Above the Law: Morning Docket: 02.07.13

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Morning Docket: 02.07.13 Feb 7th 2013, 14:11 * "But Daddddddd!!!" Sorry, HealthBridge, but sometimes mom's word is the law. After RBG slapped down a request to review the constitutionality of Obama's recess appointments, the rest of the Supreme Court told Scalia to STFU. [Blog of Legal Times] * "The very idea that she would be headlining a Pepsi event is shocking." Are Justice Sonia Sotomayor's days as a judicial darling coming to an end? After attending this event for Yale Law women in April, they may be numbered. [New York Times] * And you thought they were "Burning Down the House" before! Standard & Poor's has hired talented trial attorney John Keker of Keker & Van Nest to represent the ratings agency in the DOJ's $5 billion suit. [Reuters] * Talk about a soft landing: David Kappos, the former director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, was picked up by Cravath. He's only the fourth lateral partner the firm's hired in 50 years. [Am Law Daily] * Hilarie Bass of Greenberg Traurig is one of the most powerful women in Biglaw. In consideration of that $200M suit, the firm is now shifting to a "boys and one girl club" model. [Daily Business Review (sub. req.)] * "Axiom simply does it better, faster and cheaper." The innovative legal services company manned by Biglaw refugees celebrated its thirteenth anniversary with a bang — $28 million in funding. [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)] * Oh noooo! We're a public school and we don't have enough students to fill the seats! Let's raise tuition by six percent, then charge everyone the new in-state price, and pretend like it's a favor. Yay! [National Law Journal] Continue reading » Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Tags: Axiom, Biglaw, Constitutional Law, Cravath, Cravath Swaine & Moore, David Kappos, Department of Justice, DOJ, Greenberg Traurig, HealthBridge Management LLC, Hilarie Bass, John Keker, Keker & Van Nest, Lateral Moves, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Pepsi, PepsiCo, Recess Appointments, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Standard & Poor's, Supreme Court, Tuition, Tuition Freeze, University of Akron School of Law, Women's Issues

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