant General Mills, will serve as senior counsel. This hire will surely give the firm some "additional street cred.” [Crain's Chicago Business] * Uh oh! According to the latest Managing Partner Confidence Index report from Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group, Biglaw higher-ups are only "moderately" confident about their financial prospects for the second quarter. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * If you've been searching for ways to improve your already strong law school application, then boy, do we have some tips for you. You can start by being even more gunnery -- take the LSAT again, and get your GPA even higher. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky