3 Takeaways From A WDTX Trial Drone Strike
Netlist and Textron still face challenges.
Dirt Dropped On Google, Facebook, And Amazon’s Anticompetitive Practices. Have A Little Faith In Your Customers, Maybe?
These companies better cover their asses from A to Z.
How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
Morning Docket: 05.25.18
* Harvey Weinstein has turned himself in to the NYPD. [Vox] * Happy GDPR Day! [Wall Street Journal] * Emmet Flood attended the DOJ's briefing for congressional leaders because defense attorneys are always allowed to attend internal conversations about law enforcement tactics in ongoing investigations. [Talking Points Memo] * Elon Musk may want to put away the Twitter machine for a bit now that he's stepped into possible labor law violations. [Engadget] * The Samsung-Apple war continues with a jury awarding Apple $539 million for IP infringement. [Law360] * Professor Steven Calabresi is arguing that Robert Mueller's whole job is unconstitutional. We've really come a long way from conservatives hailing the appointment of a no-nonsense lifelong Republican, haven't we? [The Hill] * Also, Calabresi is completely wrong. [Legal Skills Prof Blog]
Beyond Biglaw: What Apple v. Samsung Teaches Small-Firm (IP) Lawyers
Boutique firm columnist Gaston Kroub dissects the recent SCOTUS ruling in this landmark litigation.
Supreme Court Unanimously Bails Out Samsung
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that this is a clear case. She literally pulled out the dictionary.
Morning Docket: 10.19.16
* The LSAT may be "destroy[ing] socioeconomic diversity" in law schools. Will a low score on the Logic Games section of the LSAT keep you from becoming employed as a lawyer? Probably not, but it may keep you from attending a top law school, unless you can afford an expensive LSAT tutor, and many prospective law students are priced out from the get-go. [The Atlantic] * Darby Dickerson, dean of Texas Tech Law, is resigning to assume the deanship at John Marshall Law-Chicago, a school whose enrollment has faltered over the past several years. She was asked during a job interview why she would leave a ranked law school for an unranked one, and her response may surprise you. [Crain's Chicago Business] * The first oral argument of the new SCOTUS term marked one of the first times that complete gender equality was reached at the high court. Five men -- all justices -- and five women -- three of them justices and two of them representing their clients -- were all present for Bravo-Fernandez, which is a relative rarity. [Washington Post] * "I feel that as a result of the experiences I had, I had a lot to offer." With the assistance of Dewey & LeBoeuf's former GC, Hinshaw & Culbertson is launching a crisis management and consulting practice. The firm is now in competition with businesses like Zeughauser Group, Altman Weil, and Hildebrandt Consulting. [Big Law Business] * A class-action suit has been filed over Samsung's recall of its fiery smartphone, alleging breach of warranty, breach of good faith, and common law fraud. You can expect the size of the proposed nationwide class of plaintiffs in this suit (or at least those in California, Pennsylvania, and Nevada) to explode faster than the Galaxy Note 7. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Non-Sequiturs: 10.14.16
* A useful new resource for journalists, media lawyers, and anyone else interested in libel law -- from Charles Glasser, another lawyer who successfully called Donald Trump's bluff (as the New York Times just did). [LexisNexis] * Relatedly, Marc Randazza discusses the phenomenon of the libel-proof plaintiff. [Popehat] * The Florida Supreme Court just declared the death penalty unconstitutional. So that's a thing. [NPR] * The duty to warn in the Marvel Universe -- does Luke Cage need to tell his attackers that they're about to break their hands punching him? [The Legal Geeks] * Interesting... law schools have really cut back on the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference. Almost 60 fewer schools in attendance. [PrawfsBlawg] * Using algorithms for sentencing? Just in case you wanted to introduce flash crashes to criminal justice. [Medium] * Meticulous deep dive into the Apple v. Samsung oral argument. If Samsung paid this much attention to detail they probably may not have exploding phones. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Mike Papantonio's got a new show coming to RT next month: America's Lawyer. [RT]
Morning Docket: 10.12.16
* From a SCOTUS mention to what seems like a final exam hypo: Kim Kardashian filed a defamation suit against celeb gossip site Media Takeout for reporting she'd faked her robbery and filed a fraudulent insurance claim. In her complaint, she alleges that the site victimized her again by "referring to her as a liar and thief." [Reuters] * A legal recruiter claims that she received a series of death threats after she made political donations to Hillary Clinton's campaign for president. Because she "fear[ed] for her life and safety," the disturbing calls were reported to the police, and the matter is still under investigation. We may have more on this later. [Big Law Business] * "It seems to me that the design is applied to the exterior case of the phone. [T]here shouldn’t be profits awarded based on the entire price of the phone." Thanks to SCOTUS, will Samsung get another bite at the apple when it comes to not giving up all of its profits as damages in its design patent dispute with Apple? [DealBook / New York Times] * The results of the July 2016 administration of the bar exam are out, and with a 91.96 percent pass rate for first-time takers, Duquesne Law boasted the second-best passage rate for first-timers out of all 10 Pennsylvania-area law schools, with only Penn Law coming out ahead. But which school did the worst? [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] * "Katie is the woman in the middle doing everything. It's all because of Katie, man." Katherine Magbanua, the woman who is alleged to have facilitated the successful murder-for-hire plot against Florida State law professor Dan Markel, has been denied bond. She will remain in prison behind bars until her trial. [Tallahassee Democrat]
Morning Docket: 10.11.16
* As we previously mentioned, London-based firms CMS and Olswang and international firm Nabarro were considering entering into a merger. Partners at all three firms have officially voted in favor of the merger, which will close in May 2017. The new firm will operate under the CMS name. We'll have more on this later. [Legal Week] * "The infringement has been affirmed, now it's whether this huge judgment should be affirmed." In the Supreme Court's first design patent case in more than 120 years, Samsung will face off against Apple today, where the smartphone companies will duke it out over how much Samsung should have had to pay for copying the iPhone. [Reuters] * "Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg no longer needs to worry about whether she seems threatening to the Court. She is the Court." A new linguistics research study tells us what we can learn from Justice Ginsburg's accent as a lawyer versus her accent as a Supreme Court justice, and how all lawyers make accommodations in their speech. [TIME] * By edict of a federal court -- and over Governor Rick Scott's objections -- Florida's voter registration deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. Wednesday thanks to Hurricane Matthew's interference with last-minute sign-ups. Florida's Democratic Party alleged many voters would be "severely burdened" by the hurricane's effects. [CNN] * Sorry, social justice warriors: Harvard Law 1Ls wanted to feed the university's striking dining services workers at their sections' social committee events, but Dean Marcia Sells shut down their plans, saying it "does not seem to make sense for us to encourage ... students to bring in food to feed workers who are on strike." [The Concourse / Deadspin]
At Least My New Wireless Headphones Won’t Blow Up On A Plane
As long as my iPhone doesn't blow up in my hand or cause an in-air emergency, I guess I'm down with Apple for another round.
