Bribery
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Courts
Ted Cruz Wants You To Believe That The 'Real' Racism Is Holding Powerful Multimillionaires Entrusted To Enforce And Obey The Law Accountable
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Courts
Appearance Of Bribery: Political Megadonor Wants Us To Believe He Bought And Improved Justice's Mom's House Off The Record Because Of History Or Something
With the way Harlan Crow is funding efforts to immortalize Clarence Thomas, Justi Tom Tom is going to end up making cameos in Marvel films. - Sponsored
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Courts
Thomas Responded To His Paper Trail Of Law Breaking With 'My Friends Said It Was Okay.' We Should Expect Better Of Our Judiciary.
We should expect 'Supreme' Jurists to have 'Supreme' Ethics. Is that really too much to ask?
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Courts
Judge That Received Millions In Unreported Gifts Over Two Decades Had The Gall To Sit On A Bribery Case
Maybe all those years of him not speaking on the court was just another form of him not reporting. -
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Crime
Car Accident? That'll be $100M. Don't Worry, We'll Bill You For It.
They made the insurance companies one too many offers they couldn't refuse. -
Crime
Ohio House Speaker Arrested In Massive $61 Million Bribery Scheme
How the hell do you spend $61 million in Ohio? -
Finance
Former Chicago Bank Charged With Bribing The Wrong Trump Transition Official For Job He Never Got
The S.D.N.Y. is basically alleging that Steve Calk is very bad at profiting form his crimes. - Sponsored
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Crime
Public Corruption Sting Leads To Arrest Of Two Lawyers
The bribery scheme allegedly went on for eight years. -
Due Diligence, Sponsored Content, Technology
Combating Corruption And Bribery: What Companies Need To Know
The worldwide effort to crack down on corruption has reached new heights. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.30.17
* Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams pleads guilty to accepting a bribe, ending his ongoing federal corruption trial and his tenure as DA — and sending him straight to jail, since Judge Paul Diamond denied bail. [ABA Journal]
* The Trump administration moves forward on implementing the travel ban (and has reversed its earlier determination that being engaged to marry an American doesn’t count as “a bona fide” connection to this country). [New York Times]
* Colorado baker Jack Phillips, petitioner in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that the Supreme Court will hear next Term, explains his refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. [How Appealing]
* DLA Piper, hit by a major ransomware attack earlier this week, endures its third consecutive day without email. [Law360]
* And DLA isn’t the only Biglaw firm with big weaknesses in cybersecurity, as Ian Lopez reports. [Law.com]
* Lawyer turned television host Greta Van Susteren has been let go by MSNBC (after just six months). [Vanity Fair]
* The tragic case of Charlie Gard comes to an end: the European Court of Human Rights declines to review prior court rulings refusing to let the terminally ill 10-month-old boy travel to the U.S. for experimental treatment. [Washington Post]
* Drs. John Eastman and Sohan Dasgupta break down the Trinity Lutheran case. [Claremont Institute]
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Law Schools
Infilaw Gave Indicted S.C. Legislator $35K That Was Totally Not A Bribe, Says Infilaw
A state legislator faces ethics charges, and a law school is prominently named in the indictment. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.13.16
* I don't support the effort to brand one of the slain Dallas police officers as a white supremacist. Even if he was, he wasn't shot because he was a white supremacist. And even had he been shot because he was a white supremacist, that doesn't mean he should have been put to death in the street without due process. (See how easy it is to reject victim blaming when you see it?) [Huffington Post] * Pokemon Go is going to lead to so many lawsuits they may as well offer "Augmented Reality Law" to 3Ls next semester. [Los Angeles Times] * In breaking news, all judges are partisan hacks. Even at the state level. [Election Law Blog] * Firing law professors is a good way to keep law professors from being dicks. [TaxProf Blog] * The line between criminal bribery and good sales is thin. But I think we can all agree that taking someone to Knicks games is neither a bribe nor a perk, it's punishment. [Bloomberg View] * The Family Violence Appellate Project is holding its Los Angeles "Battle of the Bands" tomorrow. In related news, my family becomes violent towards each other when somebody screws up the drum beat in Rock Band 4. [Family Violence Appellate Project]
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White-Collar Crime
Bob McDonnell Is Responsible For A Lowered Crime Rate
The Supreme Court decides that at least one person gets to avoid prison. -
Crime, Free Speech, Politics
The Criminalization Of Politics: Is It Happening, And Is It A Problem?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.30.15
* Even Jordan Weissmann of Slate, who is relatively pro-law school, accepts that there are some people who shouldn’t bother going. [Slate]
* Yet another prosecutor with a temper: sorry he whipped out a gun at the office, but “Assistant Prosecutor Chris White is really [really, really] afraid of spiders.” [Charleston Gazette-Mail]
* Moot Court: the movie! Unleash your inner gunner and check out this documentary next month. [DOC NYC]
* Roadkill: it’s what’s for dinner (and apparently there’s no law or regulation against this). [Grub Street / New York Magazine]
