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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.01.19

* An argument for ditching the billable hour for the sake of mental health. [Law.com] * Eighth Circuit okays suppressing Native American votes in North Dakota. [Courthouse News Service] * Masturbating on the D.C. Metro is legal? That actually doesn't shock me. [Washington Examiner] * Charlotte is probably America's hottest legal market right now, which is a sentence no one expected ten years ago. [American Lawyer] * Facebook beat back case claiming that the platform aided in Hamas attacks. Expect a lot of nonsensical blathering about Section 230 in Congress today. [Law360] * California passes major legislation to protect sex workers. The bill's sponsor is named Wiener which shouldn't make me laugh as much as it is. [Rolling Stone] * A no deal Brexit is a disaster for young lawyers. [Legal Cheek]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.26.19

* Michael Cohen's three days in the sun begin. [CNBC] * Lawyers trying to hold back release in Kraft massage parlor matter. [WPTV] * Firm GCs are volunteering to mentor Biglaw on diversity. If they'd just live up to their commitment to take business away from firms that either don't make or make only a token attempt at diversity, they wouldn't need to hold these cute mentorship meetings. [American Lawyer] * Elon Musk is either completely ignorant of his legal obligations or doesn't care that he violates them. Either way, it's an invitation to massively step up sanctions. [Law360] * Trump campaign staffer claims he forcibly kissed her without her consent, which shocks no one who's ever listened to him talk. [National Law Journal] * The burgeoning niche practice of hash brown law. [Washington Post] * Profiling the intellectual property lawyer fighting for the CBD industry. [Forbes]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.23.18

* Lawyer for Hughes Hubbard partner wants the other side to whip it out. [Law360] * What if Martindale and Avvo came together into one website that no one looks at? [American Lawyer] * Court says Michael Avenatti stiffed a contractor on the same day he's kicked out of his office for being a deadbeat, further solidifying his position as the "liberal version of Trump." [LA Times] * Speaking of Trump, insurers can now kill your coverage over the pre-existing condition of "acne." [NY Times] * Justice Department advising agencies to lie about FOIA requests. Cool. [Courthouse News Service] * In case you were wondering, the Mueller probe is not a witch hunt. [CNN] * The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is now the number one IPO market in the world. Great job for the #MakeAmericaSecondRateAgain crowd! [International] * Lawyer forcefully argues for Harvard admissions to reflect socioeconomic diversity. If this wasn't a lawsuit bankrolled by white grievance they might be onto something. [Politico]

By Joe Patrice
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By Barbri
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 08.19.18

* Charles Glasser proposes replacing "Trump Derangement Syndrome" with "Trump Obsession Syndrome" -- which might be more accurate, but isn't nearly as fun. [Daily Caller] * Speaking of anti-Trump sentiment, here's an interesting new ranking -- from Adam Bonica, Adam Chilton, Kyle Rozema, and Maya Sen -- showing just how liberal certain law schools are. [TaxProf Blog] * Trying to date in law school? You're looking for love in all the wrong places, according to 3L Korey Johnson. [Black Girl Does Grad School] * Speaking of law school, here's Kat Griffin's roundup of the best blogs for women law students (with a shoutout to ATL; thanks, Kat!). [Corporette] * An "Abolish ICE" t-shirt might not be very fashionable -- but it is constitutionally protected speech, as Eugene Volokh explains. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason] * Joel Cohen wonders: should more states ban secret recording of conversations -- and could the odious Omarosa be the catalyst for such change? [The Hill] * Neha Sampat discusses the problem of "imposter syndrome" -- and what we can all do to address it. [Attorney At Work] * "Sex pigs halt traffic after laser attack on Pokémon teens." Yeah, you know you wanna click.... [Instapundit] * Where does your law firm fall along the AI adoption spectrum? Jean O'Grady lays out the stages. [Dewey B Strategic]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.12.18

* Brett Kavanaugh built up around $200K in debt buying Washington Nationals tickets. This may be the Federalist Society's biggest vetting failure ever because all real conservative jurists would say they went $200K in debt buying Montreal Expos tickets. [Deadspin] * Ohio pulls obscure law out of a hat to harass Stormy Daniels for daring to point out that Donald Trump is a scumbag. [NY Times] * "Jesus never broke immigration law" says Evangelical Trumper whose religion is entirely based on a guy admitting he was an outlaw and getting the death penalty for it. [Vox] * Just when you were getting used to WestlawNext, WestlawEdge is here to radically change the game. [LegaltechNews] * Texas professors who don't want to die will take their case to the Fifth Circuit. [CBS News] * Lawyer says Shady orchestrated the assault on his ex. [Denver Post] * Trump pardoned the thugs who put the lives of firefighters in danger and then inspired an armed standoff with federal officers and then Mike Pence's buddy gave them a private jet home. [Oregon Live]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.10.18

* Now that the FBI is all up in his business, Squire Patton Boggs has cut ties with Michael Cohen. They had been working together in an amorphous strategic alliance that was almost certainly some kind of murky lobbying-related arrangement. [American Lawyer] * Today is Equal Pay Day and in-house counsel hold the key to remedying pay inequality. [Corporate Counsel] * This lawyer's got 99 problems and all of them are a year in prison for trading sex for legal work. [Texas Lawyer] * Trump advised that he can't contribute to legal defense fund. This story assumes the phony billionaire has enough non-debt-financed disposable income to help his cronies, which is a very open question. [Bloomberg] * In shocker, the Texas Supreme Court doesn't understand homosexuality. [Slate] * Wilmer and Foley Hoag seek documents to prove the Family Research Council and the Heritage Foundation drove the administration's decision to ban transgender troops -- since we know the general serving as Secretary of Defense wasn't pushing it. [National Law Journal] * Gawker's liability releases hit snag. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.30.18

* Attorney General Jeff Sessions won't be appointing a second special counsel to examine political bias in the handling of investigations by the FBI and DOJ just yet, but not to worry, because the Inspector General and the U.S. Attorney for Utah are on the case. [Politico] * Lawyer.com spokesperson Lindsay Lohan lost her invasion of privacy case against the maker of "Grand Theft Auto V" at the New York Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision penned by Judge Eugene Fahey, who said the video game character LiLo alleged was based on her was "not reasonably identifiable as plaintiff."  [Reuters] * As it turns out, Savannah Law School won't be immediately ceasing operations in early June. Now, the law school plans to move to another location within the city, and will close over the next five years without admitting any new students. [Savannah Morning News] * Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast "Serial," had his murder conviction vacated by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. His case has been remanded for a new trial on all charges. [New York Times] * "Mark, it hurts! You’re hurting me… Don't be so rough." In case you missed it, a juror fainted during trial after watching a video of graphic sex between a Texas attorney who traded sex for legal services and one of his clients. Yeehaw... [FOX News]

By Staci Zaretsky