Bill Clinton
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Politics, Wall Street
Bill Clinton Is Sick And Tired Of Greedy Hedge Fund Managers Like His Son-In-Law
Clintonian cognitive dissonance is BACK! -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.21.16
* Still wondering why we got rid of the comments? Here’s David Lat’s in-depth look at the issue. (Spoiler alert: it’s because they were terrible.) [Washington Post]
* Is this the reason more attorneys aren’t seeking help for the addiction issues they face? [Law and More]
* Kansas may be hurting after a disastrous series of tax cuts, but that hasn’t stopped the politicians there. [Slate]
* How Bill Clinton’s crime bill shaped twenty years of activism. [Pacific Standard Magazine]
* Yes, it has become painfully clear that the New York electoral system is in need of reform. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* You think you know Harriet Tubman, but really, you have no idea. [Wonkblog]
* David Lat chats with Mirriam Seddiq, host of the “Not Guilty No Way” podcast, about legal blogging, perceptions of women lawyers, and his former boss, Chris Christie. [Not Guilty No Way via Soundcloud]
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Politics, Supreme Court
Who Will Obama Nominate To Replace Scalia -- A Gambler's Guide
We place odds on the potential nominees for Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court seat.
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Politics
Bill Clinton Sees A Gaping Hole In Bernie's Goldman Sachs Armor
The Clintons are shocked and appalled... that Bernie has been to Martha's Vineyard. -
Trivia Question of the Day
To Forgive Is Divine
A controversial decision doesn't always derail a career. -
Politics, Quote of the Day
This Does Nothing To Dispel The 'Bill Clinton As A Creeper' Meme
Ever wonder how Bill and Hillary found each other? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.05.16
* If you haven’t been watching Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, then you’re missing Dean Strang’s turn on the catwalk. The compassionate defense attorney has turned into an “unlikely sex symbol.” Are you part of the #StrangGang? [The Guardian]
* Sometime later today, President Barack Obama will announce a sweeping package of executive actions related to gun restrictions. Stay tuned, grab your popcorn, and get ready for some hardcore constitutional litigation. [Washington Post]
* Happy New Year! We’re not even a full week into 2016, and the first Biglaw merger has already been announced. Lewis Roca Rothgerber has picked up Christie Parker & Hale, a 40-lawyer Southern California IP boutique. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* Hipsters, thou shall be avenged sevenfold: The Justice Department has filed suit against Volkswagen in the wake of the automaker’s massive emissions scandal. The DOJ is seeking billions in damages over VW’s air-pollution violations. [New York Times]
* According to Ethan Couch’s lawyer, it may be weeks or months before the affluenza teen returns to the United States. A judge issued a temporary stay in his case after Couch argued that being deported from Mexico would somehow violate his civil rights. [CNN]
* Robert Wonsch, an Oklahoma process server, was arrested after allegedly coercing his female clients into performing sex acts in exchange for lowering his fees. He’s now facing several criminal counts. Good Lord, talk about ineffective service of process… [Reuters]
* Dale Bumpers, President Clinton’s impeachment defense lawyer, RIP. [New York Times]
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Trivia Question of the Day
When Scandals Become Precedent
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Politics
The (Mostly Liberal) Political Ideologies Of American Lawyers, Law Schools, And Firms
Some findings from the most extensive analysis of the politics of U.S. lawyers ever conducted -
Litigators, Quote of the Day, Williams & Connolly
Praise For Hillary Clinton's Lawyer -- From A Surprising Source
Even David Kendall's adversaries have nice things to say about him. -
Politics, White-Collar Crime
Monica Lewinsky and What's Wrong With How the FBI Talks to People
Report finds that Monica Lewinsky was mistreated by the federal government -- and not just by the head of the Executive Branch. -
8th Circuit, Bill Clinton, Constitutional Law, Elena Kagan, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
