conflict of interest
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.15.23
* Justice Ketanji has stood out for her questions. Her decisions have fallen in line with the others thus far. [ABA Journal]
* A Texas judge could play a role in banning abortion pills nationwide: Quite a lot of intervention from the Lone Star state. [Reuters]
* Like voting? You should follow this one: North Carolina’s redistricting case is gonna have some spillover. [Reuters]
* The “Rust” prosecutor flaked. [NYT]
* Conflicts of interest are no joke in these parts. [NY Daily News]
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Courts
Can You Zealously Defend Someone You Virulently Hate? This Massachusetts Court Has To Provide An Answer
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Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Learns The Hard Way: Don't Talk Smack About Your Firm's Clients
Even partners screw up.
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Biglaw
New York Times Fires David Boies Over The Whole 'Grave Betrayal' Thing
Welp, he had a bad day. -
Biglaw
David Boies Takes Responsibility For Enabling Harvey Weinstein
David Boies's role in keeping the allegations against the Hollywood mogul under wraps. -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel
The Best Offense Is A Good… Network Of Law Firms
An argument in favor of in-house counsel spreading their business across multiple firms. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.12.17
* What’s the over–under on how long acting FBI director Andrew McCabe will keep his current post? [New York Times]
* And Democratic senators want answers — lots of answers — from deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. [Washington Post]
* Following up on our list of top law schools with great employment outcomes, here’s a broader look at the latest ABA employment data. [ABA Journal]
* And following up on our recent round-ups of possible judicial nominees in the Trump administration, here’s a name for one of the open Third Circuit seats in Pennsylvania. [CA3 blog via How Appealing]
* A lawsuit claims that a Biglaw behemoth is trying to invalidate the same patents it prosecuted — not a good look. [Daily Business Review]
* Former Biglaw chair J. Stephen Poor ruminates on the riches of this year’s top Am Law 100 firms. [Big Law Business]
* Robert Post looks back over his eight years as dean of Yale Law School. [Law.com]
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Biglaw
Giant Law Firm Overlooks Giant Trump Conflict... Sends 'Oops' Letter
This is why you perform a conflict check BEFORE you write your screeds. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
3 Epic Humblebrags!
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains how the game is played. -
Biglaw, Blank Rome, Divorce Train Wrecks, Malpractice, Partner Issues, Wall Street
Muppets Accused of Malpractice?
A Wall Street wife sues her former divorce lawyers for malpractice, accusing them of being puppets of her ex-husband. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Buying In: Conflicting Opportunities
Conflict checks are a rich source of information. What can be learned from reading conflict reports? Anonymous Partner explains. -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Federal Government, Legal Ethics, Litigators, Litigatrix, Mary Jo White, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Law, Wall Street
Just How Rich Is Mary Jo White, Debevoise Partner and Likely Future SEC Chair?
She's a longtime Debevoise partner, and she's married to a longtime Cravath partner. Let's take a look at their financial disclosures.
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American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Christopher Christie, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, New Jersey, Prostitution, Southern New England School of Law/Umass
Morning Docket: 04.16.12
* * The harsh realities of post-recession practice: will Biglaw leaders have to resort to alternative billing practices in order to survive? Well, they better, or else they’re “not going to have a law firm for very long.” [Washington Post]
* I don’t think “secret service” means what you think it means. Listen up, agents, prostitution might be legal in much of Columbia, but it makes America look bad when you can’t afford a $47 hooker. [New York Post]
* Jessica Recksiedler, the judge assigned to oversee George Zimmerman’s case, may have a conflict of interest thanks to her husband. Somebody’s getting banished from the bedroom this week. [Bloomberg]
* Law firms with ties to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have seen record profits compared to their take under Jon Corzine’s rule. That said, even if he called them “idiots,” it was totally worth it. [Star-Ledger]
* UMass Law is being reviewed for accreditation by the American Bar Association, and opponents are throwing some major shade. As if Dean Ward’s scandalous resignation wasn’t enough. [South Coast Today]
* Is this house haunted as a matter of law? That’s what this New Jersey couple is hoping that a judge will say about their rental home. Hey, it wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened in the tri-state area. [ABC News]
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Facebook, Legal Ethics, State Judges, Technology
If You Are a Judge, Do Your Facebook Friends Matter?
It seems there is an interesting emerging trend in litigation these days: When a ruling doesn’t go your way, just make an appeal alleging judicial conflict of interest. Same-sex marriage opponents wanted California judge Vaughn Walker to recuse himself from Prop. 8 hearings because he is gay. If and when the Supreme Court decides to […]