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10 May, 4 tweets, 6 min read
1/ Here are the latest "winners" of the awards I give out in Judicial Notice, my weekly legal news roundup for Original Jurisdiction:

Lawyer of the Week: Todd Bank.

Judge of the Week: Justice Clarence Thomas.

#SCOTUS #appellatetwitter
2/ Ruling of the Week: Sierra v. Hallandale Beach.

Litigation of the Week: Epic v. Apple.

Deal of the Week: Apollo’s acquisition of Verizon Media.

Law Firms of the Week: @RopesGray and @LowensteinLLP

Lateral Moves: 5 top govt. lawyers to Biglaw.
3/ Mentioned in this week's issue: @SubstackInc @PeteWilliamsNBC @adamliptak @tribelaw @steve_vladeck @kroosevelt93 @CREWcrew @howappealing @ShortCircuit_IJ @brenpiers @cravath @paulweissllp @DougJones @chlsimmons @jeffhauser @revolvingdoorDC.
4/ You can read the entire issue of Judicial Notice over at Original Jurisdiction (note: paid subscription now required, but I can give you a comp sub if you need it, just let me know).

bit.ly/3eA4YB1 #SCOTUS #appellatetwitter

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11 May
1/ THREAD. I’m not in the self-help or self-improvement space — I write about #SCOTUS, law firms, and other legal stuff — but if you’ll indulge me, I have some life advice to share.
2/ This is a bit cliched, but your life is YOUR LIFE — and if you’re not happy with it, it’s on you to change it.

You care the most about it, and you’re in the best position to improve it.
3/ Last year, I had a near-death experience with #COVID19, which put me in @nyulangone for three weeks, including a week on a ventilator.

It sucked, obviously, but it was a wake-up call.
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4 May
1/ An interesting and important piece by @whignewtons for @politico about the trend of having multiple lower-court clerkships before clerking for the Supreme Court — and how it’s contributing to the lack of diversity among #SCOTUS clerks. #appellatetwitter
2/ I tend to agree with @whignewtons that this emerging preference among the justices for multiple feeder-judge clerkships is hurting diversity — especially gender diversity — among #scotus clerks. #appellatetwitter
3/ Sure, there can be advantages to having more-experienced clerks at #scotus. It can be helpful to have clerked at both the trial and appellate levels, or state and federal (although the latter is uncommon). #appellatetwitter
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4 May
1/ THREAD. For legal nerds wondering if Bill and Melinda Gates have a prenuptial agreement aka prenup, apparently the answer is no. From the petition for divorce that @melindagates filed against @BillGates:
2/ Here’s the full petition for divorce, via @TMZ.

The @nytimes reported that Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are believed to have a prenup, but question 11 seems pretty clear to me — there’s a separation agreement but no prenup.

dam.tmz.com/document/96/o/…
3/ The Gates divorce petition refers to a separation agreement under RCW 26.09.060, which is “a written separation contract providing for the maintenance of either of them, the disposition of any property,” etc.

app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.as…
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22 Apr
1/ THREAD. So this is FASCINATING.

After a life-threatening case of #covid19, and more than a month after shot #2 of the #COVID19Vaccine, I’m barely positive for antibodies.👇👇👇

In this thread, some background and a few thoughts.

#covid #coronavirus
2/ As some of you might recall, I was hospitalized from 3/16/20-4/1/20 at @nyulangone with a critical case of #covid19, spending almost a week on a ventilator.

In 6/20 and 9/20, I tested positive for #covid antibodies, in decreasing amounts — 4.3 and 3.2:
3/ In 11/20, my last #covid19 antibody test before this one, I was still positive, but not strongly so — titer of 2.3, where above 1.4 is positive.
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22 Apr
1/ THREAD. Today, about 7 months after my last visit and a year after getting out of the hospital, I went to the pulmonologist for a check-up (a new pulmonologist who works with many post-Covid patients). #covid19 #covid #coronavirus #longcovid
2/ One of the @nyulangone pulmonologists who treated me while I was in the ICU on a ventilator last March dropped by to say hello — and I got a little teary as I thanked her. #Covid #covid19 #coronavirus #longcovid
3/ The good news is that my lungs have continued to improve since my last visit in September (which my pulmonologist said is consistent with what they’re seeing with many post-Covid patients a year out). #covid #covid19 #coronavirus #longcovid
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20 Apr
1/ Justice Amy Coney Barrett has landed a $2 million advance for her first book. #SCOTUS #appellatetwitter #books
2/ ACB's advance is more than the $1.5 million that Justice Clarence Thomas received for his memoir, My Grandfather's Son (but that was back in 2007). CT's book went on to become a #1 bestseller.

bit.ly/32tQT1n #SCOTUS #appellatetwitter #books
3/ ACB's advance is also more than the $1.2 million that Justice Sonia Sotomayor received in 2010 for her memoir, My Beloved World, which also went on to become a #1 bestseller.

on.wsj.com/3egKkVe #SCOTUS #appellatetwitter #books
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