Tiffany Trump

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.22.18

* The First Law Student is single. People reports Tiffany Trump broke up with her longtime boyfriend as part of her law school transition. [People] * Jeffrey Toobin and Alan Dershowitz clash on television when Toobin points out that Dershowitz's cable appearances these days are less legal analysis than auditions for Sarah Huckabee Sanders's job. [Daily Beast] * Charles Cooper says Jeff Sessions is not currently under investigation for false statements or perjury. Update your scorecards accordingly. [USA Today] * Ninth Circuit rules in favor of the Gaye family in the Blurred Lines lawsuit. Wait, that's still going on? [Courthouse News Service] * Former Florida State deputy general counsel arrested in child sex sting. [Tallahassee Democrat] * In-house counsel are very concerned about GDPR. [Big Law Business] * Some people have some entirely understandable problems with Lindsay's new ad. [Ad Age] * CSM believes the Austin bomber case shows off law enforcement's deep surveillance powers. Yeah, they were so deep they pretty much did nothing for weeks. [Christian Science Monitor]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.21.17

* Tiffany Trump attends Justice Ginsburg lecture because in the coming dystopian FedSoc hellscape, Tiffany will be the enigmatic hermit charged with remembering the long-long-ago when judges spoke of "interstate commerce" and "checks and balances." [Washington Post] * PwC is set to launch a U.S. law firm, but Biglaw is just fine because the Big 4 law firm can't offer domestic legal advice... yet. [Law.com] * Meanwhile, from the massive understatements department: "Kasowitz Benson Adjusts Management Team Amid Tumultuous Year." [New York Law Journal] * Looking for solutions to the problems plaguing patents? Here's some insight direct from the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit. [Law360] * You can now legally dance in New York bars. I'm not sure why you'd want to, but you can. [NPR] * You probably knew that bail was discriminatory and awful, but it's always jarring to see exactly how discriminatory and awful. [The Guardian] * Sex trafficking fight may torpedo Section 230. [Wired]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.15.17

* Credit where credit is due: Attorney General Jeff Sessions wins qualified praise for his forceful condemnation of the Charlottesville violence. [New York Times] * Donald Trump needs all the legal help he can get -- so he's surely pleased and proud about daughter Tiffany Trump starting up at Georgetown Law this month. (More on this later.) [Washington Post] * And wouldn't it be incredibly awkward interesting to have Tiffany as a classmate in your Con Law class this semester? [New York Times via How Appealing] * The ABA will reconsider its controversial, much-criticized changes to how law schools report graduate employment data. [Law.com] * Taylor Swift prevails in her lawsuit accusing DJ David Mueller of groping her during a photo op. [Law360] * Merger mania spreads -- from Biglaw to boutiques. [Law.com] * Tech company DreamHost will resist -- a Justice Department effort to acquire information about visitors to an anti-Trump website set up to coordinate Inauguration Day protests. [Washington Post] * An investors' lawyer claims that his lawsuit against Duane Morris "could bankrupt that firm." [Law.com] * There are reasonable arguments for and against splitting up the Ninth Circuit, but the ABA's position is clear: firmly opposed. [ABA Journal]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.06.17

* The government can work out exactly how NSA contractor Reality Winner leaked classified documents, but no one seems capable of explaining how America gave Top Secret clearance to someone named "Reality Winner." [Quartz] * An open letter to Tiffany Trump from one of her future classmates. [Teen Vogue] * A profile of Don McGahn that begins "By day, Don McGahn is a straight-laced lawyer, but by night, he's a long-haired rocker." Oh? An affluent middle aged white guy sublimates his sad existence through a Peter Pan complex... tell me more! [NPR] * If you were wagering, we now know that Robert Barnes picked up his client Cassandra Fairbanks on Twitter. I'd have bet on the Pepe the Frog subreddit. [National Law Journal] * Kokesh puts kibosh on SEC disgorgement. [Corporate Counsel] * Chamber wants a rule to expose litigation financing. [Law.com] * Now the Trump administration is hitting firms in the wallet -- with partner Charles Tobin moving to Ballard Spahr, bailing on Holland & Knight over their alleged policy of never taking on matters adverse to Donald Trump. [Legal Intelligencer] * Speaking of Ballard Spahr, they're moving to a new office in New York. [NY Post]

By Joe Patrice

Non-Sequiturs: 05.09.17

* Wanda Sykes's is a big fan of Sally Yates. Wanda Sykes is all of us. [Jezebel] * If this happens I will be gladly paying my New York State income taxes from now on. [Salon] * No, Tiffany Trump cannot take (most of) these classes next year because, you know, she'll be a 1L. [Slate] * Some of these people are making it a habit to argue in front of SCOTUS. [Empirical SCOTUS] * JDs don't have the same power as MBAs. [Law and More] * It's like it never even happened. [The Root] * Sure, this they'll prepare for. Health-care reform? Not so much. [The Hill]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.06.17

* Hey, sometimes the Supreme Court falls for bad data. [NY Times] * Lessons in professional responsibility: people frown upon lawyers telling people, "I think you should commit suicide." [NY Post] * How much of Tiffany Trump's law school fate is based on being the daughter of the president, asks newspaper willing to blindly speculate on her test scores to undermine her credibility as a student? [Washington Post] * Dewey know who didn't trust the troubled firm? [Law360] * JAMS facing trial in mediator résumé padding case. [The Recorder] * Make Target great again. [National Law Journal] * Covington settles its conflicts case with 3M. [Am Law Daily]

By Joe Patrice