* “Utah’s highest court says don’t diss the judiciary, or else it might diss-miss your case.” [How Appealing] * Major legal issues continue to arise at Gitmo. [Washington Post] * Libby trial jury selection should take a few quick…months. [MSNBC] * Should district judges appoint prosecutors? [New York Times via Concurring Opinions] * North Carolina’s […]
Just a few minutes ago, Sacha Baron Cohen — who is surprisingly good-looking without the goofy Borat hair and moustache — accepted a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy). The final line of his acceptance speech: “I’d like to thank everyone who has not sued me.” (Random observation: Given […]
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Federal judges represent some of the best and brightest minds the legal profession has to offer. Although there are exceptions, federal judges generally have incredible credentials and adhere to the highest ethical standards. In contrast, state court judges tend to be icky. When you read in the news about a judge who sexually harassed a […]
As one of you points out, today is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the pioneering civil rights leader. Many of you are not in the office today, in honor of the holiday. If you’re not at work, we hope that you are enjoying the day off. (We are in the “office,” but […]
* So apparently the feds knew about law firm bonuses before ATL. [MSNBC] * Guess which party just picked up two swing states. [CNN] * Shutting down YouTube: the ultimate jealous boyfriend move. [MSNBC] * OJ’s money is going nowhere for now. [AP] * Federal court allows suit against Vatican. [MSNBC]
* Over at the Justice Department, the bad-ass Shanetta Cutlar, Chief of the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division, takes no prisoners. * Not even summer interns can escape her wrath. * But hey, at least they get to go back to school. Full-time attorneys can escape only by leaving the Section — […]
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One of you thinks that this news warrants a Saturday post. And we see your point.* The article in question is running on the front page of the New York Times, above the fold. So, from the NYT: The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this […]
Big news in the Duke lacrosse team rape sexual assault and kidnapping case. From ABC News: District Attorney Mike Nifong has requested that he have himself removed from prosecuting the Duke Lacrosse rape investigation, ABC News has learned. A source close to the investigation said Nifong sent a letter to North Carolina Attorney General Roy […]
* The Snark’s spin on Plus ça change…. [New York Lawyer] (Yes, New York Lawyer is a registration-only site, but The Snark may be worth it; if you are not as thirsty for funny as I am, then check out the The Daily Report, where The Snark’s weekly column is freely available a week after […]
Last year, Jesse Oxfeld — formerly of Gawker, now of New York Magazine — delivered this fun scoop: Bethany McLean, the Enron-busting Fortune reporter who co-wrote The Smartest Guys in the Room, is dating the man who put Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling away. The fetching, recently divorced McLean, who covered the trial, is now […]
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Earlier this week, we shared with you what we’ve heard about Ty Clevenger and Shanetta Cutlar. To recap, Clevenger was a lawyer in the Special Litigation Section of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. He worked under Cutlar, the Chief of the Section. We wrote: [Clevenger] had some issues with Cutlar and how she ran the […]
One of you recently commented: “Retire this feature until the spring, dude. No one gets married in December.” We beg to differ — unless you consider one of the Elect to be a nobody. A surprisingly high number of lawyers got hitched on the weekend before New Year’s Day. We even had to make some […]
It turns out that Eumi Choi may not be the most controversial Asian-American female in a U.S. Attorney’s Office. From the San Diego Union-Tribune (via TPM): The Bush administration has quietly asked San Diego U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, best known for her high-profile prosecutions of politicians and corporate executives, to resign her post, a law […]
Shanetta Y. Cutlar, Chief of the Special Litigation Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, is a world-class diva. We have described Shanetta’s shenangians here and here. We worship imperious women like Shanetta Cutlar. But some of you are less warmly disposed towards her. Since we’ve started posting about her, we’ve received some interesting […]
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey has some interesting and illustrious alumni. Some are now distinguished federal judges, like Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Judge Maryanne Trump Barry (3d Cir.). Some are high-ranking officials in state government, like Stuart Rabner, the Attorney General of New Jersey. One works as a […]