Traci Ribeiro

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.14.16

* Senator Mike Lee, an influential member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (and a former Supreme Court clerk himself), explains why Republicans won't confirm Judge Merrick Garland to SCOTUS in the lame-duck session. [Washington Post via How Appealing] * Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson, former managing partner of Chadbourne & Parke's defunct Kiev office, wants in on Kerrie Campbell's sex discrimination suit against the firm. [American Lawyer] * In other news about alleged gender bias in Biglaw, it looks like partner Traci Ribeiro's lawsuit against Sedgwick is bound for arbitration. [Law.com] * The latest bad news for Theranos: a hedge fund is suing the company for securities fraud, and it's represented by a pair of high-powered Gibson Dunn partners, former federal prosecutors Reed Brodsky and Winston Chan. [Corporate Counsel] * Kasowitz Benson's recent legal work on behalf of Donald Trump is just the latest example of the firm representing litigious tycoons. [New York Law Journal] * As some firms exit China, others enter the market; Hogan Lovells just announced a strategic alliance with Fujian Fidelity Law Firm in Shanghai. [Big Law Business] * In my ancestral homeland of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte poses a threat to the rule of law, but remains very popular with the people. [New York Times]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.28.16

* State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby dropped all remaining charges against the three Baltimore police officers still awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray -- a decision she called "agonizing." [New York Times] * Judge Paul L. Friedman (D.D.C.) ordered the release of John W. Hinckley Jr., the man who in 1981 attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan (and who, some argue, murdered White House press secretary James Brady). [Washington Post] * Traci Ribeiro, a non-equity partner at Sedgwick, sued the firm for discrimination, alleging that she and other women "cannot crack the glass ceiling at Sedgwick." [Law.com] * A promising proposal from the Justice Department for how to deal with the law enforcement challenges presented by evidence stored in other countries (in the wake of Microsoft's Second Circuit victory over the DOJ). [Christian Science Monitor] * "Is fake burping in gym class enough to get a seventh-grader arrested?" Professor Noah Feldman analyzes an interesting new Tenth Circuit ruling. [Bloomberg View via How Appealing] * Judge Janet Bond Arterton: sorry, Principal National Life Insurance Co., but you can't escape paying out on the $10 million life insurance policy you issued to a law firm partner just because he died 15 months after the policy's issuance. [Law.com] * For folks finishing up the bar exam today, some advice from former ABC News president (and former SCOTUS clerk) David Westin: it's okay to walk out of there early. Good luck! [Big Law Business]

By David Lat