Sean Marotta
@smmarotta.bsky.social
Partner with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's Appellate group. Banner image by Art Lien. My GC wants you to know that my postings are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of my firm, clients, or personnel.
20-year-old me would be impressed by my career, but would think I was a dumb, frivolous Disney Adult. 20-year-old me would have been wrong. Or, rather, would have been right, but would have been wrong on it being a bad thing.
ʙᴇᴀᴜx 🕋@obsidian.blacksky.app · 2d agoWould 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?
On this day — Sept. 17th — in 1939, future Justice David Hackett Souter was born. 🍎
Hearing news that Spinal Tap has bowed out of opening for Ed Sheeran.
Adam VanHo@adamvanho.bsky.social · 2d agoMilli Vanilli will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.
Just remember, if the other side says something that enrages you, it proves they are outrageous; if your side said something that enrages the other side, it proves that you hit a nerve and you're over the target.
People who says "words can't be violence" have never encountered "1900s" in the wild
So many people's 9/11 stories involve watching it on TV. Mine didn't because we were worried students would see their parents jump from the Towers live.
Meredith Rose@mrose.ink · 7d agoTo give you a sense of proximity: The ash cloud from the attack lingered for days, until rain finally washed it down. The next day, I got off the school bus, and my sneaker left a print in it. I remember thinking "I just stepped in the remains of 3,000 people." And then... had to go to class.
When I assure the associate that the new project will take just a few hours.
At the local arcade with my two boys and took a spin on the DDR clone. I played it all the time in college. Easy, right? Chat, I am a 41 year old millennial who did not stretch first. I feel like @mrose.ink gets this.
Never let it be said that @cpsc.gov doesn't have its finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 2w agoProduct safety is not always like the movies. Here, we have resources.
I agree completely, especially since I very much doubt that federal courts would approve CJA payments for the time necessary for court-appointed attorneys to conduct that level of review (same with attorneys' fee awards in civil cases).
Sean Marotta@smmarotta.bsky.social · 2w agoThis concurrence from the D.C. Court of Appeals captures my view well on why I don't think "every attorney who appears on a brief is on the hook for hallucinations" is correct. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
This concurrence from the D.C. Court of Appeals captures my view well on why I don't think "every attorney who appears on a brief is on the hook for hallucinations" is correct. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Wow. As a D.C. lawyer, guess I'm going to have to open a new tab.
Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 2w agoThe District of Columbia Court of Appeals said in a ruling, opens new tab that lawyers for a Deutsche Bank subsidiary in a mortgage foreclosure lawsuit cited nonexistent cases generated by artificial intelligence, calling the matter a "cautionary tale" about lawyers' misuse of AI reut.rs/4r3gbOb
This is inefficient. The DC Biglaw Appellate people should just organize a draft. Draft order decided by reverse percentage of petitions granted.
Sean Marotta@smmarotta.bsky.social · 2w agoThe BigLaw appellate practice head musical chairs just doesn't stop, this time with @jaimesantos.bsky.social moving to Proskauer. www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...
The BigLaw appellate practice head musical chairs just doesn't stop, this time with @jaimesantos.bsky.social moving to Proskauer. www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...
The more I read these cases, the more I favor abolishing the Rule 3 requirement to name the appealable order. The notice of appeal isn't the place to learn what someone is appealing; the opening brief is.
Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 3w ago"Plaintiffs’ appeal fails at the jurisdictional step because their notice of appeal did not identify the district court’s order.... We write further to clarify how litigants appealing separate, appealable interlocutory orders must proceed."—10th Cir, per Ebel, J www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
Delighted to speak at Professor Stetson's @uvalaw.bsky.social Civil Procedure class this morning about personal jurisdiction. Or, as I know her, my partner Cate's class.
THE ARISE-OUT-OF-OR-RELATE-TO PRONG OF SPECIFIC JURISDICTION SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED SOME FORM OF CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN THE PLAINTIFF'S CLAIMS AND THE DEFENDANT'S FORUM CONTACTS.
Meredith Rose@mrose.ink · 2y agoLAWSKY, GIMME YOUR ALL-CAPS LEGAL HOT TAKE I'LL START: WARHOL WAS NOT BAD, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED FAIR USE ANALYSIS WITH ENTIRELY REASONABLE POPULAR BELIEFS ABOUT COPYRIGHT LAW
SUCH a fun game in the Star Wars universe. For me, it echoes more Gears Tactics than X-COM, but, to be clear, I love Gears Tactics.
brendan mordheim@brendanmcleod.dev · 3w agoStar Wars Zero Company is out today. A labor of love for a galaxy far, far away. Please enjoy it.
X-COM is my favorite computer game, hands down, and I CANNOT WAIT to have Zero Company in my hot little hands.
Caroline Dean@internetcaroline.bsky.social · 3w agoFirst set of reviews are in!! @aaroncontreras.bsky.social, Cole Swany, and I worked really hard on this and we’re thrilled to see the response. I worked in tv for a long time but this my first shipped game and I am so so happy 😭😭😭
I have worked at my law firm for nearly 15 years. I am a partner of moderate seniority. My computer started going on the fritz and I was immediately convinced they had figured out I'm a fraud and this how I found out I was fired. In case you were wondering if impostor syndrome ever goes away.
