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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.13.23

* Some lawyers out there are getting paid for putting together the most financially significant $1.20 deal ever. [Law360] * Barney Frank, whose nameesake regulations could have prevented the recent bank collapses and then lobbied to support Trump administration efforts to relax those same regulations, sits on the board of now-collapsed Signature Bank. D'oh. [Twitter] * But Frank isn't blaming the regulatory rollback he supported. He's blaming crypto. I guess just because it's fake money supported by libertarian fever dreams and Ponzi schemes. Though that does force one to ask: why was his bank seemingly so exposed to it then? [Bloomberg] * Biglaw favors laterals over home-grown associates. So you're telling me they want all of the revenue generation with none of the training write-offs? Weird. [American Lawyer] * Trial by combat lawyer seeking unpaid fees from former political candidate. I think I speak for everyone when I say we can resolve this with a simple joust. [NY Post] * Michael Irvin allegations finally detailed. [Yahoo] * Lawyers drought in rural states creates massive workloads for those who stay. [Gazette]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 12.27.16

* According to CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford, sources have said that President-elect Trump has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees down to five candidates: Bill Pryor (Eleventh Circuit), Thomas Hardiman (Third Circuit), Steve Colloton (Eighth Circuit), Diane Sykes (Seventh Circuit), and Joan Larsen (Michigan Supreme Court). Which judge do you think the PEOTUS will choose? [Face the Nation / CBS News] * President-elect Trump isn't just inheriting a Supreme Court vacancy -- he's inheriting much, much more. Thanks to an "unprecedented level of obstruction" on the part of Republican senators when it came to President Obama's federal judicial nominees, there are more than 100 judicial vacancies, which will give the Trump administration the leeway to reshape the judiciary through lifetime appointments. [Washington Post] * Is the end near for the European and Middle Eastern branch of King & Wood Mallesons? As other Biglaw firms poach partners, the firm has filed a notice to appoint administrators, and according to a spokesperson, this legal move was "designed to protect the firm from its creditors ... as it continues to explore all available options." The firm is not expected to file for pre-pack administration until January. [Am Law Daily] * There is a dire shortage of rural lawyers in flyover country, and it's causing the justice gap to become even wider in some states. For example, Nebraska has 93 counties, and 11 of them are without a single lawyer. This is a problem that's left other lawyers traveling far and wide to see clients and potential clients attempting to handle their legal matters themselves -- which has caused errors in business matters, divorces, and wills. [NPR] * If you've applied to law school, you may be wondering how you can best prepare for a recorded video interview. You may think it's tough to impress an admissions committee through such impersonal means, but if you prepare for this as if it were a live interview, keep your answers short and sweet (think one minute or less), and be yourself, you'll have this one in the bag. You can review some of these practice questions. [U.S. News]

By Staci Zaretsky