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3rd Circuit, Biglaw, Civil Rights, Deaths, Defamation, Drinking, Education / Schools, Health Care / Medicine, Job Searches, Law Reviews, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Nude Dancing, Parties, Politics, Rape, Religion, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Williams Mullen, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 08.05.13
* When it comes to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, corporate personhood only goes so far. Religious freedoms apply to human beings, not their businesses, and the Third Circuit agrees. [New York Times]
* According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector added 2,800 jobs in July after major losses in the two months prior. We’re sure that the eleventy billion members of the class of 2013 will be very pleased. [Am Law Daily]
* Not a Nigerian scam: Biglaw firms in Washington, D.C. — like Covington & Burling, Greenberg Traurig, and Williams Mullen — are busy chasing business in Africa. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* A New Jersey municipal judge faces ethics charges due to his “extra-judicial activities” with an exotic dancer. It seems she appeared before him in his courtroom and in his bed. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* Tawana Brawley, the woman who dragged a New York prosecutor into an elaborate rape hoax (complete with race-baiting), is finally making payments on a defamation verdict. [New York Post]
* “Either I’m a stupid lawyer, or I’m stupid for thinking the court will enforce the rights of guys.” Former Cravath attorney and men’s rights advocate Roy Den Hollander is at it again. [New York Daily News]
* Morehouse College will be the fifth undergraduate school in the nation to publish a law journal. This is basically a case study in what it means to begin law school gunning while in college. [Daily Report]
* Things are pretty dire for New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. Not even “that [law grad] who takes pictures of himself in his underwear in the mirror” would vote for him. [Delaware News Journal]
* Julius Chambers, famous civil rights lawyer and former leader of the NAACP LDF, RIP. [NBC News]
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Baseball, Biglaw, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Football, Noah Feldman, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, Video games
Non-Sequiturs: 08.02.13
* A DWI attorney shows up to court drunk. Kicker? He was in the wrong courtroom. Still, the best way to defend a client is to stumble a mile in their shoes. [KRQE] * A sitting appellate judge shares his poetic stylings. [Law Poetry] * Here’s a brutally honest letter from a hypothetical senior Biglaw partner to a new associate. Since this week established that we need to point this out, this is a satirical letter. [Associate's Mind] * Well this is a pretty comprehensive tirade against a judge. It makes calling a judge a “cock” seem tame. [Legal Juice] * Harvard Professor Noah Feldman talks about democracy. He thinks monarchies have funny traditions. I guess he’s talking about the royal family of Canada. [Zach Talks] * EA can’t use the First Amendment to get out of the right of publicity problem it faces with its college football video game. And the death watch on the NCAA continues. [IT-Lex]
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Drinking, Sex, State Attorneys General
Why Do Prosecutors Think Their Badges Should Get Them Into Clubs?
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Biglaw, Drinking, Drugs, In-House Counsel, Parties
They’re All Wasted…
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Crime, Drinking, Lawyer of the Day, Nauseating Things, Police, Reader Polls, Rudeness
Pooping On The Po-Po: Colorful Allegations Against An Attorney
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Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Drinking, Quote of the Day, Violence
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Crime, Drinking, Drugs, Law Schools, Money
Law Student Embezzles Thousands of Dollars While Drunk, High
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Celebrities, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Quote of the Day
Erin Brockovich Rocks the Boat With Her Mug Shot
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Cars, Crime, Drinking, DUI / DWI, State Judges, Violence
Court Upholds DWI Conviction of Woman Fleeing Domestic Abuse
Court decides it's better for woman to take her husband's blows than blow .08. -
ACLU, Biglaw, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Drinking, Immigration, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Practice Pointers, Privacy, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Morning Docket: 06.12.13
* “Going forward, nobody is going to get everything they want. Not Democrats, not Republicans, not me.” What a way to open the door to debate on the president’s newly endorsed bipartisan immigration bill. [New York Times]
* The ACLU is suing the United States over the collection of Verizon phone records, citing a possible “chilling effect” on the people who may contact the ACLU. What an entertaining (and egocentric) cause of action. [Bloomberg]
* When businesses throw cash at judges’ election campaigns, jurists tend to rule in favor of their donors — which is likely why Sandra Day O’Connor called state judges politicians in robes. [Washington Post]
* If it’s not news of layoffs, it’s news of office closures: Dentons partners will vote on whether to close the firm’s doors in Kuwait, and Curtis Mallet-Prevost already got the hell out of the Gulf. [The Lawyer]
* If you want a law school where professors pat you on the head and give you a treat each time you answer a question correctly, use this method to choose your alma mater. [U.S. News & World Report]
* There’s a pretty high probability that you’re a legal procrastinator, so here are some tips to stop the madness. Apparently alcohol isn’t the answer to your problems. Who knew? [WSJ Law Blog (sub. req.)]
* New York City may be trying to defend a ban on sugary drinks that are larger than 16 ounces, but if your milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, it doesn’t matter how big it is. [Associated Press]
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Biglaw, Drinking, Food, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: On Business Entertainment
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Drinking, Law Schools
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Bad Ideas, Drinking, Parties
Pulling 'The Hangover' In Real Life Will Get You Arrested, Sued
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Chicago-Area Readers: Please Join Us for Drinks on June 12th
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Crime, Drinking, Police, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Videos
Lawyer Gets Wasted, Throws Panties at Police
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Celebrities, Crime, Drinking, Jury Duty, Quote of the Day
Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild Calls Jurors 'Retards'
This Girls Gone Wild mogul has some rather choice words for the jurors who convicted him.