Jeffrey Toobin
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Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sex Scandals
Alleged Jeffrey Toobin Baby Mama Has a 'Back-Up Plan'
Over the weekend, Casey Greenfield — Yale Law School graduate, Gibson Dunn litigatrix, and daughter of political pundit Jeff Greenfield — made a foray into film criticism. Greenfield published a review of the new Jennifer Lopez movie, The Back-Up Plan, in the Daily Beast. Adrian Chen of Gawker breaks it down: The mother of CNN […] -
Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Sex, Sex Scandals
So Who Was the Mystery Woman Hit Upon by Jeffrey Toobin?
We recently wondered: Is Jeffrey Toobin the Tiger Woods of legal journalism? Like Tiger, he’s phenomenally talented and successful, the biggest name in the game. And, if news reports are correct, Toobin — a legal writer for the New Yorker, a political analyst for CNN, and the author of several bestselling books — may share […] - Sponsored
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Celebrities, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Rudeness, Sex, Sex Scandals
Is Jeffrey Toobin the Tiger Woods of Legal Journalism?
Leading legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin — this year’s commencement speaker at Penn Law and Golden Gate Law, by the way — has been making headlines rather than writing them as of late. Last week we covered his family court showdown with Casey Greenfield, an associate at Gibson Dunn and the daughter of television pundit Jeff […]
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Family Law, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sex, Sex Scandals
Legal Eagles Mate: But Who Will Take Care of the Eaglet? Jeffrey Toobin Taken to Family Court by Gibson Dunn Associate.
One blogger teed up a story about celebrated legal and political journalist Jeffrey Toobin being sued for paternity with this quip: “This Might be Scandalous If Anyone Watched CNN.” But people also read the New Yorker, where Toobin is a longtime legal correspondent, as well as Toobin’s bestselling books — including, most recently, The Nine: […] -
Barack Obama, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Peering Into The Crystal Ball for Obama's Judicial Picks(Plus a live chat with the New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin)
The current New Yorker has an interesting piece by Jeffrey Toobin on President Obama’s judicial picks. Toobin took part in a live chat about the piece at NewYorker.com right now earlier today if you’re interested. (Try not to crash their website.). UPDATE: The chat’s quite interesting. Toobin reveals why he likes Justice Souter best and […] -
Jeffrey Toobin, John Roberts, Morning Docket, Twittering
Morning Docket 05.20.09
* Struggling to compete for business in a shrinking market, law firms are hiring image and marketing consultants to improve their chances–one Philadelphia-based image consultant even tells them how to dress for the courtroom. Lay-off problem solved–apparently all you need is a makeover. [The Wall Street Journal] * Not only that, but in an effort […]
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Jeffrey Toobin, John Roberts, Media and Journalism, New Yorker, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts: The Elephant in the SCOTUS Courtroom?
Everyone’s a-twitter about Jeffrey Toobin’s profile of Chief Justice John Roberts in this week’s New Yorker. And with good reason. We’re not sure whether the title of the profile, “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” is meant to describe Roberts or Toobin. We’re sure you’re familiar with Toobin, the ubiquitous legal analyst whose resume includes gigs […] -
Jeffrey Toobin, Junk Email / Spam, New Yorker, Technology, Weirdness
Spam Email of the Day
If you’re a judiciary junkie who used to read Underneath Their Robes, the judicial news and gossip site that was our first foray into blogging, you may be mildly amused by this strange piece of spam. Jeffrey Toobin — legal affairs writer for the New Yorker and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World […] - Sponsored
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Eliot Spitzer, Holy Crap, Jeffrey Toobin, Politics, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
Breaking: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Involved With Prostitution Ring!!!
