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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.22.17

* Law firms have a great quarter! Assuming you let gangbuster Am Law 50 revenue drag up the rest of the industry. [Am Law Daily] * A Minnesota firm has fired an attorney who ran a Neo-Nazi record label. There's some hand-wringing over free speech in the workplace, but the real question is: How did a lawyer even have time to run a whole business on the side? [Huffington Post] * What company boasts the highest paid GC? [Corporate Counsel] * California tries to make it illegal to bone your clients. Don't worry, you can still screw them with your billable rate. [The Recorder] * Bill Cosby hires new lawyers. [Law.com] * Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz offering $350K for SCOTUS clerks. This isn't getting out of hand at all. [National Law Journal] * Law firms enlist schools to help figure out just how bad they are at diversity. [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.29.17

* Phone sex operators are suing over labor law violations. Because, fittingly, you're not supposed to be able to f**k phone sex operators. [Law.com] * The National Law Journal continues to milk its ability to count because that's value add journalism! Today they count lawyers by city. [National Law Journal] * A list of high profile pro bono matters that Biglaw firms have taken on. Does your firm make the list? [American Lawyer] * Newly revealed FIFA report finds "appearance of improprieties." Yes, awarding an athletic tournament to a country with 120 degree weather and a slave labor bid does appear improper. Glad we got to the bottom of that. [Corporate Counsel] * Lawyers explain their travel hacks. [ABA Journal] * Divorce lawyer is also a matador. This isn't some kind of metaphor -- he fights bulls. [Chicago Tribune] * Nikki Haley becomes the latest official to run into Hatch Act trouble. [NPR] * Justice Breyer is the most talkative justice on the Supreme Court. I wonder who's the least talkative... [Law360]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.10.17

* Arizona Summit Law School announces its plan to affiliate with an established university... Bethune-Cookman?!? Because when you think of a for-profit law school in Phoenix, you obviously think of an HCBU in Florida. [AZ Central] * 150 law firm leaders wrote a letter asking the government to continue funding legal services, which is nice, but Jim Harbaugh's already on the case. [Am Law Daily] * House passes tough new regulations for class action certification... just what rural, Rust Belt voters were hankering for. [National Law Journal] * K-Y sued over trade secret theft allegations. I don't know about this case, but I always thought those guys were slippery. [P&T Community] * A blow-by-blow of the day Kellyanne started shilling for cheap jewelry on national television. [NBC News] * Restaurant sues to force Trump to divest from his hotel, citing unfair competition when a sitting president can entice people to eat at his well-done steak and ketchup establishments. [Law.com] * Add Turkey to the list of countries with ethically dubious ties to the Trump campaign. [Huffington Post] * The EU is figuring out that the "right to be forgotten" provides a gaping loophole for CEOs to cover up their mistakes and abuses. [Courthouse News Service]

By Joe Patrice
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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 11.28.16

* The political anger against big banking in general and Wells Fargo, specifically, could hurt their forced arbitration efforts. [Cowboys On The Commons] * Warner Brothers's settlement over paying -- and not disclosing that fact -- influencers to subtly promote its video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. [The Fashion Law] * The California Bar is considering a ban on client-attorney sex. [Law and More] * Rumor has it Steve Bannon is totally fine with suppressing black voter turnout. [Huffington Post] * Yes, the electoral college sucks, but they are still going to elect Donald Trump. [Slate]

By Kathryn Rubino