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By Barbri
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.06.19

* “I like sex. Sex is fun and I can get paid for it. You can make a job out of this? That’s fantastic.” Sears said. “Why would I not do this?” Of course we've heard about the lawyer who's also working as a prostitute. We'll have more on this incredibly interesting story later today. [KCCI Des Moines] * Will 2019 be a year without a blockbuster Biglaw merger? With the A&O/O’Melveny combo off the table, it could be. “There were so many mergers the last couple of years that we are seeing a slowdown.” [American Lawyer] * Lawyers for Paul Manafort are trying to get a mortgage fraud case against him in New York dismissed, citing double jeopardy law. He doesn’t want to have to do more jail time, even if Trump pardons him. [Reuters] * Lawyer staffing company Axiom will no longer be pursuing an IPO thanks to an infusion of cash from private equity firm Permira Funds. It would have been one of the first publicly traded legal businesses in the country. [Big Law Business] * Remember the Jussie Smollett controversy where the actor claimed he was involved in a racist and homophobic attack? His lawyers say he shouldn’t have to pay Chicago six figures for the investigation into the hoax because how was he supposed to know so much time would be spent on it. [ABC 7 Chicago]

By Staci Zaretsky