State of the Union

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.13.16

* Has the dearth of law school applicants finally pinched Harvard Law? [Bloomberg Business] * Meanwhile, New York Law School is doing just fine... thanks to its savvy real estate moves. [Crain's New York Business] * Amal Clooney sighting in D.C. [Washington Post] * For those keeping score, only Scalia, Thomas, and Alito skipped the State of the Union last night, which was not really surprising. [CBS News] * Former Cravath attorney Robert Miranne talks about the movie "Joy," chronicling the life and times of his mother, Joy Mangano. [The Am Law Daily] * In July, China arrested Wang Yu, a top women's rights lawyer for creating a disturbance. They got around to notifying her mother of this... on Monday. In fairness, they've really been swamped over there with the sabotaging the global economy thing. [Reuters] * FLSA class actions expected to hit record high this year. "I keep waiting -- because I’ve been studying it for 15 years -- for the number of wage-and-hour lawsuits to crest or go down" said Seyfarth's Gerald Maatman Jr. And I keep waiting for companies to dutifully pay employees the money they actually owe them, yet here we are. [Law 360]

By Joe Patrice
Affirmative Action

Non-Sequiturs: 01.31.14

* This is the place where we pretend to be shocked that Chris Christie abused his power. [New York Times] * Remember the Super Bowl Shuffle? Now there’s a lawsuit over it. Proving even terrible art can give rise to litigation. [Business Wire] * Miami criminal defense attorney Michael Grieco thought he was representing Justin Bieber and let all the media outlets know it. Well, he’s not. [South Florida Lawyers] * Listen up, law review editors! This is how you avoid making authors angry. [Nancy Rapoport's Blog] * John Yoo for Dean of Boalt Hall? OK, maybe not, but here are the finalists for the position. [Nuts & Boalts] * California is eyeing a referendum to allow affirmative action considerations to be employed in college admissions for the first time in almost 20 years. Surely the same people who passed Prop 8 will be enlightened enough to do something proactive about systemic discrimination. [Chronicle of Higher Education] * The art of negotiation and terrible cigars. [Katz Justice] * And I joined Mike Sacks and Jessica Mederson on Legalese It! today. So check out our rousing discussion of the State of the Union v. Supreme Court, Foxy Knoxy’s extradition fears, and California’s decision to keep disgraced journalist Stephen Glass out of the legal profession. Video below… [Huffington Post Live]

By Joe Patrice