Jed Rakoff
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Bad Ideas, Cardozo Law School, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., Trials, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Some Law Students Learn From Their Mistakes; Others Sue The U.S. Marshals Over A Cell Phone
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Football, Insider Trading, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Paul Clement, Real Estate, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trials
Morning Docket: 06.11.12
* Have you ever wondered why Justice Clarence Thomas hasn’t spoken during oral arguments before SCOTUS in more than six years? It’s probably because he hates them so much that he thinks we should “do away” with them entirely. [Charlotte Observer]
* Former Solicitor General Paul Clement, he of unparalleled oral advocacy skills, claims that there’s “no magic formula for time management” — but having a superior legal mind certainly helps the situation when preparing for argument. [Appellate Daily]
* It’s “highly likely” that Rajat Gupta
willwon’t take the witness stand to testify in his own defense at his insider-trading trial. Query what Benula Bensam would have written to Judge Rakoff about that. [Los Angeles Times]* If you’re thinking of hopping on the “blame the ABA” bandwagon in defense of your employment statistics, think again. A federal judge rejected Cooley Law’s argument on that front last week. [National Law Journal]
* Meanwhile, Cooley “isn’t interested in reducing the size of its entering class on the basis of the perceived benefit to society,” but at least ten other schools will be reducing class sizes. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* A judge denied Jerry Sandusky’s motion to dismiss the charges against him. The former football coach clearly needed 1-800-REALITY check if he seriously thought that his request was going to be granted. [CNN]
* If you’re planning on living rent-free in New York City for almost a decade, make sure you’re doing it in a building that isn’t up to code. You’ll never be evicted thanks to this Court of Appeals ruling. [New York Times]
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Cardozo Law School, Comment of the Day, Contests, Jed Rakoff
Comment of the Week: There Was No Contest
Who won the prize for Comment of the Week?
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2nd Circuit, Benchslaps, Citigroup, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Quote of the Day, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street
Benchslap of the Day: Second Circuit Rebukes Rakoff
What did the Second Circuit have to say about Judge Jed Rakoff's rejection of the SEC's settlement with Citigroup? Let's say they're not huge fans of his legal analysis. -
9th Circuit, Constitutional Law, Copyright, Eric Holder, Facebook, Jed Rakoff, Milberg Weiss, Morning Docket, Trials
Morning Docket: 03.06.12
* Due process, judicial process, yeah, yeah, same difference. Not so, says Attorney General Eric Holder — especially when it comes to assassinating killing Americans abroad. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Now that BP has settled claims made by private sector plaintiffs, state and federal government lawyers are getting ready to wait “months, not weeks” for their new trial date. [Financial Times]
* Newt Gingrich wants his “Eye of the Tiger” copyright infringement suit to be dismissed. Listen, judge, if he can’t play this song, we won’t get our moon base or cheaper gas. [The Caucus / New York Times]
* As if being a Mets fan wasn’t bad enough on its own, Judge Jed Rakoff has struck again. He refused to dismiss Irving Picard’s lawsuit, and now the team’s owners must go to trial over millions. [Businessweek]
* Lawyers from Milberg will be joining Paul Ceglia’s legal team. They must not have checked this dude’s Facebook timeline — this is the the fifth firm to sign up for a Gibson Dunn sucker punch. [Bloomberg]
* Thanks to a decision by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, Jared Loughner will continue to be forcibly medicated. What better way to restore him to competency than to shove pills down his throat? [Reuters]
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Copyright, Intellectual Property, Jed Rakoff, Legal Research, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw
Lawyers Sue Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis for Copyright Infringement
Where would lawyers be without open (and absurdly expensive) access to Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis for legal research? They’d have to trudge down to the closest law library and read real books made of paper. They’d have to head over to the courthouse and pull actual files with non-electronic documents inside of them. In a time where legal texts are used solely for decorative bookshelf purposes, that is just too much to ask. But that is the behavior that two lawyers would expect of their professional colleagues. Do they have any chance of winning their class action copyright suit? -
Biglaw, California, Divorce Train Wrecks, Election 2012, Food, Hotties, Jed Rakoff, Morning Docket, Old People, Pornography, Pregnancy / Paternity, Securities and Exchange Commission, Technology, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 12.30.11
* Rick Perry’s motion for a temporary restraining order over the printing of Virginia’s primary ballots without his name on them has been denied. Damn all of those unelected, activist judges! [Bloomberg] * Jed Rakoff isn’t the only one with cojones big enough to challenge the SEC. Wisconsin Judge Rudolph Randa fell right in line, […]
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2nd Circuit, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Holidays and Seasons, Jed Rakoff, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing, SCOTUS, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Networking Websites, Supreme Court, Twittering, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 12.28.11
* How many of these suggested New Year’s resolutions should the members of the Supreme Court consider following? Eight out of ten resolutions wouldn’t be too shabby. [Huffington Post] * Like a virgin, detained for the very first time: thanks to this court order, Egypt will be forced to come out of the dark ages […]
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Federal Judges, Gay, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Jed Rakoff, Non-Sequiturs, Shopping
Non-Sequiturs: 11.28.11
* Seriously? We’re still deporting gay people who are married? Are there really people who are still in favor of this policy? [Stop the Deportations] * On the upside, these shoppers can now literally say they got somebody a gift over that man’s dead body. [Huffington Post] * When did Jed Rakoff become so godlike? […] -
Baseball, Bernie Madoff, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Quote of the Day, S.D.N.Y., Sports
Quote of the Day: Let's Go Mets?
