Reggie Walton

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.04.15

* Not the most exciting law clerk story of the last couple days, but a federal clerk texting defense lawyers "as of 3:34 today you owe me a beer (or wine!)" right after they won a big motion from her judge was... unwise. [Blog of the Legal Times] * The defense rests early in the Dewey trial, calling no witnesses in a move designed to express confidence. Hey, it's not like these guys have wildly misjudged anything before. [Law360] * Biglaw is splurging on cushy amenities for their offices. Is it helping net clients? [Wall Street Journal] * But maybe the amenity Biglaw really needs is a place to sleep -- Biglaw associates need to take more naps, you guys. If you want to know where to shop, there's four places. There's the Hammock Hut, that's on Third... [Bloomberg View] * Right-wing SCOTUS clerks landing plum jobs on Capitol Hill with help from Federalist Society connections. [National Law Journal] * With Kim Davis jailed, her deputies waste no time assuring the public that they will be issuing same-sex marriage licenses. [Associated Press via MSN] * Speaking of Kim Davis, if you were expecting her to receive a flood of donations from like-minded culture warriors through a GoFundMe account, think again. The website has had it up to here with bad publicity and has officially banned campaigns to fund people facing formal charges. [Addicting Info] * The defense rests early in the Dewey trial, calling no witnesses to express confidence. Hey, it's not like these guys have wildly misjudged anything before. [Law360] * Biglaw is splurging on cushy amenities for their offices. Is it helping net clients? [Wall Street Journal] * But maybe the amenity they really need is a place to sleep -- Biglaw associates need to take more naps, you guys. If you want to know where to shop, there's four places. There's the Hammock Hut, that's on Third... [Bloomberg View] * Right-wing SCOTUS clerks landing plum jobs on Capitol Hill with help from Federalist Society connections. [National Law Journal] * With Kim Davis jailed, her deputies waste no time assuring the public that they will be issuing same-sex marriage licenses. [Associated Press via MSN] * Speaking of Kim Davis, if you were expecting her to receive a flood of donations from like-minded culture warriors through a GoFundMe account, think again. The website has had it up to here with bad publicity and has officially banned campaigns to fund people facing formal charges. [Addicting Info]

By Joe Patrice
ACLU

Morning Docket: 07.11.14

* Judge Emmet Sullivan (D.D.C.) wants the IRS to explain, in a sworn declaration, how exactly it lost Lois Lerner’s emails. [WSJ Law Blog] * And the fun for the IRS continues today in the courtroom of Judge Reggie Walton (D.D.C.), as reported by Sidney Powell, author of Licensed To Lie (affiliate link). [New York Observer] * Speaker John Boehner wants to take the Republicans’ crusade against Obamacare to the courts. [New York Times] * Andrew Calder, the young M&A partner that Kirkland & Ellis snagged from Simpson Thacher for a reported $5 million a year, is already bringing in big deals. [American Lawyer] How the cupcake crumbles: the once-successful venture of an NYLS grad and her husband needs a rescue. * “Duke University is not and never has been in the business of producing, marketing, distributing, or selling alcohol.” Some bros down in Durham disagree. [ABA Journal] * If you see something… sue someone? The ACLU and Asian American civil rights groups, together with some help from Bingham McCutchen, have filed a legal challenge to the Suspicious Activity Reporting database. [New York Times] * Congrats to David Hashmall, the incoming chair of Goodwin Procter — and congrats to outgoing chair Regina Pisa, the first woman ever to lead an Am Law 100 firm, on her long and successful leadership. [American Lawyer] * A group of investors might end up devouring Crumbs, the cupcake-store chain founded by New York Law School grad Mia Bauer that suddenly shut down this week amid talk of a bankruptcy filing. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]

By David Lat