Beware The Ides Of March (And LGBT Parental Roadblocks)
If you are LGBT and want kids, it’s time to call your local ART attorney, as well as your tax lawyer.
Morning Docket: 05.04.16
* At long last, the ABA has released the final version of its employment statistics for the law school class of 2015. Ten months after graduation, 59.2 percent of the class was employed in long-term, full-time jobs where bar passage was required, but there's been a sharp decline in the number of those jobs since 2014. We'll have more on this later. [WSJ Law Blog] * Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called probate: Earlier this week, Judge Kevin Eide appointed Bremer Trust National Association as the special administrator of music icon Prince's estate. Prince is said to have died without a will, but all of his presumptive heirs agreed to the appointment. [Big Law Business] * "[I]n all 50 states, gay couples are allowed to adopt kids, as it should be." Since Mississippi failed to timely appeal a ruling striking down its ban on same-sex adoption as unconstitutional, same-sex adoption is now permitted across America. Let's celebrate all of the children who will soon be welcomed into good, loving homes. [BuzzFeed News] * Australian law firm Slater & Gordon, the biggest firm Down Under and the world's first law firm to be publicly traded, narrowly avoided going under after a $700 million loss thanks to a deal with its bankers. Beware, stock market bidders, because the firm still remains a "high-risk investment" due to its "uncertainty." [Sydney Morning Herald] * The University of Tulsa John Rogers Hall College of Law is deciding whether or not it should change its name to remove a founder who had ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Law school administrators have already recommended that Rogers's name be removed, and after some discussion, trustees will vote on the proposal later today. [Associated Press]
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Non-Sequiturs: 11.12.15
* Take a look at this glorious send-up of the hypocrisy behind Mat Staver, Kim Davis's attorney, who now has his panties in a twist because he doesn't think a public servant is doing their job. Oh, the delicious delicious irony. Maybe Alanis can stick it in her next song. [Wonkette] * Well, isn't this f**king stupid. A Utah judge orders a same-sex couple to give up their foster child because the child would be better off with heterosexual parents. This is just infuriating. [Salt Lake Tribune] * Just when you finally had all the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure memorized, they're about to change. [Associate's Mind] * How lawyers can draw the line when asked to support judicial candidates? [Katz on Justice] * Greenberg Traurig's CEO, Richard Rosenbaum, predicts some Biglaw firms will die. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POZoVsGD_Ps&feature=youtu.be