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  • Clarence Thomas, Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.20.10

    * Virginia Thomas, the politically active wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, called Anita Hill and suggested she apologize to Clarence in order to get “passed” the whole ugliness. Does that blow your mind, Anita? That JUST happened! [ABC News; New York Times] * Foreclosed homeowners smell blood, and K&L Gates… well, they probably smell a […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.19.10

    * Bank of America is petitioning courts to get that sweet sweet foreclosure gravy train moving again. [Washington Post] * Practically speaking, the Fox-Cablevision dispute means Lat missed the Wendy Williams Show last night. Legally speaking, well… this post sorts that out. [Am Law Daily] * As President Obama plays Mythbuster, his Justice Department plays […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.18.10

    * Defending horn dog senators is not unlike the banana stand. There’s always money in both. [Las Vegas Review-Journal] * The trial of the man alleged to have killed Chandra Levy is starting today. I hope they throw the book at Condit. [Washington Post] * Justin Bieber. Laser Tag. Allegations of assault. News. [New York […]

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  • 9/11, Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.08.10

    * Sh*t just got real. Real canceled. [New York Daily News] * Some activist judge in Michigan refused to strike down Obamacare. [Los Angeles Times] * Aaah, burqa burqa burqa. [CNN] * Guys at Elie’s law school burned 9/11 memorials all the time, it was no big deal. Until prosecutors got tough. [New York Post] […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.07.10

    * The Phelps clan brought their classy roadshow to the Supreme Court yesterday. [Washington Post] * What would I do with a million dollars? Two chicks at the same time, man. Then I’d hire Jonathan Turley. [TMZ] * Alright, stop. Collaborate and listen. ICE is stealing all the illegals out the kitchen. [Los Angeles Times] […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.06.10

    * There isn’t a defense attorney on earth who could spare Steven Hayes from the death penalty. [CBS News] * The Times Square “bomber” warned against more failures like him at his sentencing. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid. [Associated Press] * For homeowners living near wind turbines, the future’s so loud, they gotta wear earplugs. […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.05.10

    * Sacrebleu! The Société Générale trader who lost billions for the bank was convicted and sentenced to at least three years in prison today. [New York Times] * Justice Kagan made her presence felt on her first day on the Supreme Court bench. Meanwhile, Justice Thomas was one Breyer away from filling his Gunner Bingo […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 10.04.10

    * A new Supreme Court term begins today and the Court has plenty of juicy issues to address. Like how to haze that noob, Kagan. [New York Times] * Speaking of Kagan, she’s recused herself from nearly half the cases accepted for the new term so far. Because women are lazy. [Washington Post] * There […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.24.10

    * The F.D.A. has moved to significantly restrict the sale of diabetes drug Avandia. Reached for comment, Wilford Brimley gruffly barked “DIABEETUS!” [New York Times] * Teresa Lewis was executed in Virginia last night. [Washington Post] * Texas children are getting all kinds of left behind. [Dallas Morning News] * A Spanish court held that […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.23.10

    * Prosecutorial misconduct: when keeping it real goes wrong. [USA Today] *Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy, which begs the eternal question: How the hell is Radio Shack still in business? [Bloomberg] * Suspicions abound as single employees at some mortgage lenders sign off on up to 10,000 foreclosures a month. I don’t see anything wrong with […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.22.10

    * Misappropriating $800,000 does not make you rich, not in Bell, California. [CNN] * Law firm Ogletree Deakins was paid $3.8 million in the last fiscal year to defend Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and now the firm may be fired by Maricopa County Supervisors. Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems. [Arizona Republic] * A lawyer plans to file […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.21.10

    * Beat Hess, legal director at Royal Dutch Shell, argues that the “party is over” for law firms. Beat, I’d like to introduce you to our commenter, Captain Obvious. I think you guys will really hit it off. [American Lawyer] * A judge told accused cop-killer Richard Poplawski that he can no longer play “lawyer […]

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  • Television

    A Modest Review of Outlaw

    It’s not often that those of us in the legal field get a television show to call our own. So very few shows attempt to capture our passion — our calling — on the small screen. So it was with great anticipation that I watched the pilot of Outlaw, a show that premiered last Wednesday […]
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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.20.10

    * Five U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport. [Washington Post] * In a talk in front of UC Hastings students last Friday, Justice Scalia said “A lot of stupid stuff is perfectly constitutional.” My writing, for example. [San Francisco Appeal] * The Show Me State shows judges the estimated cost of their […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.10.10

    * Elie mentioned this yesterday. When the third tier toilet stopped being a metaphor. [New York Daily News] * Look at this f**king free speech warrior. [WSJ Law Blog] * Missouri ranks 49th in the nation for per capita spending on public defense. Take that, Mississippi! [New York Times] * After some quality cybersex, I […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.09.10

    * The 9th Circuit ruled yesterday that prisoners held by the C.I.A. in overseas prisons could not sue over alleged torture because the lawsuit might expose government secrets. Secrets like, how the government tortures prisoners. [Associated Press] * Does punishable mean “able to be punished” and is Miguel Tejada the proper precedent? The answers to […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 09.08.10

    * Those big phonies on the parole board denied Mark David Chapman again. [New York Post] * Mayor Bloomberg does not believe consistency with regard to the First Amendment is the hobgoblin of little men minds. [Wall Street Journal] * BP magnanimously shares blame for oil spill. Apparently, greed is not always good. [Business Week] […]

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