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Morning Docket: 03.22.16
* WHATCHA GONNA DO, BROTHER, WHEN THIS JURY'S PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARD RUNS WILD ON YOU?!? Gawker was hit with an additional $25M in punitive damages yesterday in Hulk Hogan's sex-tape lawsuit, on top of the $115M award the jury had already slapped the media company with last week. That loud typing sound you hear is the appeals being furiously written. [Reuters]
* They were gonna grant you leave to file, but then they got high? The Supreme Court has puff, puff, passed on the opportunity to hear a challenge posed by Nebraska and Oklahoma to Colorado's legalization of marijuana. Justices Thomas and Alito dissented, contending that the case fell within the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction. [NPR]
* This took longer than the iOS 9 download: Hot on the heels of the announcement of new Apple products, we got the news that the tech giant and its rival, Samsung, will face off next term before SCOTUS in a patent case that's been going on since the iPhone 4 was still considered the latest and greatest in smartphone technology. [WSJ Law Blog]
* "Once you start seeing leading law firms offering this, it's going to become more prevalent and pretty rapidly, because it's going to be required to compete." Lawyers with law school debt will probably jump at the chance for their firms to pitch in to repay their loans, but don't forget, all of that assistance will be taxable as income. [U.S. News]
* "My job is to enforce the law, and starting today, DraftKings and FanDuel will abide by it." In a settlement reached with New York AG Eric Schneiderman, the sports betting daily fantasy sites will cease operations in the state, and in exchange, the AG will hold off on additional litigation that could force them to pay restitution to their losers. [ESPN]
Morning Docket: 12.28.15
* The lawsuit the Bernie Sanders campaign filed against the Democratic National Committee is far from over. Will a "full investigation from top to bottom" reveal that the DNC was trying to burn the Bern in the polls? [Yahoo!] * It seems like the whole two-year law school gambit isn't working out as planned, but maybe that's because it hasn't been properly executed yet. Sorry, Northwestern, but we're really not sorry for saying that. [DealBook / New York Times] * DraftKings and FanDuel threw the challenge flag after Illinois AG Lisa Madigan declared that daily fantasy sports betting was illegal in her state. Gibson Dunn and Boies Schiller hope review of the play won't result in another "Fail Mary." [Chicago Tribune] * "I thought I was the only person who felt that way." Feeling left out at law school? USC Law is trying to make legal education a little less intimidating for students who are the first in their family to attend institutions of higher education. [Los Angeles Times] * iDamages: If you thought Apple liked gouging its customers, then you should see what it does to its adversaries. Samsung just paid the company more than $548 million in patent infringement damages, but Apple wants about $180 million more. [Reuters]
All In The Family, But No Security Exceptions
Fixing an Android security problem is no easy task, according to technology columnist Sean Doherty.
Beyond Biglaw: Defining A Litigation Victory
The latest Federal Circuit ruling in the long running Apple v. Samsung patent saga presents an opportunity to discuss what it means to win in litigation.
Morning Docket: 06.25.14
* With OT 2013 drawing to a close, here’s a nifty chart that shows which Supreme Court justices vote together most and least often. The division is real, people. [The Upshot / New York Times] * “Not only do they have unique interpretations of the Constitution but they can’t even agree on how to pronounce words.” Listen to our SCOTUS justices flub the word “certiorari.” [Legal Times] * Quinn Emanuel and Samsung must now pay more than $2M in sanctions to Nokia and Apple after leaking confidential, “attorneys’ eyes only” information in a discovery blunder. Oopsie! [Legal Week] * “Why can’t you get a real job?” This judge — the same one who sentenced a rapist to just 30 days in prison — told a fast-food worker to get a better job to pay off his restitution more quickly. [Billings Gazette] * If you think you’ve seen the best of the “Law and ______” classes, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Say hello to some newcomers, like Video Game Law and Law of Robots. Justice Scalia is pissed. [WSJ Law Blog]