Today's Judicial Fun Fact:

Michael Dreeben is one of only a handful of people to have argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court (a milestone he reached in 2016).

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Hello! Employment lawyer here. Yesterday, the FTC voted 3-2 to approve its noncompete final rule. Let's talk a little bit about it. 🧵

Waiting for the honest advocate who admits at the end of the opening statement, 'I'm dreading the Court's questions.'

The en banc #4thCir declined to rehear Parrish v. United States. Six judges voted for rehearing, and Judge Gregory wrote a dissent.

Disclosure: I filed an amicus brief in support of the petition.

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The #10thCir held that denials of anti-SLAPP motions under Colorado law are not immediately appealable via the collateral-order doctrine. The circuit split deepens.

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So many employment lawyers needing to digest a rule that is going to be in effect, I assume, for approximately 0 seconds.

The Northern District of Alabama (Birmingham) Federal Public Defenders are hiring an appellate attorney!

The Magic City! The Vulcan Statue! Civil Rights history! Judge Stephen Dillard's favorite football team!

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This is one of those 'quick on your feet in a way I am not sure I would be in the moment' answers from Austin Raynor of OSG.

It's a big day for employment law! This morning, the DOL announced its overtime final rule (raising the minimum salary for exempt workers) & this afternoon the FTC will hold its meeting on (potentially banning) noncompetes.

Both rules are likely to face legal challenges.

Former Hogan Lovells appellate associate Darryl Williams, Jr. doing amazing things, which, unfortunately, keep him from returning to us.

But it's okay. We can wait.

I think it's a bad idea to make law students decide what to do for their second summer job before they have even started their *first* summer job.

5YO's Disney hot take: 'I am very surprised a lot of people want to go on Tower of Terror. It have 'terror' in the name!'

Kelsi is one of the rare members of the elite #SCOTUS bar that measures her success by the cases she gets the Court to not take. But when a case is heard on the merits, she is also among the best there, too.

.Jaime Santos live-tweeting is self-recommending.

Wow, amazing that after Respondents conceded the corruption (or whatever Lake's crazy supplemental brief accused the Respondents of doing after waiving their BIOs), #SCOTUS denied the petition without comment. The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru

Supreme Court reporters: Today is three days before the Trump immunity arguments

BigLaw recruiting becomes judicial clerkship recruiting.

I don't know if there is a solution for the collective-action problem, but it's not great for the profession.

Check and mate, Taylor Swift.