Crime
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Crime
I Think Emma Gonzalez Should Sue These Alt-Right Fools For Defamation And False Light
They are smearing her with false images on social media, and there is, in fact, a law against that. -
Family Law
Lawmakers Pass 'Sara's Law' To 'Protect' Attorneys In Least Effective, Most Insulting Way Possible
Frankly, this law dishonors the career of a woman who fought to protect her clients from abuse. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Crime
Unarmed Black Man Murdered In Own Backyard By Terrorists Wearing Blue Uniforms
The fact that the terrorists happened to be police really shouldn't matter.
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Trials
Innocent, But In Jail: Exonerations Where 'Justice' Has Failed
If the initial prosecution of defendants was more fair, fewer innocent people would wind up in jail. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.19.18
* “This is crazy.” Donald Trump reportedly had members of his White House senior staff sign nondisclosure agreements that are supposed to last beyond his presidency. This raised some brows, but dissenters concluded that the contracts weren’t likely to be enforceable, so they signed on the dotted line. Yes, crazy. [Washington Post]
* With quotes from “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” President Trump’s personal lawyer, John Dowd, said — first on behalf of the president as his counsel, and later, on behalf of only himself (oopsie?) — that it’s time for the Mueller probe to end. [Daily Beast]
* And following a tweet storm about Mueller this weekend, it certainly seems like President Trump is gearing up to fire the special counsel. Congressional Republicans are less than pleased with the president’s behavior, and have issued a few stern warnings, urging Trump not to cross the “massive red [Mueller] line,” because “that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency.” [New York Times]
* Are you ready for legal sports betting? Your bookie might not be, but America’s four major U.S. sports leagues are preparing for anything and everything that could happen as a result of the Supreme Court’s forthcoming ruling. [Washington Post]
* “What’re you in for?” “A law degree.” According to a report from the ACLU, debts “from medical bills to car payments to student loans” are being criminalized, and courts across the country are issuing arrest warrants. [Idaho Statesman]
* Christopher Tripp Zanetis, NYFD fire marshal, U.S. Air Force captain, Debevoise associate, RIP. We’ll have more on his passing later today. [American Lawyer]
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Trials
Defending A Rape Case As A Female Attorney In The #MeToo Era
While it's sometimes difficult for women to do this type of case, it's important women do them. -
Legal Ethics
Disbarred Attorney Got Drinks, Played With Gun, Tried To Delete Video Evidence After Someone Ended Up Dead, Then Snuck Into Jail
He's seeking readmittance... not sure that's going to happen. -
State Judges
No, Judges Can't Administer Electric Shocks To Defendants That Refuse To Answer Questions
We must stop courts from "drift[ing] from justice into barbarism." - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Trials
Collars For Dollars: An Unconstitutional Police Practice?
Other juries will soon be asked to decide whether a petitioner's civil rights were violated through arrests by police seeking to make overtime dollars. -
Crime
BuzzFeed Reveals That Black People Haven't Been Lying All This Time About The NYPD
A report highlights that the NYPD regularly puts bad cops back on the streets. -
Law Schools
Arrest Made After T14 Law Professor Receives Envelope Filled With Suspicious White Powder
The man arrested also targeted Donald Trump Jr., who he called an 'awful person.' -
Crime
Virginia Police Are So Casual About Violating This Mother's First Amendment Rights They Must Not Know Those Exist
They're also abusing their FOIA discretion, but at least the police do that all the time. -
State Judges
Judge Suspended After He Was Arrested For Allegedly Stealing $4 Million
The judge was arrested last week on grand larceny charges.
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Trials
Proximate Death: How A Random Chain Of Events Can Sink A Criminal Case
Almost anything that starts the chain of events leading to death can be blamed on the person who started that chain. -
Biglaw
Former Biglaw Partner Sentenced To Over 2 Years In Jail For Insider Trading
Prosecutors were pleased with the sentence. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.23.18
* According to White House counsel Don McGahn in comments made at CPAC, President Trump has picked judicial nominees “he can relate to.” Hmm, so maybe that’s why he chose people like leading legal luminaries Brett Talley, Jeff Mateer, and Judge John Bush. [National Law Journal]
* Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his onetime aide, Rick Gates, face tax and bank fraud charges in a new 32-count indictment in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian election interference investigation. Do ya feel like taking a plea and cooperating now? [Bloomberg]
* Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted by a grand jury on a Class D felony charge of invasion of privacy after allegedly tying up a woman he had an affair with, taking a nude picture of her, and threatening to release it. He doesn’t intend to resign and called the Circuit Attorney on the case a “reckless liberal prosecutor.” [USA Today]
* Look out, Biglaw, because the Big Four are coming for you. Accounting firm PwC, which already has more than 1,000 legal contractors, is planning to expand its Flexible Legal Resources offering into global markets. [American Lawyer]
* A Reed Smith partner’s widow has asked the Seventh Circuit to uphold a $3 million jury verdict against GlaxoSmithKline for its failure to warn about an alleged risk of suicidal behavior on Paxil’s labeling. Her late husband took his own life days after starting a generic version of the antidepressant drug. [Big Law Business]
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Small Law Firms
Partner's Son Was So High On Drugs That He Didn't Realize He'd Embezzled Six Figures From Firm
He was actually 'surprised' by the amount he'd taken from the firm. -
Crime
FBI Admits To Not Following Protocols After Tip On Florida School Shooter
America: The Failure. -
Law Schools
Ex-Administrator At Top Law School Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
She claimed that she was in financial need, so she forged more than 250 checks to help herself. -
Biglaw
Ex-Skadden Partner Avoids Jail, But Gets Disbarred Over Child Porn Conviction
He had approximately 600 sexually explicit images of minors.