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Biglaw
Former DOJ Official Under Indictment For Election Fraud Takes Swipe At *Checks Notes* Burning Man AND Neal Katyal
It earned him a social media spanking. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Neal Katyal Escapes Burning Man, Avoids Trench Foot
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Benchslaps, Federal Judges
The Federal Judiciary's Most Benchslapped Judge Comes Back For More
This is what happens when a federal judge has a penchant for... unprofessional behavior.
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Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Music, Rudeness
This Federal Judge Does Not Like Hippies One Darn Bit
Federal judge goes on a tirade over how much he hates Burning Man. -
Legal Ethics, Money, Morning Docket, Patents, Police, Politics, State Judges, Technology
Morning Docket: 08.27.12
* Unhappy with eleventy billion dollars in damages due to Apple, Samsung will begin its appeals, perhaps even to the Supreme Court (because you know that SCOTUS wants a bite at the proverbial literal patent apple). [Wall Street Journal]
* And speaking of that jury award, jury foreman Velvin Hogan had this to say about it: “We wanted to make sure it was sufficiently high to be painful, but not unreasonable.” Yeah, because a billion dollars in damages isn’t unreasonable at all. [Reuters]
* Do judges with lawyerly license plates avoid traffic infractions instead of getting tickets? The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct is investigating this issue of epic importance. [New York Law Journal]
* If bill collectors are threatening to sue you over your credit-card debts, you better pray that your case lands on Judge Noach Dear’s docket, because in his courtroom, “it’s dismiss, dismiss, dismiss.” [New York Post]
* Hippies can file lawsuits, too: Burning Man starts today, but the event’s organizers claim that its Nevada venue is pursuing a new theme in view of a “drastic increase in fees” — burning money. [All Things Digital]
* Protestors should be allowed to act however they want when carrying prohibited machetes in Republican National Convention event zones. This was the first, and definitely the coolest, RNC arrest made. [ABC News]
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Alt Transport
Burning Man 2010 Was Not a Police State, Not Even Close
To be arrested with drugs at Burning Man means you’re either hideously stupid, or just extremely unlucky. Either way it sucks to be you. For the uninitiated, the Burning Man Festival is an annual gathering that happens in the Northern Nevada desert the week before Labor Day, culminating with the cremation of a giant wooden […]