Jury Duty
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California, Deaths, Facebook, Federal Judges, Free Speech, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Sports
Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.12
* Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer, Joe Amendola, has a very lawyerly license plate — and expired tags, too? [Deadspin] * In other sports law news, Darren Heitner says at least one football helmet manufacturer should be afraid, be very afraid, of concussion litigation. [Forbes] * A pop culture blogger, Jenni Maier, is rudely awakened to the boring, sexless, receding-hairline-filled real world of jury duty. [Crushable] * A pair of former Lawyers of the Day, Michael Tein and Guy Lewis, are in trouble again — this time for allegedly acting “recklessly and unprofessionally” towards the judge in a wrongful death case they were handling. [Miami Herald] * The Minnesota Supreme Court rules that a Mortuary Science student was legally flunked for making fun (on Facebook) of the cadaver she had to dissect. Chalk up another point to the Facebook Fun Police. [City Pages] * Senior U.S. District Judge Robert J. Kelleher, the oldest serving federal judge, died at 99 in California. [Associated Press] -
California, Cars, Jury Duty
Chris Draws Jury Duty in the Suburbs: You Know What, It Wasn't So Bad…
Jury duty in the suburbs of California is way better than jury duty in Oakland, or probably any major city… - Sponsored
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Baseball, Election 2012, Email Scandals, Jury Duty, Morning Docket, Texas
Morning Docket: 06.06.12
* Scott Walker, the not-exactly-beloved governor of Wisconsin who cut collective bargaining rights for most public workers, is still popular enough to survive a state recall election. In related news, the nation’s Republicans wish to report that, yes, they feel great this morning. [New York Times] * If they keep dismissing jurors in the Roger […]
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Crime, Deaths, Jury Duty, Kids, Media and Journalism, Nancy Grace, Television, Trials
Trials and Error: The Casey Anthony Case
So what was that Casey Anthony case all about anyway? Here's a short primer. -
Election Law, John Edwards, Jury Duty, Trials, White-Collar Crime
Breaking: John Edwards Verdict Is In
The jury in the John Edwards prosecution has reached a verdict. What did they decide? -
Baseball, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Quote of the Day, Sports, Trials
Quote of the Day: And Steroids Are Obviously a Critical Tool of the American Baseball System
Coffee is essential during trials -- how else are the jurors supposed to stay awake? -
Harvard, Jury Duty, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies
The Harvard Law Exam That Requires You To Apply Lessons From ‘12 Angry Men’
The HLS exam that a film critic could pass... -
Deaths, Jury Duty, Labor / Employment, Lexis-Nexis, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Non-Sequiturs, Paul Clement, Sexual Harassment, Suicide, Twittering, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 04.26.12
* Paul Clement is a beast, is basically what it comes down to. [The Daily Beast] * This is probably the grossest, most pornographic employment discrimination/sexual harassment/defamation lawsuit I’ve seen. Maybe fans of 50 Shades of Grey (affiliate link) might find it compelling. The writing in the lawsuit is probably better… [Courthouse News] * Predictive coding is good. Now it’s bad. Now it’s good. Make up your mind! [Law Technology News] * A touching obituary about a first-year Reed Smith associate who recently took his own life. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] * Elie was on Fox News late last night (video embed after the jump). He brought the funny. The hosts of the show… not so much. They did bring the racist, though. [Red Eye] * If you ever get in trouble for tweeting or blogging about jury duty, Davis Oscar Markus is the guy to call. [Miami Herald] * LexisNexis recently unveiled its new, ginormous legal e-book library. It’s just like a normal law library, except you don’t have to ask the pesky law librarian for help. [LexisNexis] (Embedded Elie, after the jump.) - Sponsored
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Cellphones, Jury Duty, Media and Journalism, Murder, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Trials, Twittering
Another Mistrial Declared After Modern Technology Unacceptably Intrudes into Court
A reporter's in-court cellphone gaffe leads to a murder case mistrial… -
California, Facebook, Jury Duty, Reader Polls, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology
There Has Got to be a Better Way to Keep Jurors Off Facebook
Hey, jurors, turn your phones off. Turn them off! -
Jury Duty, Screw-Ups
When an 'Innocent' Attempt to Avoid Jury Duty Goes Horribly Wrong
When you call in to the radio to tell the story of jury duty shenanigans, you never know who is listening… -
Crime, Jury Duty, Rape, Technology
Child Sexual Assault Conviction Tossed Because of Juror's 'Online Cultural Research'
Juror misconduct by internet can lead to mistrials, and it's becoming increasingly (and unfortunately) more common. Last month the Vermont Supreme Court overturned an unsettling child sexual abuse conviction because the juror conducted his own research about the Somali Bantu culture central to the parties in the case. What a mess… -
Crime, Jury Duty, State Judges, Trials
Elie Draws Jury Duty: Day Two -- Why Doesn't Anything Happen?
