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Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.16.17

* Ogletree slapped with $300 million gender discrimination suit. You’d have thought a labor and employment firm could have avoided this. [The Recorder] * Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Brown doesn’t boast a Twitter presence. [UPDATE: He does… but the point is it’s more conventional than the car’s] But his Toyota Camry has its own Twitter handle. Hmm. I guess he doesn’t buy American. [Texas Lawyer] * It’s Copyright Week 2018, and EFF wants your help in raising awareness about the abuses going on out there. [EFF] * Law360 names the practice groups of the year. [Law360] * Just how much can Trump transform the Ninth Circuit? [McClatchy] * Supreme Court takes on the Texas gerrymandering dispute. Read into this what you will. [Courthouse News Service] * Republicans calling for pot legalization to fix public services. Just another day in bizarro world. [Newsweek]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.02.18

* Matthew Riehl, the gunman in the Colorado shooting this weekend who killed a deputy sheriff and wounded four police officers and two civilians, was a former lawyer in Wyoming whose alma mater, Wyoming Law, warned students about his “suspicious behavior” in early November. [Denver Post; Laramie Live] * In his 2017 State of the Judiciary Report, Chief Justice John Roberts focused on court emergency preparedness, but included an addendum about sexual harassment within the judiciary, announcing that proper procedures must be in place to “ensure an exemplary workplace for every judge and every court employee.” No mention of the recently retired Judge Alex Kozinski was made. [Washington Post] * Joel Sanders, the former CFO of failed firm Dewey & LeBoeuf who was convicted on securities fraud and conspiracy charges, has reached a settlement with the SEC, but the agency will move forward with proceedings against Stephen DiCarmine, the firm’s ex-executive director. [New York Law Journal] * As usual, the new year brings with it a slew of new laws. In some states, voter ID laws will go into effect, while in others, police won’t be able to arrest people for immigration enforcement purposes. Plus, pets will be treated more like children after divorces in at least one state. [CNN] * Speaking of new laws, marijuana is now fully legal in California, and if you’re 21 or older, you can now purchase and possess up to an ounce for recreational use. This a “monumental moment” for the Golden State, but don’t forget that the Feds still consider the drug to be an illegal Schedule I narcotic. [Los Angeles Times]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.29.17

* Luke Skywalker’s legal duty to save the galaxy. (Spoilers for The Last Jedi.) [The Legal Geeks] * Will the class-action lawsuits against Apple for throttling older phones lead to a resurgence in class-actions? [Law and More] * The latest episode of the Amicus podcast explores how to combat a history of harassment in the judiciary in the wake of the Alex Kozinski scandal. [Slate] * Tracking the use of the phrase “help me” by Supreme Court justices in oral arguments… which is to track the passive-aggressive stylings of the Court. [Empirical SCOTUS] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP6Qki8mWc * Yup, this is how the President of the United States used his Twitter account in 2017. [The Hill] * Speaking of the President, he teases a Constitutional crisis in an impromptu interview. [Huffington Post] * Could a feminist perspective change the tax code? [TaxProf Blog]

By Kathryn Rubino
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