* Professor Michael Koehler on “The Uncomfortable Truths and Double Standards of Bribery Enforcement” (beyond the FCPA). [FCPA Professor]
* Nationwide Layoff Watch: sports bloggers. Grantland, RIP. [Bloomberg]
* ICYMI, here’s your chance to be a D.C. judge (Superior Court, not D.D.C. or D.C. Cir.). [D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission]
* Elsewhere in interesting employment opportunities, Practical Law / Thomson Reuters is looking for an experienced IP lawyer to join its Intellectual Property & Technology Service. [Glassdoor]
* We wish all our readers a happy (and safe) Halloween — and remind you to submit legally themed costumes in our annual competition. [Above the Law]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.29.15
* Out-of-state mistress had insufficient contacts with the state for wife’s alienation of affection tort. Hos in different area codes: it’s not a saying, it’s a legal doctrine. [Legal Profession Blog]
* The Orange County D.A.’s office took withholding evidence to a whole new level. Actually, probably more frightening, this behavior probably isn’t all that uncommon. [Slate]
* Lawyer making six figures lectures law school grads about how they need to take public service jobs. [The Legal Watchdog]
* Prince Harry’s ex has left Allen & Overy. What’s the next career move for Chelsy Davy? DJ. Rich people make the best life decisions. [Legal Cheek]
* All the ways that FIFA allegedly hid bribes. When it comes to hiding, I thought soccer would never top an NBCSN contract. [Screamer / Deadspin]
* The Dersh talks about becoming a great litigator and discusses where his current legal battle stands. [In the Benches]
* Why fight in court if the courts are so unfair? [Katz Justice]
* On Tuesday, the Intelligence Squared debate series will tackle marriage equality, debating whether the Equal Protection clause requires states to issue same-sex marriage licenses. There are still tickets available if you wish to attend. [Intelligence Squared]
* What will life look like after Earth’s next mass extinction event? And will they need lawyers? [What About Clients?]
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Environment / Environmental Law, Litigators, Quote of the Day, S.D.N.Y., Trials
Sí Se Puede -- ¡En Ecuador!
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Department of Justice, Gay, Gay Marriage, H. Rodgin Cohen, Health Care / Medicine, Military / Military Law, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Prostitution, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 10.21.13
* How Jamie Dimon (and Stephen Cutler and Rodge Cohen) reached JPMorgan Chase’s tentative $13 billion settlement with Eric Holder and the Department of Justice. [DealBook / New York Times; Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Congratulations to all the New Jersey couples who got married since midnight, in the wake of the state supreme court’s decision not to stay a lower-court ruling in favor of marriage equality. [Newark Star-Ledger]
* Additional insight into all the partner departures from Weil Gotshal in Texas. [Dallas Morning News]
* Lawyers aren’t the only folks who know how to overbill; defense contractors do too, according to federal prosecutors who allege that a company provided prostitutes and kickbacks to Navy personnel. [Washington Post via The BLT]
* The legal battle over Obamacare rages on. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Judge Oing, this really isn’t that hard. Here’s a draft opinion for you in the long-running litigation between Macy’s and J.C. Penney over the right to sell Martha Stewart merchandise (by James Stewart, no relation to Martha). [New York Times]
* If you’d like to run with the bulls without schlepping to Spain, former lawyers Rob Dickens and Brad Scudder can help. Presumably their legal training helped them draft ironclad waivers. [BuzzFeed]
* Another interesting but very different event, taking place this Wednesday: “Healing the U.S. Lawsuit System.” [U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (one of our advertisers)]
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3rd Circuit, Biglaw, Cellphones, Crime, Deaths, Department of Justice, Election Law, Eric Holder, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Microsoft, Morning Docket, New Jersey, Partner Issues, Patton Boggs, Texas
Morning Docket: 08.23.13
* Even the election law controversies are bigger in Texas. The Department of Justice is currently planning to intervene in one lawsuit and file another against the Lone Star state over its voter identification law and redistricting plans. [National Law Journal]
* Here’s an especially helpful ruling for people who have been living their lives without landlines (so, basically everyone). You can gratefully thank the Third Circuit for allowing you to block those annoying robocalls on your cellphones. [Legal Intelligencer]
* Well, that was quick — a Biglaw pump and dump, if you will. After only a year, David M. Bernick, former general counsel of Philip Morris, is leaving Boies Schiller and will likely be taking a position at Dechert. [DealBook / New York Times]
* “[L]ife got in the way.” Who really needs loyalty in Biglaw these days? More than half of the nearly 500 associates and counsel who made partner in 2013 started their careers at different firms. [Am Law Daily]
* Another one bites the dust. John McGahren, the New Jersey managing partner of Patton Boggs, just resigned from an office he opened himself after some major attorney downsizing. [New Jersey Law Journal]
* “In a community of 98,000 people and 640,000 partners, it isn’t possible to say there will never be wrongdoing.” Comforting. Microsoft is under the microscope of a federal bribery probe. [Corporate Counsel]
* Ronald Motley, a “charismatic master of the courtroom” who founded Motley Rice, RIP. [WSJ Law Blog]