District Attorneys
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.03.23
* Plaintiff seeks sanctions against Rudy Giuliani in breach of contract lawsuit. This seems like… not the most pressing of the former NYC mayor’s legal woes. [New York Law Journal]
* Norton Rose Fulbright partner Vincent Dunn is working on the road from Australia. That’s because his daughter, Crystal Dunn, is playing for the U.S. Women’s National Team in the World Cup. [National Law Journal]
* 96-year-old Judge Pauline Newman wrote a pointed dissent amid questions of her competency. [Law360]
* Harvard Law’s Laurence Tribe weighs in on the case against FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on behalf of the defendant. [Reuters]
* Georgia district attorneys are suing over a new law giving the state the power to remove the elected officials over discretionary decisions. [Bloomberg Law]
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Courts
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Money
These District Attorneys Are Basically Working For Magic Beans
So, you want to be a public servant (emphasis on the servant part).
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Government
Can A District Attorney Make Broad Changes To The Criminal Justice System On His Own?
In the final analysis, Gascón -- as the DA -- is accountable to the voters, not to his staff. -
Crime
New Philly D.A. Is Fittin' To Change The Whole Game
Newly elected District Attorney has already fired 31 people. -
Crime
L.A. District Attorney Preparing A Sexual Harassment Task Force
That moment when America officially took Hollywood more seriously than the President. -
Attorney Misconduct, Texas
The Problem With An Out Of Control District Attorney
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.17.17
* Iranian law students participating in an international moot court competition “surprised” over the warm reception they’ve gotten in the United States. [Al-Monitor]
* Yup, Justice Gorsuch is going to be just fine on the Court. [New York Times]
* The newest justice’s first test. [Slate]
* Look at this district attorney race to get a sense of the anti-Trump resistance. [Salon]
* Are lawyers branding themselves all wrong? [Law and More]
* Don’t call it a comeback. [Politico]
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State Judges
Texas Judge Testifies Against District Attorney Over Threats Allegedly Made In Her Chambers
The judge has taken the stand to back up the defense attorneys' version of events. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.13.17
* The problem with Oklahoma's district attorneys. [Slate] * You can survive a career transition. [Law and More] * Now here's a fine that could bring in some real money. [The Slot] * Inside Snapchat's IPO. [The Fashion Law] * Okay, so maybe the truth won't set you free. [Salon] * Try not to be complacent about the abortion of a law that is TrumpCare. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Proof? Why would you want that? [Huffington Post] -
Crime
A Prosecutor's Response
Believe it or not, many prosecutors are trying to do the right thing, even if it means a bad guy gets off. -
Justice, Politics
Some Good News From This Election Cycle: Alabama Has Its First African-American Woman District Attorney
In a world that cannot secure a conviction when a cop shoots an unarmed, fleeing man in the back five times, we'll take the small victories.
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Crime
Criminally Yours: What Makes A Good D.A.
District Attorneys should strive to be agents of change, like the late Ken Thompson. -
Police
Prosecutor Doesn't Want Convicted Cop Inconvenienced For Killing A Black Guy
After finally securing a conviction for a cop who shot an innocent man, the prosecutor is dropping the ball on sentencing. -
Rank Stupidity, State Attorneys General, Technology
District Attorney Agrees With His Office That Potentially Embarrassing Recordings Of Him Should Not Be Released
For almost a year now, a Wisconsin district attorney (now the state's Attorney General) has been trying to keep allegedly embarrassing footage of him from making its way into the hands/eyes of the public. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.21.15
* Arizona Summit Law wasn’t the only law school to post an embarrassing passage rate on the July 2015 administration of the bar exam. Only 28 percent of test-takers from this law school passed, but its dean says that the scores don’t “reflect a problem with the school’s quality.” Hey, whatever helps you get to sleep at night. [Tennessean]
* Speaking of bar passage rates, if you’re applying to law school, should you care about them? Job statistics are probably a more telling measurement when comparing schools, but then again, it’s harder to get a job when you can’t pass the bar exam. [U.S. News]
* “It’s a huge blow to his tenure as DA.” The mistrial in the criminal case against Dewey & LeBoeuf’s former executives is putting a major damper on what was supposed to be Manhattan DA Cy Vance’s crackdown on corporate crime. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
* Thanks to the Department of Education’s “gainful employment rule,” for-profit law schools could be in trouble when it comes to eligibility for federal student loans under the “debt-to-earnings” test. This certainly may put a crimp in Infilaw’s style. [Huffington Post]
* The vast majority of all class members in the Subway “footlong” lawsuit aren’t likely to see a dime. This is fine because they don’t need to see any “dough,” but a guarantee that the company’s next spokesperson won’t be a child predator would be nice. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime, Williams & Connolly
Why Did Zachary Warren Talk To Law Enforcement?
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Deaths, Drinking, Murder, Paralegals, Small Law Firms
Paralegal's Death In Boss/Boyfriend's Bathtub Declared Accidental
So what DID cause the death of this pulchritudinous paralegal? -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, D.C. Circuit, Email Scandals, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Politics, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 11.25.13
* In November, Supreme Court justices engaged in the “totally unnecessary” practice of releasing 41 pages of nondecision opinions. In all fairness, we can’t really blame them for enjoying hearing themselves speak. [National Law Journal]
* These D.C. Circuit judges of differing political viewpoints “disagreed less than 3 percent of the time” over the course of two decades. Please, keep arguing about the court’s “ideological balance.” You’re accomplishing lots. [New York Times]
* With more tie-ups than ever before and another record broken, 2013 is officially the year of full-blown law firm merger mania. Query how many more we’ll be able to add to the already huge list of 78 by the end of December. [Am Law Daily]
* Speaking of which, Baker Hostetler is merging with Woodcock Washburn, an intellectual property firm with a name that sounds like the aftercare instructions for a painful sex toy injury. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Of course a fired ADA’s scandalous emails landed on BuzzFeed. This is one more embarrassing chapter in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. [New York Times]
* It’s amazing how things can change in a year. In 2012, New York bar pass rates for in-state schools fell. In 2013, they’re up — except for one school, which is way down. Which one? [New York Law Journal]