Department of Justice
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Department of Justice, Trivia Question of the Day
The Attorney General Cannot Go It Alone
Know much about the history of the DOJ? -
Department of Justice, Marijuana
Feds Cash Their Own Lawsuit Against America's Largest MMJ Dispensary
The Justice Department announced it will finally drop its four-year long legal battle against Harborside Health Center. What does this mean for America's cannabis industry? - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Department of Justice, Public Interest
The Feds Are Taking On Debtors' Prisons
Some say bail is "income-based incarceration." The Department of Justice wants to change that.
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Department of Justice
UK Now Actively Enabling US Justice Department’s Dark Flash Crash Trader Fantasy
The world’s most dangerous trader is finally being brought to justice… American justice. -
Department of Justice, Immigration
DOJ Official: 3-Year-Olds Can Competently Represent Themselves
This is what happens when a cynical disregard for the most vulnerable in society bleeds into rank stupidity. -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Congratulations To The 2016 Bristow Fellows
Which law schools and judges send the most people into prestigious Bristow Fellowships? -
Bankruptcy, Celebrities, Department of Justice
The Department Of Justice Has Taken An Interest In 50 Cent’s ‘Posing With Money’ Series On Instagram
Was that wrong? Should Curtis Jackson III not have done that? -
Department of Justice, Loretta Lynch
Have No Fear, Attorney General Loretta Lynch Is Here
Being AG is a tough job. How can Loretta Lynch possibly do it all? - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Department of Justice, Marijuana
DOJ Gets (Majorly) Smoked In Federal Court
What does this case mean for medical marijuana defendants? -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Job Searches
Reminder: DOJ And Other Honors Program Applications Are Due Soon
Are you aware of all these great job opportunities for graduating law students and recent law school graduates? -
Department of Justice, Marijuana
Department Of Justice (Again) Stubs Out Progress For Medical Marijuana
If we want the DOJ to stop prosecuting for medical marijuana-related “crimes,” we really need our federally elected officials to start writing unambiguous and effective legislation to limit the DOJ’s power to do so. -
Department of Justice, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
A Great Legal Job, Or The Greatest Legal Job?
A wide-ranging discussion about the post of U.S. Solicitor General, which some consider to be the best legal job in the United States. -
Benchslaps, Department of Justice
Why The DOJ Got Benchslapped In Austria: A Conversation With FCPA Blog's Richard Cassin
Columnist Zach Abramowitz chats with Richard Cassin of the FCPA Blog about how the DOJ got benchslapped -- for fabricating evidence.
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Department of Justice, Sports
Only The American Justice System Could Go After FIFA
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! If we can't beat 'em on the pitch, we'll get them in court. -
Clerkships, Department of Justice, Fabulosity, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Congratulations To The 2015 Bristow Fellows
Which law schools and lower-court judges send the most people into prestigious Bristow Fellowships? -
Contract Attorneys, Department of Justice, Document Review, Immigration, In-House Counsel, Labor / Employment, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.19.14
* First the cheerleaders went after their employers in wage and hours suits. Now strippers. And the strippers are winning. [Slate]
* Prince Harry’s ex, Chelsy Davy, has left her Biglaw gig as an Allen & Overy associate. So that’s what happens when you lose the real-life version of I Wanna Marry Harry. [Legal Cheek]
* Despite the shrill response on cable news, President Obama’s executive action on immigration will be totally legal. [New Republic]
* DOJ seeks to disqualify anyone who knows about all the DOJ’s misconduct. Clever trick! [New York Observer]
* If you’re doing contract work, you could stave off the boredom or you could go the failed mobster route and be a rat. [Law and More]
* Somewhere along the line, obvious puffery turned into false advertising suits and it’s costing some companies big bucks. [Corporate Counsel]
* The latest in litigation financing: crowdfunding your lawsuit. [TechCrunch]
