A single morning docket from Above the Law flags three separate legal policy developments. Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, now at King & Spalding, has been hired by Cornell's board of trustees to investigate the university's response to a rape case. Separately, the Department of Justice is arguing that its probe of diversity efforts at large law firms must remain secret—a position the roundup describes as "curious."
The third item is terser: the case involving Judge Pauline Newman has "finally been taken away," according to the docket. No further context is provided, so it is unclear whether this refers to reassignment, dismissal, or another procedural action.
Because the source is a roundup, these items are reported without deep analysis. Still, they span distinct areas of law and policy: campus sexual assault investigations, government transparency in civil rights enforcement, and federal judicial proceedings.