Tom Cotton

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.20.23

* Corporate Counsel names the finalists for its best legal department awards. Come see if FTX made the list! [Corporate Counsel] * Taylor Swift hires Venable attorney as general counsel. [Minute Mirror] * Tom Cotton doesn't actually legislate, but he does write letters like an elderly shut-in complaining to the local paper about the weather. His latest attempt at making a pen pal involved writing 51 law firms to warn them that he thinks hiring diverse attorneys violates the Supreme Court's college admissions opinion. [Law360] * Senate panel poised to pass Supreme Court ethics package that will die on the vine after this. [Reuters] * Government unveils new merger guidelines to replace the old guidelines that encouraged bigger and bigger mergers. When people say the government keeps losing antitrust cases, a big part of that is the pre-existing pro-merger guidelines that the government just made up decades ago. [New York Times] * A profile of retired Judge David Tatel as he heads to Hogan Lovells to work on pro bono matters. [Bloomberg Law News] * The other day we featured a story about a lawyer leaving the job to cycle through the Americas so it's only fair to balance that with a two-time Olympic cyclist who became a lawyer representing injured cyclists. [ABA Journal] * While others talk layoffs, Paul Weiss announced it's still looking at first-year applicants. And when it comes to job security, Paul Weiss has a strong reputation. [Intuitive Career Coaching]

By Above the Law
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.16.18

* After delaying the decision, Judge Tim Kelly will be releasing his ruling in CNN's First Amendment case at 10 a.m. Is it lawful to revoke a reporter's press pass after an argument with the president? We'll soon find out. [USA Today] * "[W]e’re not going to leave any judges behind over these next two months." According to Senator Tom Cotton, the Senate is apparently planning to work through Christmas and New Year's Eve to confirm all of President Trump's judicial nominees in an effort to head off any obstruction by the Democrats. [Washington Times] * "I’m not trying to be rude. I can see your résumé. You’re a rock star." Despite her strong résumé, Allison Jones Rushing, the 36-year-old Fourth Circuit nominee, was repeatedly questioned by the Judiciary Committee about her "life experience" -- or lack thereof, since she graduated from law school 11 years ago. [National Law Journal] * What is David Boies planning for his next act? Is retirement on the table? He and the other name partners at Boies Schiller Flexner have apparently "been planning succession for 15 years." He said if he retired today, "the firm would be in good shape," but he thinks he "still [has] some things to contribute." [New York Law Journal] * Stormy Daniels says that while the "serious and obviously very troubling" domestic violence allegations against her lawyer Michael Avenatti are "only allegations" and that she'll "reserve judgement" [sic] until the investigation ends, she'll be "seeking new representation" if it turns out that the allegations are true. [New York Magazine]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.28.15

* "Bueller... Bueller..." Richard Hsu chats with Ben Stein. [Hsu Untied] * NFL deflates Tom Brady's hopes of playing a full season. [Redline] * Can a public defender really handle 700 cases a year? Spoiler alert: No. [Mother Jones] * About a third of the seats on the Court of Federal Claims are vacant, and a solitary Senator aims to keep it that way. Why are Republicans against getting citizens tax refunds? Shouldn't that be their whole schtick? [Constitutional Accountability Center] * If you're around August 11, check out "Many Faces of Mediation: An Alternative to Courtroom Drama" at JAMS HQ in New York. [ABA] * If you've been hankering for a podcast covering the U.S. Tax Court, then hanker no further. [U.S. Tax Court Podcast via iTunes] * A proposal for expanding the U.S. News Diversity Index. [Iowa Law Review via SSRN] * The continuing tribute to commenter Partner Emeritus rolls on. This time delving into my favorite Baby Boomer trope: lame excuses for skipping out on Vietnam. [What About Clients?] * Talmage Boston explains how Atticus Finch is still worthy of respect in a post-Go Set a Watchman (affiliate link) world. [Washington Independent Review of Books] * Talmage will be moderating a panel at the ABA Annual Meeting featuring Judge Posner, William Landay, and Laura Caldwell. The panel will also include our own David Lat, discussing Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link). [Supreme Ambitions]

By Joe Patrice