For my entire life, Republicans have been telling me government doesn’t work. It’s not true, government works just fine: taxes get collected, snow gets removed, communism gets toppled. Government works, it’s just extremely inefficient. It’s bureaucratic. It’s unable to effectively deal with exceptions. It wastes time. The waste of time is an unforgivable sin to […]
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Crime, Jury Duty, New York Times, State Judges, Television, Trials
Elie Draws Jury Duty: Day One -- Voir Dire
Elie Mystal has successfully avoided jury duty since he moved back to New York in 2003, but this week they finally caught up with him. This week, he had to perform his civic responsibility of sitting in judgment of his peers (like he doesn't do that enough already). Today he got an up-close look at the voir dire process in a criminal trial. While he was not picked, he feels like his McMurphy-esque fingerprints will be all over the case. -
Jury Duty, Rudeness, State Judges, Trials
A Sign That You Should Always Show Up for Jury Duty
Even though serving on a jury is considered an important civic duty, people in this country seem to loathe the mere idea of being forced to do it. And even though jury duty is something that is required by law, instead of just doing it, people would rather make jokes about others being too dumb to get out of it. One judge in Indiana is well aware of that fact, and he's on a mission to get people to serve willingly, lest they be forced to face some embarrassing consequences.... -
Election 2012, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, New Jersey, Paul Bergrin, Politics, Prostitution, Racism
Morning Docket: 01.13.12
* What’s funnier here? The fact that Stephen Colbert is running for “president of the United States of South Carolina,” or the fact that he’s already beating Jon Huntsman in the polls? [Washington Post] * Notorious New Jersey defense attorney Paul Bergrin’s second racketeering trial has been postponed and may be delayed indefinitely, but he’s […]
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Asians, Crime, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Temple University, James E. Beasley Law, Trials, Violence
DiDonato v. Ung: The Temple Law Shooter Gets Hit -- With a Civil Suit
Eddie DiDonato Jr., a former lacrosse star at Villanova and the son of a prominent partner at the Fox Rothschild law firm, has filed a civil lawsuit against Gerald Ung, the Temple Law School student who shot DiDonato in January 2010 in the Old City section of Philadelphia. Ung isn't the only defendant. DiDonato is suing a half dozen other parties, relying on various theories of liability. Let's think of this as a Torts final exam: Who else might DiDonato be suing besides Ung? What causes of action can you see? -
Celebrities, Deaths, Jury Duty, Michael Jackson, Trials
Breaking: Conrad Murray Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in Michael Jackson Case
With hundreds gathered outside of a courthouse in California (with a stunning lack of Michael Jackson impersonators), we can finally answer this lingering question. Who’s bad? Dr. Conrad Murray. Dr. Murray, the King of Pop’s doctor, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. What kind of sentence is Dr. Murray looking at? -
Airplanes / Aviation, Boalt Hall, Health Care / Medicine, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Malpractice, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.11
* The TSA must be stopped. They’re now leaving creepy notes when they spy personal items in your luggage. [Not So Private Parts / Forbes] * Law students, trust me, there’s nothing on your Facebook page that three more points on the LSAT won’t fix. [WSJ Law Blog] * Berkeley Law 1Ls are playing an […] -
Crime, Jury Duty, Loyola Law School, Prostitution, Robert Gettleman, Screw-Ups, Sex, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Trials
Mistrial in Massage Parlor Prosecution After Masseuse Recognizes Defense Lawyer -- as a Client....
We have the makings of a trend: inappropriate contacts between participants in jury trials. These contacts can be problematic because a jury trial constitutes a delicate ecosystem, in which contacts and communications between actors are regulated strictly to ensure the fairness of the proceedings. Now we bring you news of, er, more intimate contact between a witness and a lawyer -- which culminated in a mistrial....