Nude Dancing

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.02.16

* Carmen Electra filed a federal suit against a strip joint, alleging that the gentleman's club defamed her by using a scantily clad picture of her without her prior consent, thereby insinuating that she removes her clothing for money there or otherwise endorses its sexy services. [New York Daily News] * Happy anniversary to our favorite SCOTUS monk: If Justice Thomas sticks to his usual routine when the Supreme Court returns from its winter break, he'll have officially gone a decade without asking a question from the bench. [New York Times] * Aloha! Just one week after receiving a $25 million donation and changing the name of the school, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law is losing its dean to Hawaii Pacific University, where he'll serve as president. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * DLA Piper recently acquired Peltonen LMR, a Helsinki firm, bringing its grand total of Nordic offices to three. Unlike in the past, we hope that this time DLA Piper knows what country its new office is located in. Pssst... it's Finland. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg] * If you've been waitlisted by the law school of your choice, we hope that you're a particularly patient person, because you may be waiting to find out your academic fate until April, or worse yet, July. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 03.18.15

* An Arkansas judge was mauled by his father's pet zebra. We hope the judge recovers, but what we'd really, really like to know is how the hell one comes to own a pet zebra in Arkansas. [KARK] * Pregnant women on poles may officially be sexy under color of law. [EPLI Risk] * If your law firm is trying to make you complete a marketing project in order to get your year-end bonuses -- like Quinn Emanuel -- here are some ideas for you to try. [Hellerman Baretz Communications] * According to Robert Durst's lawyer, Chip Lewis, people mutter triple murder admissions under their breath on hot mics all the time, and it's usually not that big of deal. [Gawker] * You're invited to an event hosted by Judge Kozinski at the Ninth Circuit courthouse, featuring discussion of Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [Supreme Ambitions]

By Staci Zaretsky
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 11.17.14

* When Loretta Lynch still worked at Hogan & Hartson (now known as Hogan Lovells thanks to a merger), her colleagues described her as a warm person without “a political bone in her body.” That said, best of luck to her in D.C. [National Law Journal] * The D.C. Circuit upheld the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive opt-out plan for religious employers, but since “[t]he court is wrong,” we can count on a at least a few organizations that’ll refuse to comply. Gee, thanks a lot, Obama. [WSJ Law Blog] * Some call the latest Biglaw tie-up “law-firm Darwinism,” but hey, “[i]t’s not like [Bingham's] a wounded gazelle and we are pouncing on them,” says a too coy Morgan Lewis lawyer. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * Fashion law may be a $985 billion global industry, but only five law school courses on the topic exist in the U.S. Why? “There’s no defensible reason except that fashion is perceived as a frivolous subject.” [AFP] * This woman plans to appeal a $1 billion divorce settlement award because it’s not “fair and equitable.” In her defense, she did get a very small percentage of her ex-husband’s multibillion-dollar wealth. [People] * Wage and hour laws have never been so sexy: Thanks to this court ruling, Rick’s Cabaret is going to have to make it rain on thousands of strippers to the tune of more than $10 million. [New York Times]

By Staci Zaretsky