Guess we picked our Lawyer of the Day too soon. Update (2:30 PM): Press conference scheduled for 2:15 p.m., but Governor Spitzer is running 15 minutes late. “I don’t blame him,” said Ben Smith of the Politico, interviewed just now on CNN. Update (2:35 PM): Jeffrey Toobin, who was an HLS classmate of Eliot Spitzer, […] -
Crime, Death Penalty, Jeffrey Toobin, Judge of the Day, Media and Journalism, Screw-Ups, State Judges, Trials
Judge of the Day: Hilton Fuller
This has been all over the news. We like the ABA Journal’s version, ’cause it’s the crispest: The Atlanta judge overseeing the prosecution of alleged courthouse shooter Brian Nichols has stepped aside from the case after he was quoted [in a New Yorker article] as saying, “Everyone in the world knows he did it.” The […] -
Blogging, Brian Valery, Jeffrey Toobin, Law Professors, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Non-Sequiturs, Paralegals, Prostitution, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court, Weirdness
Non-Sequiturs: 10.10.07
* Check it out: the Los Angeles Daily Journal has a brand new blog. Welcome to the blogosphere, Mr. Hurley! [Washington Briefs] * Don’t you wish you had attended a non-top-tier non-T14 law school? At U. Conn. Law, Professor Robert Birmingham (at right) screens prostitution training films in class. [TaxProf Blog] * ESPN’s Stephen Smith […] -
Books, Dahlia Lithwick, Federal Judges, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Shameless Plugs, Supreme Court
More Delicious SCOTUS Press Corps Navel-Gazing
More good press for Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. It scored a front-page review in the New York Times Book Review, which is the Holy Grail of the publishing industry. But we’re partial to this great Slate piece, by Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick (two of […] -
Advertising, Books, Colbert Report, Jeffrey Toobin, O.J. Simpson, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television, Videos
A Colbert Report for Legal Geeks
Last night’s Colbert Report was a bonanza for law nerds. The featured guest was Jeffrey Toobin, who spoke about his new book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. Toobin and Colbert had a relaxed and easy rapport, and their conversation was highly entertaining — perhaps the best CR appearance since Neal […]
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Books, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Nina Totenberg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Catfight at One First Street! Nina Totenberg Lays the Smackdown on Jan Crawford Greenburg
New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin’s exciting new book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, is being released tomorrow. But it’s already provoking some interesting discussion in the blogosphere. See, e.g., this post by Professor Rick Garnett (esp. the comments). And it’s garnering some favorable reviews. The dean of the Supreme Court […] -
Books, Jeffrey Toobin, Non-Sequiturs, Real Estate, Social Networking Websites, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 09.11.07
* More lawyers — no, not Nixon Peabody — have a bone to pick with YouTube. [Michael Geist] * UK study: “Workers who spend time on sites such as Facebook could be costing firms over £130m a day.” [BBC via Dealbreaker] * Speaking of Facebook, here’s some advice that’s so obvious, yet so frequently ignored: […] -
Books, Jeffrey Toobin, Neal Katyal, Rachel Brand, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Under the Robes: More from 'The Nine'
We’ve been writing a fair amount about Jeffrey Toobin’s exciting new book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. Its scheduled publication date is September 18, but we’ve gotten our grubby paws on a copy. We’ll have more to say after we’ve read it. In the meantime, check out this great report […] -
Books, David Souter, Election Law, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Bush v. Gore: Enough to Make a Grown Justice Cry?
Another day, another controversy involving New Yorker scribe Jeffrey Toobin and his eagerly anticipated book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (to be published on September 18). Yesterday we wrote about Toobin weighing in on who deserved the blame for Harriet Miers. Today we bring you a new drama (first noted […] -
Harriet Miers, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Jeffrey Toobin, John Roberts, Judicial Nominations, Media and Journalism, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Harriet Miers: Who Deserves the Blame?
Sigh. Too much to write about, not enough time (or energy). We should have written about this on Tuesday. But since we didn’t, we now have the luxury of assembling a post by commenting on what other people have already written — and snarkily noting that they all say the same thing. It all started […] -
Crime, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Trials
The Scooter Libby Trial: A Post-Verdict Primer
Okay, ‘fess up. You didn’t follow the Scooter Libby trial that closely. It struck you as kinda confusing, kinda boring. You didn’t read that much about the trial while it was going on — maybe an article on the day of opening arguments, and an article or two after the verdict. Whenever the Libby case […] -
Arlen Specter, Federalist Society, Habeas Corpus, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Jeffrey Toobin, Judicial Nominations, New Yorker, Senate Judiciary Committee, War on Terror, William Haynes
Senator Arlen Specter: One Heck of a Squash Player
Here’s another excellent article from Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker. It’s about the role played by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), outgoing chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, with respect to the recent habeas corpus legislation (aka the Military Commissions Act of 2006). If you’re confused about the controversy over this legislation, which has wound […]