Rosemarie Aquilina

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.26.18

* ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT FILED! Against Rod Rosenstein. Alternative headline: In stunning turn, Rep. Jim Jordan demands accountability as long as it's not for years of systematic sexual abuse. [Huffington Post] * That Shook Hardy attorney who argued that a woman got pregnant in a diabolical nine-month scheme to delay trial? Yeah, he's been suspended. [Daily Business Review] * The Fifth Circuit's James Ho isn't so much a judge as a political hack in a robe. That Orin Kerr Tweet from April was just the canary in the mine. [NPR] * Facebook GC Colin Stretch will pursue his lifelong passion of becoming the moderator of the Facebook Alumni Facebook Group. [Corporate Counsel] * Trump's ethics expert will also be leaving the job that he's ostensibly been performing. [The Hill] * Shareholder class actions are on the upswing this year. Gather ye rosebuds while ye don't have Judge Kavanaugh declaring Rule 23 a First Amendment violation. [National Law Journal] * Roy Moore sues PAC over negative campaign ads. Discovery should be fun. [Courthouse News Service] * Larry Nassar wants a new sentencing hearing. See, this is what happens when judges grandstand and rip up letters to advance their political career -- they just give these guys an in to try and futz with the sentence. [ESPN]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.26.18

* "Impartiality requires fair treatment for both sides, not merely for victims—even victims in a case as horrifying as this one." Some are calling into question Judge Rosemarie Aquilina's impartiality during Larry Nassar's sentencing. [PrawfsBlawg] * If you're invited by the Supreme Court to brief and argue a case as an amicus curiae, you better believe that your career in the law is about to take off. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A few of the New England Patriots visited Harvard Law to learn about inequities in the criminal justice system before securing a spot in the Super Bowl. [Harvard Law Today] * Maybe your life won't end if you get bad 1L grades -- maybe it'll be a whole new beginning. [LinkedIn] * Here are some useful tips on how to avoid getting burned if someone asks you for your salary history when you're applying for a job. [Corporette] * Are you a law review nerd, a legal scholar, or professor obsessed with when your latest article will be published? Then you must check out the Law Review RSS Project. [Excess of Democracy] * Can you get a DUI in a self-driving vehicle? In the future, the answer to this question may depend on how autonomous the vehicle is. [Versus Texas]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.26.18

* Did Don McGahn save Robert Mueller's job? The New York Times is reporting President Trump tried to fire the special counsel in June, but the White House Counsel threatened to quit if he did. [New York Times] * You may love that Rosemarie Aquilina, the judge that sentenced sexual predator Larry Nassar to 175 years in prison, was vocal in her support of the the women and girls that chose to make victim impact statements, but not everyone is a fan. [Washington Post] * Two of Suge Knight's former attorneys have been arrested on charges they acted as accessories after the fact, in connection with the murder case against the rap mogul. [Los Angeles Times] * From Biglaw to Major League Soccer. Ena Patel, formerly of Baker McKenzie, moved from the to become the highest-ranking female executive in a technical role in Major League Soccer. [Law.com] * Does Donald Trump lack the legal authority to pull out of NAFTA? Maybe, but will that really stop him? [Huffington Post]

By Kathryn Rubino