Juggalo Law
Posts by Juggalo Law
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Morning Docket, Samuel Alito, Sports, Tobacco / Smoking
Morning Docket: 03.21.11
* Sammy Alito and the roots of a compassionate constitutional conservatism. By Emily Bazelon. Foreblurb by Juggalo Law. [New York Times] * A U.S. vulture fund is having problems collecting a certain debt from the Democratic Republic of Congo via certain chinamen. Yes, I know that’s not the preferred nomenclature. But these men actually do […]
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Antonin Scalia, Biglaw, FDA, Linda Greenhouse, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas
Morning Docket: 03.11.11
* Johnson & Johnson will have to fix several factories after an agreement with the FDA prompted by massive product recalls. This still doesn’t explain why my bottle of Tylenol may contain tree nuts. [Bloomberg] * Charlie Sheen hammered out a custody agreement With Brooke Mueller. That’s nice. [People Magazine] * Texas may consider a […]
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Arlen Specter, Celebrities, Gay Marriage, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Partner Profits, Politics, Solo Practitioners
Morning Docket: 03.10.11
* Mel Gibson has reached a plea agreement in a battery case involving his ex-girlfriend. #losing #BeaverBlood [Associated Press] * Meanwhile, Lilo isn’t accepting her plea deal. No ma’am. Not for all the Texas booger sugar in the world. Well, maybe for all the Texas booger sugar. But that wasn’t really offered. [New York Post] […]
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Death Penalty, Deaths, Morning Docket, S.D.N.Y., Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Law, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Morning Docket: 03.09.11
* The opening of the RaJabba Rajaratnam trial will be gripping, apparently. [Reuters] * The S.E.C. is being attacked again about its ethical standards. It’s not like these problems started with Cam Newton. I mean, the S.E… what’s that? The Securities and Exchange Commission? What? No, I don’t even know what that is. What does […]
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Copyright, Crime, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Rankings, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. News, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.08.11
* Obama has created an indefinite detention system for prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Because he’s too soft on terrorism to make it definite. [Washington Post] * Utah’s new immigration laws will create a legal storm. El Niño! Spanish for The… Niño! [USA Today] * Lilo finally starred in another movie, and former wet poodle […]
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Minority Issues, Racism, Trials, Weirdness
Idaho's Main Exports: Potatoes and Racism?
I don’t think Idaho gets enough credit for being positively weird. Sure, Napoleon Dynamite did a good job of highlighting that state’s peculiar relationship with llamas and quesadillas. But what of the insane racial animus that resides in the Potato State? (I don’t know if Idaho is the potato state. It should be, right? We’ll […] -
Crime, Education / Schools, Jeffrey Epstein, Judicial Nominations, Morning Docket, Munger Tolles & Olson
Morning Docket: 03.07.11
* Doing hood rat stuff with your friends is less likely to land you in the adult court system now. [New York Times] * The Quinnipiac Law School registrar might be headed to the pokey on mortgage fraud charges. Add/Drop is now… CLOSED!!!!! No idea what that means. [Hartford Courant] * Law prof Liu lingers […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.28.11
* An Indianapolis man is suing a strip club because he got hit in the face by a flying shoe from one of the dancers. Charisma, Chastity, Fantasia, Kia, Optima, Cinnamon, Destiny, Porsche, Angel, Cherry, Buckcherry, Jenna, Nina Nipples, Coco, and Kid Rock had no comment. [Indianapolis Star] * Something called Indiana Tech is mulling […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.25.11
* Baker Hostetler is making out like a bandit on this whole Madoff thing. I’ve always assumed bandits make out with a lot of tongue. Like the French. [New York Times] * It will take awhile before the effects of the Obama administration’s decision on DOMA are felt. In the meantime, supporters of the law […]
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Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Lesbians, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.24.11
* A British court ruled that Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden. [Reuters] * Governor Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii signed into law a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions. Men, barbecue, I like you, I like you too dawg, let’s get… civil unioned? [Honolulu Star-Advertiser] * Seems like Betty Boop was passed around like a […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.23.11
* If I had a nickel for every federal judge who dismissed a challenge to Obamacare, I’d have fifteen cents. Come to think of it, phrasing it that way doesn’t illustrate a whole lot. Oh well. [New York Times] * Tennessee seeks to outdumb every other state with a proposal that would make it a […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.22.11
* Something called the “Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act” is moving through the Minnesota Legislature and is described thusly: “If you eat too much and get fat, you can’t sue the food retailer.” The Scales of Justice. [Grand Forks Herald] * Lat’s alma mater has started an initiative called “Don’t Filter Me, Bro.” [Yale […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.21.11
* This Wayne State law student has devoted her life to making all of us look bad. [Detroit Free Press] * Squash enthusiast Arlen Specter has returned to legal practice as a solo practitioner. [Philadelphia Inquirer] * After the revolution, Tunisia naturally has moved onto the important business of deciding what to do with the […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.17.11
* Hawaii state legislators have approved civil unions for same-sex couples. Tiny gay couples… [Reuters] * Louisiana applies special penalties to those who are convicted of soliciting oral or anal sex, under the Crimes Against Nature law. Kirk Cameron and this Kiwi fella seem to disagree with Louisiana on just how unnatural oral sex is. […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.15.11
* Clarence Thomas is now being criticized for attending a Koch party. Koch, not Coke. [New York Times] * Chevron gets hit with a record-setting judgment in the Ecuadorian environmental case — and it has to apologize. [Wall Street Journal] * Musical chairs: David Hoffman — a former Rehnquist clerk and Kash-certified hottie, who previously […]
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Barry Bonds, Baseball, Celebrities, Immigration, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Prisons, Sports, Tobacco / Smoking
Morning Docket: 02.11.11
* If the Muslim Brotherhood gains power in Egypt, they will impose sharia law. Just like Oklahoma! [ABC Online] * Lindsay Lohan took to Twitter to announce that she “was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal.” Well, nature it is. [msnbc.com] * Arizona is suing the federal government over the porous border. Mr. Obama, […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.10.11
* At an ABA public hearing yesterday, the panel heard from court officials all across the country who have struggled while dealing with budget cutbacks. Begging for pens, going without health insurance, and sucking various appendages for crack were all discussed. The crackhead was quickly ushered out of the hearing by security. [ABA Journal] * […]
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Celebrities, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.09.11
* The House failed to extend key provisions of the Patriot Act yesterday. Terrorists are unable to create jobs in such an uncertain regulatory environment. [Washington Post] * A conservative legal group, the Pacific Legal Foundation, is fighting the application of Title IX to high schools. At issue is whether throwing like a girl is […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.08.11
* Frank McCourt’s lawyers at Bingham have lawyered up in an attempt to dodge responsibility for their royal screwup in his divorce. Dodge. Get it? I spit hot fire. [Los Angeles Times] * In other garbage baseball team news, David Wright says the Madoff lawsuit will have an effect on Mets players. When you’re a […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.07.11
* Of shaken babies and unsure verdicts. This long piece in the Times Magazine, by Emily Bazelon, is well worth your time. For those who require a funny take on shaking, there’s always this totally NSFW Chris Rock bit. [New York Times Magazine] * What do willful violations of antitrust law and not being admitted […]