Pat Cipollone

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.09.19

* According to an eight-page letter from White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, the White House will not cooperate in the impeachment inquiry because not only does it violate “the Constitution, the rule of law, and every past precedent,” but it also “lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation" and is merely an effort to "nullify the outcome of the democratic process" by negating the 2016 election and influencing the 2020 election. Well then! [Washington Post] * In case you missed it, here’s what made a federal judge say, “Wow.” In an effort to keep redacted portions of the Mueller report from Congress, representatives from the DOJ essentially argued that a decision to release the Watergate grand jury evidence was “wrongly decided.” [Slate] * Despite having been dragged into the DLA Piper sexual assault controversy, Kamala Harris has a lot of Biglaw support, and the newly formed National Lawyers Council for Kamala is hoping to raise at least $100,000 by the end of the month to help her campaign for the presidency. [American Lawyer] * An investigation is currently underway at Yale Law School, where late this past weekend, anti-Semitic graffiti -- a swastika with the word “Trump” next to it -- was found on the steps to a side entrance to the school. [NBC Connecticut] * Sign up here if you'd like to take part in a conversation between best-selling author John Grisham and former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara (S.D.N.Y.). I'll be there to cover the event for Above the Law, and I hope to see you there. [TimesTalks]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.04.19

* Michael Avenatti is suing Stormy for legal fees and remembering those names should serve as a reminder that impeachment as a concept six months ago and as a concept post-Ukraine revelations isn't even in the same ballpark. [Daily Beast] * Antonio Brown may not be an ideal litigant. [TMZ] * A reminder that criminals are routinely too stupid to avoid a (digital) paper trail. [Courthouse News Service] * A look at Pat Cipollone and his campaign to demean his office. [The Atlantic] * Attention vapers: New York courts have got your back. [Law360] * The Sixth Circuit could blow up the opioid suits under the foundational American doctrine of "big companies can't do anything wrong." [Law.com] * In a very Silicon Valley kind of move, IP firm Harrity & Harrity opened an incubator for women and minority owned law firms. [American Lawyer] * The most trusted corporate law firms. [Forbes]

By Joe Patrice