How Health Concerns Dashed A Judge's Supreme Court Dreams
Which distinguished lower-court judge came extremely close to landing a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court? -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Bill Clinton, Dan Markel, Deaths, Document Review, Health Care / Medicine, Law Professors, Law Schools, LSAT, Morning Docket, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Tobacco / Smoking, Trials
Morning Docket: 07.21.14
* NO, NO, NO, NOTORIOUS! Previously unpublished documents from the Clinton White House have been released, and it looks like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was criticized for her “laconic” nature. Not cool, Bill. [Legal Times]
* Document review jobs aren’t going anywhere, folks. Exhibit A: Winston & Strawn’s e-discovery practice is bringing in the big bucks, earning the firm more than $20 million in revenue last year. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* More lawyers are being treated for substance abuse for drugs and alcohol than ever before. In fact, a founding partner of Farella Braun + Martel, one of California’s largest firms, was once a “functioning alcoholic.” [Am Law Daily]
* A Florida jury apparently set on “sending a message” to tobacco companies awarded $23.6 billion in punitive damages to a chain smoker’s widow against RJ Reynolds. That was a costly message. [Reuters]
* June 2014 marked the fewest people who sat for the LSAT in 14 years, but it may get even lower if a new ABA proposal which would allow the test to be waived for 10% of students passes. [Central Florida Future]
* Dan Markel, FSU Law prof, criminal law theorist, and PrawfsBlawg founder, RIP. [Tallahassee Democrat]
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Bill Clinton, Constitutional Law, Elena Kagan, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Solicitor General's Office, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
4 Top Tidbits From The Latest Batch Of Clinton Papers
What juicy revelations about Justices Breyer and Ginsburg appear in the latest set of presidential papers? -
Bankruptcy, Beyonce, Bill Clinton, Celebrities, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Fabulosity, Money, Music, Partner Issues, Rap
Coolest Biglaw Partner Ever Is Making It Rain Jeffersons All Over Jay-Z, Beyoncé & Bill Clinton
There's an underground economy of $2 bills in the hip-hop community, and this Biglaw partner is responsible. -
Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, John Roberts, Media and Journalism, Rankings
The World's Most Powerful Lawyers and Law School Graduates
According to the latest Forbes ranking, only nine lawyers or law school graduates truly matter in this world. Which ones? -
Bill Clinton, Non-Sequiturs, Prisons, Television, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 08.14.13
* Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is heading to prison in Alabama for 30 months. Among the items he improperly purchased with campaign funds was a cape. How awesome is that? [Reuters via Yahoo! News] * The Bureau of Prisons is planning to move its female inmates out of Danbury to convert it to a men’s prison. The author behind Orange Is the New Black has a different plan. [Jezebel] * Reminiscent of the gun post a while back, more proof that women have all kinds of room to store contraband. [Legal Juice] * Simpson Thacher lawyers reached some “unsettling conclusions” about the Clinton Foundation. Probably spending too much time with that Lewinsky Foundation. [New York Times] * You thought there was animosity toward lawyers in the U.S.? Check out how much they hate them across the pond. [Legal Cheek] * What do you get if you combine a lawyer with a paramedic? [The Ambulance Chaser] -
Bill Clinton, Politics, Technology, Twittering
Did Stephen Colbert And President Bill Clinton Violate The CFAA?
Better get Ken Starr on this pronto! -
Books, Federal Judges, Reader Polls
An Afternoon With Judge Frederic Block, Author of 'Disrobed'
Above the Law speaks with Judge Frederic Block (E.D.N.Y.) about his new memoir and about his life and career in the law. -
Barack Obama, Biglaw, Bill Clinton, Election 2012, Feminism, Gender, Litigators, Litigatrix, Politics, Women's Issues
A Biglaw Binder Full of Women?
Mitt Romney's unfortunate "binders full of women" comment at the last presidential debate has become a huge internet meme. At which leading law firm can you assemble your own "binder full of women"?