Shira Scheindlin
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Crime, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Police, S.D.N.Y., Shira Scheindlin
Eric Holder Wants to Stop and Frisk the NYPD
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Barack Obama, Basketball, Death Penalty, Non-Sequiturs, Police, Shira Scheindlin, Sports, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 05.15.13
* New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg commissioned a report on SDNY Judge Shira Scheindlin in advance of her ruling on the NYPD’s controversial “hey, you’re black, come get a pat down” “stop-and-frisk” policy. According to the report, Judge Scheindlin is biased because she ruled against the NYPD in search and seizure cases 60% of the time. An alternative read is that the NYPD is really bad at following the Constitution. Occam’s Razor strikes again. [New York Daily News] * STRIKE!: Legal Services NYC walked off the job this morning after rejecting new contract offers. [New York Law Journal] * Pentagon Papers lawyer James C. Goodale thinks President Obama, whose administration seized phone records of journos, is worse than President Nixon, who tried to charge the New York Times for conspiracy to commit espionage. Because hyperbole is the awesomest thing in the world! [New York Observer] * A surplus of lawyers over law jobs exists in every state, and for most states the surplus has grown. I’m sure third-party litigation financing will solve all of this though. [Am Law Daily] * Tennessee law grad and judicial affairs director fired amid allegations she hooked up with Tennessee basketball player Trae Golden. [MStars News] * After revelations earlier that Arkansas wasn’t “buying American” and instead getting its death penalty drugs from the UK, the pharmaceutical company announced it would cut off the supply, joining a number of drug companies that are practically slowing executions around the country by limiting supply. [YubaNet] * After the post, check out the Biglaw firm using 4square way too much… - Sponsored
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, California, Constitutional Law, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Disability Law, Federal Judges, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, LSAT, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket, Shira Scheindlin
Morning Docket: 01.09.13
* What Dewey know about this failed firm’s bankruptcy case? According to Judge Glenn’s latest order, it seems like D&L’s Chapter 11 plan is on track for confirmation in late February, unless there are objections, of course. [Am Law Daily (sub. req.)]
* The Law School Admission Council is suing California because the state’s legislature banned the practice of alerting schools when applicants had extra time to complete the LSAT. How lovely that LSAC values the ability to discriminate. [National Law Journal]
* “It’s not like we let anybody in the door. We don’t.” Apparently Cooley Law’s new Florida campus has very stringent admissions standards. Oh really? What else is required, aside from a pulse? [Tampa Tribune]
* It’s now too constitutionally risky for cops to get all frisky: a federal judge ordered that the NYPD cease its stock-and-frisk trespass stops without reasonable suspicion of actual trespass. [New York Law Journal]
* Tamara Brady, the lawyer for the accused shooter in the Aurora movie theater massacre, is setting the stage for her client’s diminished capacity defense — because even the mentally ill can buy guns. [Bloomberg]
* Pfc. Bradley Manning of WikiLeaks infamy will receive a reduced sentence if he’s convicted due to his illegal pretrial punishment, like being forced to sleep in the nude. A true hero! [Nation Now / Los Angeles Times]
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King & Spalding, Shira Scheindlin, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Technology
Judges Making More of a Case for E-Discovery Sanctions
Ed. note: Gabe Acevedo will be covering LegalTech for Above the Law this year. If you are interested in communicating with someone from ATL about LegalTech coverage, please contact Gabe at gabe@abovethelaw.com. Thanks. It seems that judges are no longer afraid to unleash the power of the gavel when it comes to e-discovery violations. There […] -
Fashion, In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics, S.D.N.Y., Shira Scheindlin
Good News for In-House Counsel: Privilege Prevails in Showdown at Gucci Gulch
Back in April 2010, we bestowed Lawyer of the Day honors upon Jonathan Moss, former in-house counsel to Gucci. There was a question, however, as to how much of a “lawyer” Moss was. During his seven years working at the luxury fashion house, Moss did not have an active law license: he was a graduate […] -
Clarence Thomas, Federal Judges, John Roberts, Judicial Divas, Money, S.D.N.Y., SCOTUS, Shira Scheindlin, Supreme Court, Television
Two New Arguments in Favor of Higher Pay for Supreme Court Justices
Listen up, Chief Justice Roberts! Here are two new arguments you can use to make the case for higher judicial pay. 1. From the Drudge Report: According to Forbes, Judge Judy has a net worth of $95 million. She earns $25 million a year — over 100 times the Chief Justice’s salary. Random aside: Contrary […] -
John Gotti, Mafia, Shira Scheindlin, Trials, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Gotti Gets Off, Wants to Work With Children
The third time, and the third hung jury, proves to be a charm for former Gambino family crime boss John Gotti (aka “Junior Gotti”). From the New York Times: [F]ederal prosecutors announced today that they would not seek to retry Mr. Gotti for a fourth time. The decision enshrines the mob dauphin as a defendant […] -
Alex Kozinski, Celebrities, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Maryanne Trump Barry, Paris Hilton, Richard Posner, Sean Combs, Shira Scheindlin
Paris Hilton: When the Polls Will Close
Voter turnout in our ATL reader poll, Who Is the Paris Hilton of the Federal Judiciary?, has been surprisingly good. Not as good as turnout in our ERISA Hotties Contest; but certainly stronger than the anemic response to the August 2006 Couple of the Month survey. If you haven’t already voted, you can review the […] - Sponsored
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Alex Kozinski, Celebrities, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Federal Judges, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Maryanne Trump Barry, Paris Hilton, Richard Posner, Shira Scheindlin
ATL Reader Poll: The Paris Hilton of the Federal Bench
Today is the first day for judicial clerkship interviews under the official Law Clerk Hiring Plan (which some judges follow, and some judges don’t). We’re going to celebrate the occasion with a judge-related poll. Here at Above the Law, we love ourselves some Paris Hilton. She’s beautiful, blonde, and rich. She’s fabulous and glamorous. She’s […] -
2nd Circuit, Court of Federal Claims, Judith Rogers, Shira Scheindlin, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: August 20, 2006
Wow — a whole lot of lawyers got married last weekend. And some of them are very impressive people. Like William Michael, a Yale law grad who will be clerking for the prestige-oozing Second Circuit. And Matthew Schwartz, who clerked for Judge Shira Scheindlin (S.D.N.Y.) from 2002 to 2004 — and lived to tell the […] -
Judicial Divas, Shira Scheindlin
Happy Birthday, Judge Scheindlin
We briefly linked to this item yesterday, but now we have a little more to add. Here’s what the New York Post reported: [Organized crime defendant John “Junior”] Gotti helped Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin celebrate her 60th birthday by serenading her from his seat at the defense table yesterday. “I led the attack,” Gotti […] -
Dick Grasso, Eliot Spitzer, Non-Sequiturs, Shira Scheindlin
Non-Sequiturs: 8.17.06
* John Faso, the Republican candidate for New York governor, calls out Eliot Spitzer for his Dick Grasso grandstanding. Ha. [DealBreaker] * Wow, this is weird: John “Junior” Gotti serenades Judge Shira Scheindlin on her 60th birthday. [New York Post] * Musical chairs in legal academia: a whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on. [Concurring Opinions] […]