Randy Mastro

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.04.20

* Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, suggested he voted for Joe Biden. No surprise there. [Hill] * Police have released video of vandals tagging the home of a prominent New York City attorney. [New York Post] * Major companies are urging law firms to enlist more diverse legal teams to handle client work. [Wall Street Journal] * A Michigan attorney has been arrested for obtaining signatures for a petition opposing the emergency powers exercised by Michigan's governor. [Michigan Live] * A South Florida attorney has been disciplined for posing as her adversary's client online and writing a fake negative review. This lawyer may have too much free time... [Miami Herald]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.22.20

* A South Florida lawyer who used to work at Greenberg Traurig has been arrested for allegedly committing several bank robberies. This would make an amazing plot for a sequel to Point Break. [Miami Herald] * A Sacramento judge refused to force the California GOP to release information about its controversial ballot dropbox program. [Los Angeles Times] * A court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by one of Michael Jackson's accusers, holding that the late singer's companies did not owe the plaintiff a duty of care. [Yahoo News] * The home of a lawyer representing a group seeking to remove homeless people from New York City hotel rooms has been vandalized. [New York Post] * A defamation case against President Trump has been sidelined because a lawyer set to argue a matter traveled from out of state and was denied entrance to the courthouse. [USA Today] * A New Jersey lawyer facing ethics complaints blamed his wife for his failure to appear at an important asylum hearing. This attorney is playing with fire... [New Jersey Law Journal]

By Jordan Rothman
Accounting / Accountants

Non-Sequiturs: 02.06.14

* A guy who tried to get on the bench more than once was just busted in a prostitution sting. Oops. He also spells his name weird. [The Press Democrat] * Tomorrow, Gibson Dunn partner Miguel Estrada will argue before the Second Circuit that private parties can’t get injunctions under RICO. For those keeping score, Gibson Dunn partner Randy Mastro hangs his whole case in Chevron v. Donziger on a request for an injunction under RICO. Time to play the Distinguish Polka. [Courthouse News] * Wait until the RIAA realizes there are royalties to be made at CIA black sites in Uzbekistan. Because the only thing more torturous than being forced to listen to this music is the tenacity of the RIAA. [Slate] * More on the legislative fight over accrual accounting versus cash-basis accounting for Biglaw firms. To the barricades! Swear your allegiance to Generalissimo MacEwen! [Adam Smith, Esq.] * Is there a right to online anonymity? All the people out there trying to hire contract killers over the Internet certainly think so. [InsidePrivacy] * Jay Edelson and Chandler Givens of Edelson PC examine the flawed law firm recruitment model. [Legal Solutions Blog / Thomson Reuters] * Slip and falls at the IRS office. [Lowering the Bar]

By Joe Patrice
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 01.17.14

* Parties in Utah’s gay marriage case are boosting their legal backbones. Utah picked up Gene Schaerr, of Winston & Strawn, who is leaving the firm to serve as lead outside counsel. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called upon Randy Mastro of Gibson Dunn to assist with Bridgegate’s fallout. Because messing with people’s commutes into New York City is that big of a deal. [Am Law Daily] * Come next year, Yale Law School will be joining the majority of law schools located on this planet by holding its fall finals before winter break. They’ll still be studying anyway… just for fun! [Yale Daily News] * “Being in Portland … is hard to facilitate when you are based in Eugene.” Oregon Law, sadly unable to master the fine art of teleportation, will allow students to take their 3L classes in Portland as soon as in 2015. [National Law Journal] * Courtney Love was in court this week testifying in the first “Twibel” (Twitter + libel) trial in the nation. Oh, that’s so interesting, but what America really wants to know is what she was wearing. [Businessweek]

By Staci Zaretsky