Weddings

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.01.16

* The Justice Department is seeking a stay of Judge Andrew Hanen's benchslap and order of ethics training while it appeals the ruling -- a ruling the DOJ says could cost approximately $5 million to $8 million to comply with. [Texas Lawyer] * Cheryl D. Mills, chief of staff to Hillary Clinton at the State Department, wishes that the issue of Clinton's private email server "had been something we thought about." [New York Times] * Jim Lewis, counsel to Sigfredo Garcia, the man charged last week with the murder of Professor Dan Markel, maintains that Garcia had "had nothing to do with" the crime. [Tallahassee Democrat] * Former attorney general Eric Holder says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a "public service" by sparking a debate over government surveillance -- but still must pay a price for his illegal actions. [CNN] * The Fourth Circuit holds that the police don't need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data. [How Appealing] * In other Fourth Circuit news, the court won't go en banc to rehear its prior ruling in favor of the Obama Administration's policy that transgender students are protected under existing civil rights law (aka the "transgender bathroom case"). [BuzzFeed via How Appealing] * Those unsealed Trump University documents we mentioned yesterday? They don't put the Donald in the best light. [New York Times] * And Donald Trump isn't getting much financial love from the legal community, as measured by campaign contributions (c'mon, Jones Day lawyers, help your client out). [American Lawyer] * Judge Joseph Portelli of New Jersey, recently reprimanded for alleged inappropriate comments to counsel, gets renominated to the bench. [ABA Journal] * Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: congratulations and best wishes to acclaimed novelist (and Dentons partner) Scott Turow and fellow lawyer Adriane Glazier -- who first met when he interviewed her years ago for a summer associate gig. [New York Times]

Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.25.16

* Kate Middleton's famous wedding dress by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen is now the subject of a lawsuit, with designer Christine Kendall claiming it is a knockoff. [Fashionista] * This lawyer, Helene Goodin, after 22 years in the legal profession, left it all to open her own bakery. [Huffington Post] * The rest of the world discovers Delaware's a haven for holding companies; lawyers everywhere shrug. [Gawker] * When humanitarian aid actually caused more economic hardship for the very people we are supposed to be "helping." [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Can Indian start-ups render the Biglaw firm structure unnecessary? [Law and More] * Richard Hsu talks with Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip. [Hsu Untied] * The Constitutional Accountability Center is holding an event this Thursday, April 28th at the National Press Club in D.C. on the Supreme Court's docket this Term, previewing decisions yet to be handed down and discussing key themes from the Term. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * Speaking of SCOTUS, if you're interested in Supreme Court lit, check out this televised panel of authors, including Irin Carmon of Notorious RBG and ATL editor David Lat of Supreme Ambitions (affiliate links). [C-SPAN]