Selendy & Gay

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.01.18

* Supreme Court looks to further cripple class actions by killing off cases that chasten corporate misconduct but can't feasibly reimburse every individual victim. So, if you're planning to injure a bunch of people, make sure to do it in a small and difficult to track manner! [National Law Journal] * Brexit comes to Biglaw as Kirkland moves its European hub to Paris. [International] * Biglaw associate suing USA Gymnastics for all the reasons USA Gymnastics is getting sued these days. [American Lawyer] * Tribes are suing North Dakota over its naked effort to disenfranchise Native Americans. [National Law Journal] * Shocking absolutely no one, the EEOC finds that the #MeToo movement has not resulted in a surge in false allegations. [Law.com] * This lawsuit against Spirit Airlines uses a lot of fast food analogies but misses the most apt: flying Spirit Airlines is like willfully going to the dirtiest Sbarro you can find and being shocked. [Law360] * The legal battle over Selendy & Gay's billings following the departure from Quinn Emanuel pits contractual obligations against legal ethics. [New York Law Journal]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 05.31.18

* Avenatti is no longer trying to get in on the Michael Cohen case... because he says they're already going to get all the documents they need. [CNBC] * Weil Gotshal shortening its partnership track in bid to keep young talent around. [New York Law Journal] * Former K&L Gates business development manager charged with threatening a professor who had written that Trump voters were violent racists. A point underscored when... violent racists started making threats against him. [American Lawyer] * Ethics experts weigh in on Quinn Emanuel's forfeiture-for-competition clause. They... don't like it. [Law360] * We've talked about White & Case's decorating chops before. Now they've got themselves a new Silicon Valley look. [The Recorder] * California passes a strict net neutrality bill. I guess they weren't compelled by Ajit Pai's stupid video. [Courthouse News Service] * National Law Journal names the DC litigation departments of the year. Do we have a name for this? Like "The Deecees" or something? [National Law Journal] * Legendary internet commenter "Loyola 2L" has dropped his mask. [American Lawyer]

By Joe Patrice
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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.15.18

* A white substance sent to Stanford Law School turned out to be harmless, but the school remains concerned based an accompanying threat. [Stanford University News] * This prolonged malaise in the legal sector? Yeah, that's not normal. [Law.com] * Fifth Circuit agrees that the bail system employed in the Houston area is unconstitutional. But, you know, didn't go so far as to actually release anybody. [Courthouse News Service] * Selendy & Gay opens for business today after striking out on their own from Quinn Emanuel. [American Lawyer] * Playboy's suit against Boing Boing -- which sounds funnier than it is -- was dismissed for failing to state a copyright claim. Playboy had sued Boing Boing for reporting on a website that contained copyrighted material in a certainly felt like a wild overreach. [EFF] * Partner's son admits to embezzling $827K from firm. Whenever one of these office manager embezzling stories comes up I'm always left wondering how people manage to miss the first $826,999.

By Joe Patrice