Fortunately, you gave me so much paper. Otherwise, I would have had to watch a Mets game, which would have been a very painful process. — the eminently quotable Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.), praising the thorough briefing by lawyers involved in the legal battle between the Bernard Madoff trustee, Irving Picard, and the owners of […] -
Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Quote of the Day, S.D.N.Y.
Quote of the Day: I Award You No Points, And May God Have Mercy On Your Soul.
Not only am I dismissing your case — WITH PREJUDICE — but I am also referring you to the grievance committee, and will personally recommend that you are sanctioned. You lied to this Court, and that will not be countenanced. Now please leave my courtroom. — Judge Jed Rakoff, benchslapping (as reported by an ATL […] -
Biglaw, Citigroup, David Boies, Jed Rakoff, Layoffs, Litigators, Litigatrix, Pregnancy / Paternity, Trials
The Boies Schiller Three: An Update
It’s time for a brief postscript on one of this month’s juicier (and well-trafficked) stories: the dismissal of three women associates from litigation powerhouse Boies Schiller. We have a few additional tidbits that we can share with you. But this is probably the last story we’ll be doing on this drama, since we don’t expect […] -
Denny Chin, Jed Rakoff, Loretta Preska, Securities Law, Wall Street
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Rakoff?
Since Judge Denny Chin is moving on up to the Second Circuit, the S.D.N.Y. cases pending before him have to be redistributed. Lawyers for Bank of America, which has 15 civil shareholder lawsuits on Chin’s docket, sent the chief judge a letter requesting that the cases be reassigned using a lottery system. As we mentioned […]
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Jed Rakoff, New York Times, Robert Katzmann, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.13: Devine Inspiration
Supreme Court clerks continue to flood the NYT wedding pages this month, creating grim LEWW odds for mere-mortal Cornell grads and Skadden associates. Like Troy playing Florida or North Texas playing Alabama, these folks are welcome to suit up, but the only question is how bad their whuppin’ is going to hurt. Here are your […] -
Bernie Madoff, Dreier, Jed Rakoff, Sentencing Law, White-Collar Crime
Marc Dreier Gets 20 Years
The long (inter)national Marc Dreier nightmare is almost at an end. He’s been sentenced to 20 years for defrauding his clients and investors. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports: Prosecutors had asked for a 145-year sentence, which harked back to the 150-year sentence U.S. District Judge Denny Chin readily handed down to Bernie Madoff, […] -
Bernie Madoff, Dreier, Jed Rakoff, Sentencing Law, White-Collar Crime
Is Marc Dreier Almost As Bad as Bernie Madoff?
The federal government seems to think so, based on the sentence they’re seeking. We’re kind of proud that one of our own, a lawyer, can rank up there with one of the greatest swindlers of all time. And what does Marc Dreier think he deserves? No more than 12 1/2 years, according to his sentencing […] -
Harvard, Jed Rakoff, New York Times, UVA Law, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 6.21: The Thorn-Nerds
Gentleman, how emasculated would you feel if your future father-in-law shuttled your bride down the aisle, and then, instead of pecking her on the cheek and handing her over, actually turned around and performed the wedding ceremony? Talk about control issues. That’s exactly what this groom endured last Sunday, as he was married by his […] -
Clerkships, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Robert Katzmann, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Breyer's Final Hire(And a Digression on Judges Katzmann and Rakoff)
We bring you an addendum to Monday’s post about the latest in Supreme Court clerk hiring. And we’re pleasantly surprised to see that we have this news before Wikipedia. Recently hired to clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer in October Term 2008: Brianne Gorod, currently in the D.C. office of O’Melveny & Myers. Gorod is […] -
Jed Rakoff, New Jersey, New York Times, Pierre Leval, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 5.20: Boy Meets Jersey Girl
First, how delectable is that Tiffany engagement ring currently being advertised all over the NYT wedding pages? So big, so sparkly, so inevitably overpriced! We pity the poor guys who’ll be shelling out their clerkship bonuses for that one. Second, memo to the New York Times: Since when does summer employment merit mention in the […] -
Eyes of the Law, Federal Judges, Hotties, Jed Rakoff, Kimba Wood, Laura Taylor Swain, Music, S.D.N.Y.
The Eyes of the Law: The S.D.N.Y. "Courthouse Follies"
We’ve solicited funny holiday party stories from you. We haven’t received much thus far. But from the legendary Southern District of New York, probably the nation’s most distinguished district court bench, we did get this account of its celebrated “Courthouse Follies” (which took place on the evening of Friday, December 15): Item: The Southern District […]