Crime
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Crime, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Size Matters: Yet Another Reason To Go Solo
Thinking of going solo? It's challenging, but not impossible. Small-firm columnist Valerie Katz finds inspiration for aspiring solos from an unlikely source. -
Crime, Holidays and Seasons, Police, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sports
The Heat Isn't An Excuse For Sexing It Up In A Public Pool
Yes, it's hot out there, but please try to control yourself. Don't engage in the behavior that this Indiana police officer stands accused of. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Crime, Prostitution, Quote of the Day, Sex, Wall Street
Quote of the Day: A Recession-Proof Business?
The business of high-end prostitution is enormously profitable. — Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, commenting on the big bust of a prostitution ring aimed at wealthy Wall Street clients. (For more on this story, see Dealbreaker.)
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Crime, Cyberlaw, Technology
FBI Rolls Out the Hacker Paddywagon in Nationwide Raid
It’s been an unusually exciting month in the legal tech world. Several lawyers have been charged with (and cleared of) upsetting electronic crimes. An Am Law 100 firm got sued for allegedly screwing up e-discovery. I haven’t even had the time or need to write the same vague jibber-jabber about Google+ that everyone else on […] -
Celebrities, Crime, Death Penalty, Kids, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Texas
Morning Docket: 07.21.11
* Lindsay Lohan is headed back to court today. She’s expected to be arraigned on charges of being the best actress ever. [Hollywood Life] * Another future Nobelist, Kim Kardashian, has filed a lawsuit against the Gap for using what this article calls “a faux-dashian model in a commercial for its Old Navy brand.” May […]
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Crime, Drinking, Drugs, DUI / DWI, Prostitution, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judges Behaving Badly? A Slew of Lurid Allegations
If the allegations are true, one sitting judge and one former judge have been very naughty boys. Let's find out what they stand accused of.... -
Crime, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Lawyer of the Day, Screw-Ups, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Georgetown Law Grad Pulls Trigger, May Have Shot Career In The Foot
A prosecutor in Miami recently resigned from his job, amid controversy. What did he do to get himself in hot water? -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Crime, Kids, McKee Nelson, Nauseating Things, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Pornography, UVA Law
More About the Former Biglaw Partner Accused of Child Porn Distribution
A former colleague of Edward De Sear, the prominent law firm partner accused of child pornography distribution, reminisces about him. - Sponsored
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Alex Kozinski, Celebrities, Clarence Thomas, Crime, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Fabulosity, Harvard, Hotties, Law Schools
Imagining the Future Legal Career of Casey Anthony
One of Casey Anthony's lawyers suggests that Casey, having been exposed to the criminal justice system, might look into a legal career. We imagine what such a career might look like. -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Crime, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Lawyerly Lairs, McKee Nelson, Nauseating Things, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Pornography, Real Estate, UVA Law
Allen & Overy Partner Accused of Kiddie Porn Purveyance
A prominent capital-markets lawyer, and a former partner at several top law firms -- Allen & Overy, Bingham McCutchen, McKee Nelson, Orrick, Milbank Tweed -- has been accused by the feds of child pornography distribution. -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Cyberlaw, Pornography, Privacy, Technology
This Lawyer Had the Worst Neighbor Ever
We’ve all had obnoxious neighbors. The stoners who play music too loud, the dysfunctional lovers who are always yelling at each other… it’s part of life. Most of us, though, have not lived next door to our own personal cyber-terrorist. Minnesota attorney Matthew Kostolnik has. His neighbor “launched a calculated campaign to terrorize his neighbors, […] -
Biglaw, Crime, Partner Issues, Tax Law, Weirdness, White-Collar Crime
Mystery Departure Solved: Ex-Kirkland Partner Hit With Federal Criminal Charges
Last fall, we wrote about prominent bankruptcy lawyer Ted Freedman's unexplained departure from Kirkland & Ellis. Now we learn that he has been indicted on federal tax-fraud charges, for allegedly hiding millions in income. -
Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
An Update On a Mercer Law Student's Untimely Death
A week and a half ago, we told you about the death of a Mercer Law student. The student has now been officially identified as Lauren Giddings, a recent Mercer Law graduate who was back in Macon studying for the bar. We have an update from Macon: our sources are telling us that the police have two persons of interest, but law students are still being questioned.
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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Contests, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Mark Cuban, Prostitution, Reader Polls
June Lawyer of the Month: Score One For The Practice Of Law
So far, our Lawyers of the Month have been a motley crew. Dying helps. So does being incredibly stupid. But this month we have a lawyer who won our Lawyer of the Month competition just for his old-fashioned practice of the law. Yep, in a month where we had naked people and dead people, an […] -
Crime, Kids, Lunacy, Murder, Trials, Weirdness
Voicemail of the Day
As many of you already know, if you don’t want to use email, you can send tips to Above the Law by text message. The number to use is 646-820-TIPS (or 646-820-8477). That number, which is hooked up to our Google Voice account, also accepts voice mails. We strongly prefer text-based tips, via email or […] -
Alan Dershowitz, Crime, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Murder, Quote of the Day, Trials
Quote of the Day: Dershowitz Defends the Casey Anthony Verdict
The verdict in the Casey Anthony case reflected the lack of forensic evidence and heavy reliance on circumstantial inferences. There was no evidence of a cause of death, the time of death, or the circumstances surrounding the actual death of this young girl. There was sufficient circumstantial evidence from which the jury could have inferred […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Lady Likes To Take Pictures of Men Peeing. What's Wrong With That?
A Florida judge stands accused of photographing a guy peeing in the men's bathroom. That judge is also a biter, but who and what did she bite? Read on for more info on our Judge of the Day. -
Crime, Murder, Sentencing Law, Trials
Casey Anthony: The Sentence
If you're still following the Casey Anthony case, she was sentenced yesterday for lying to the cops. She'll be out of jail in about a week. WHERE'S THE JUSTICE FOR CAYLEEEEEEEEEEE??????!!!!!!!!! -
Cocaine / Crack, Crime, Drugs, Murder, New Jersey, Paul Bergrin, Prostitution, U.S. Attorneys Offices
A Closer Look at Paul Bergrin, Former Federal Prosecutor Accused of Murder-for-Hire
Paul Bergrin, the New Jersey federal prosecutor turned notorious criminal defense attorney, just may be the most scandalous alumnus of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark. Our very own David Lat pretended to be a woman while he wrote a mildly snarky blog about federal judges, but what Bergrin stands accused of doing is much, much worse. -
Contests, Crime, Lawyer of the Day, Mark Cuban, Prostitution, Reader Polls
Lawyer of the Month: June Reader Poll
Okay, we were really late with the May Lawyer of the Month reader poll. But that was in part because the May candidates were quite dull. There is nothing dull about the June Lawyer of the Month candidates. I count two candidates who would be runaway winners if they didn’t have to face each other, […]