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Department of Justice, Federal Judges, Gender, Pregnancy / Paternity, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices, Women's Issues
Pregnant Lawyer 'Shouted At And Insulted' Over Request For Trial Delay
Basic human courtesy gets tossed to the wind when women lawyers become pregnant. -
Courthouses, D.C. Circuit, Department of Justice, Election Law, Environment / Environmental Law, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 11.03.14
* Floridian women lawyers got their wish: Bad Judge, plagued by bad ratings, is getting canceled. [Daily Business Review] * A round-up of write-ups about today’s oral arguments in the Israel / Jerusalem passport case. [How Appealing] * Interesting reflections from Professor Glenn Reynolds on the controversial catcalling video. [USA Today via Instapundit] * Things are bats**t insane — literally — at this Utah courthouse. [Gawker] * The D.C. Circuit gives the EPA its way on cross-state air pollution. [Breaking Energy] * Election monitors from the Justice Department: possibly coming to a jurisdiction near you (including Bergen County, New Jersey, where I grew up). [BuzzFeed] * Can cops force suspects to use their fingerprints to unlock their cellphones? Eric Crusius and Lisa Giovinazzo debate, after the jump. [Fox News] -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Gay, Gay Marriage, Gender, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 10.27.14
* “I think we have to be concerned that almost all of us are from two law schools.” Justice Clarence Thomas thinks that the Supreme Court bench ought to be more diverse. [New York Times]
* The DoJ expanded its recognition of gay marriage by adding six states to its roster of those newly entitled to federal benefits — now more than half the country. Yay! [Bloomberg]
* Former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler has withdrawn from consideration as a nominee for Eric Holder’s job as AG. She and her shoe collection will remain at Latham. [WSJ Law Blog]
* [I]t’s profound that we have not made much progress on that front in the legal profession.” There’s still an income gap between men and women in the law, and it gets worse over time. 🙁 [National Law Journal]
* Come sail away, come sail away, come parasail away with me. This former Biglaw associate found that life slaving away at a law firm wasn’t her paradise, so she decided to move to the beach. [Am Law Daily]
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11th Circuit, Copyright, Department of Justice, Election Law, Fashion, Law Reviews, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.20.14
* Eric Holder gave millions to Nazis! Or at least that’s how Darrell Issa will put it. But seriously, the Department of Justice has a long-standing policy of allowing Nazi war criminals to collect Social Security payments if they agree to get the hell out of the U.S. [Associated Press via New Europe] * A Cleveland attorney, Peter Pattakos, is not worried about contracting Ebola, even though he was in a room with a current Ebola patient, because Pattakos is neither a crazy person nor a cable news producer and realizes that he never exchanged bodily fluids with the patient. As he points out, “I’m much more likely to be mistakenly killed by a police officer in this country than to be killed by Ebola, even if you were in the same bridal shop.” [Cleveland.com] * Chanel is suing What About Yves for trademark infringement. The question Professor Colman asks is whether “we really want a trademark ‘protection’ regime in which mark ‘owners’ can prevent creative, non-confusing uses of ‘their property.'” [Law of Fashion] * One for the career alternatives file: Miami lawyer who ranks local restaurants opens his own restaurant. At ATL we rank law schools, maybe we should open our own law school. [Southern District of Florida Blog] * Academic publishers fighting the war on common sense by charging an arm and a leg for access to research that is written and peer reviewed by other people for free scored a victory on Friday when the Eleventh Circuit rejected the lower court’s articulation of educational fair use in the digital age. [The Chronicle of Higher Education] * Balancing parenthood and the “jealous mistress” that is the practice of law. [Jed Cain] * An amazing symposium on campaign finance reform from the NYU Law Review and the Brennan Center for Justice. It’s a wealth of content. [NYU Law Review] * Josh Gilliland from The Legal Geeks gave a presentation on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Law at the San Diego Comic Fest, which sounds much more fun than any “and the Law” class I ever took. He’s provided his slideshow presentation…