Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.02.15

* In his year-end report, Chief Justice Roberts wrote about the high court's belated adoption of the latest technological advances, but promised SCOTUS briefs and filings would be online... next year. [New York Times] * It's been recommended that J. Michael Farren, the former White House lawyer who attempted to murder his ex-wife -- a former Skadden Arps attorney -- be disbarred in D.C. Apparently the bar considers a conviction for something like this a big no-no. [Legal Times] * Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's terrorism trial for his involvement in the Boston Marathon bombings will begin in Boston on January 5, despite his legal team's best efforts to avoid the inevitable. At least fangirls won't have to travel to admire him. [Bloomberg] * Here's one law prof's thoughts on Harvard Law's lame response to sexual assault complaints: "I believe ... that Harvard University will be deeply shamed at the role it played in simply caving to the government’s position." Well then. [WSJ Law Blog] * Remember the Idaho prosecutor who recited the lyrics to "Dixie" during closing arguments at a black man's trial? The defendant's conviction was overturned because the prosecutor "inject[ed] the risk of racial prejudice into the case." [NBC News] * "People asked me what I want as an epitaph: He tried." Mario Cuomo, the three-term New York governor and Willkie Farr alumnus who was once considered to replace Supreme Court Justice Byron White, has passed away. RIP. [New York Times]

By Staci Zaretsky on January 02, 2015 9:06 am

* In his year-end report, Chief Justice Roberts wrote about the high court’s belated adoption of the latest technological advances, but promised SCOTUS briefs and filings would be online… next year. [New York Times]

* It’s been recommended that J. Michael Farren, the former White House lawyer who attempted to murder his ex-wife — a former Skadden Arps attorney — be disbarred in D.C. Apparently the bar considers a conviction for something like this a big no-no. [Legal Times]

* Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s terrorism trial for his involvement in the Boston Marathon bombings will begin in Boston on January 5, despite his legal team’s best efforts to avoid the inevitable. At least fangirls won’t have to travel to admire him. [Bloomberg]

* Here’s one law prof’s thoughts on Harvard Law’s lame response to sexual assault complaints: “I believe … that Harvard University will be deeply shamed at the role it played in simply caving to the government’s position.” Well then. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Remember the Idaho prosecutor who recited the lyrics to “Dixie” during closing arguments at a black man’s trial? The defendant’s conviction was overturned because the prosecutor “inject[ed] the risk of racial prejudice into the case.” [NBC News]

* “People asked me what I want as an epitaph: He tried.” Mario Cuomo, the three-term New York governor and Willkie Farr alumnus who was once considered to replace Supreme Court Justice Byron White, has passed away. RIP. [New York Times]