Divorce
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Federal Government, Justice, Politics
A Bittersweet Afternoon For The Mooch
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.31.17
* What you can learn from Tiger Woods’s DUI arrest. [Versus Texas]
* Are we in the new age of monopolies? [Salon]
* This is reading an awful lot into unanimous Supreme Court decisions. [Washington Post]
* New York isn’t the liberal utopia you might think it is. [Jezebel]
* The election law gap between red states and blue states. [Election Law Blog]
* In NYC? Then join WNYC’s All Things Considered host Jami Floyd for a conversation about Loving v. Virginia on June 12th. [The Greene Space]
* Call off the lawyers. [Law and More]
* What’s the opposite of banning something? [Huffington Post]
* Theorizing over Jared Kushner’s motivation. [Slate]
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Crime, Family Law
Divorce Attorney's Murder A Chilling Reminder Of The Dangers Of Family Law
A Wisconsin divorce lawyer is killed in a husband's shooting rampage. Sadly, this has happened before.
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Biglaw, Partner Issues
Biglaw Attorney Left His Kids Home Alone While He Went To Paris, According To Court Documents
Heading to Paris with your new love interest is great, but maybe don't leave the kids home alone. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.29.16
* The New York City Council is considering a measure that would weigh a defendant’s ability to pay in setting bail. One small step away from de facto debtor prisons. [Politico]
* One potential Homeland Security Secretary, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., isn’t a big fan of habeas corpus. [Slate]
* Trump’s Attorney General pick, Jeff Sessions, isn’t a big fan of laws that protect schoolchildren with disabilities. [Huffington Post]
* West Virginia assistant attorney general Gilbert C. Dickey is heading to D.C. to clerk for Justice Thomas. [West Virginia Record]
* Private prisons, another beneficiary of a Trump administration. [The New Yorker]
* The divorce between between real estate moguls Harry and Linda Macklowe has now dragged their son in to the fray. Harry has filed a lawsuit against his son, William “Billy” Macklowe — just in time for the holidays. [Commercial Observer]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.18.16
* A primer: everything you need to know about Jeff Sessions. [The Marshall Project]
* A Texas lawmaker wants to force schools to out LGBT students to their parents. [The New Civil Rights Movement]
* Loretta Lynch still wants you to report hate crimes. [Huffington Post]
* A threesome leads to a suspension for an attorney. [Legal Profession Blog]
* A $25 million settlement is expected for the Trump University fraud case. [New York Daily News]
* A new spin on CLEs. [ABA Journal]
* Low divorce rates are bad for lawyers. [Law and More]
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Divorce Train Wrecks
Is This Plagiarized, Or Are There A Spate Of Parrot Divorces Out There?
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Divorce Train Wrecks
Parrot Settlement Makes Lawyer Question His Career
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Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
The Latest Embryo Fight, And Does Being Single Or Gay Make You Disabled?
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Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
I Want To Put A Baby In You: What Should Happen To Their Embryos When A Couple Divorces?
Divorce is already emotional -- and the fight over a couple's not-yet-conceived children just adds more tension. -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Murder
Murdered Lawyer Only The Latest Bizarre Twist In Bizarre Divorce Case
Arranged marriages, bigamy, gangland threats, overseas assassinations… this divorce has a lot of moving parts. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Latest Revelations In The Dan Markel Murder Case
With trial set for the fall, information about the state's case is starting to emerge. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Murder Of Dan Markel: In Defense Of Charlie Adelson
"[T]here's no way Charlie or anyone in the family is involved. They're all so nice."
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Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Murder Of Dan Markel: Wendi Adelson Speaks (Part 3)
"Danny used to tell me... he was the only one that knew the truth about what a bad person I was." -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Murder Of Dan Markel: Wendi Adelson Speaks (Part 2)
Wendi Adelson in her own words, on the death of her ex-husband and on the death of their marriage. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
The Murder Of Dan Markel: Wendi Adelson Speaks (Part 1)
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Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
More Details From The Dan Markel Murder Investigation, Plus A Closer Look At The Adelson Family
Some follow-up on Thursday's major revelations in this case. -
Crime, Dan Markel, Deaths, Murder
Investigators Allege Involvement Of His Ex-Wife's Family In The Murder Of Dan Markel
A probable cause affidavit alleges involvement by Wendi Adelson's brother, Charles Adelson. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.27.16
Ed. note: Above the Law will not be publishing on Monday, May 25, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
* John Quinn is opening up a museum for the brokenhearted. Yes, this is real. [Big Law Business]
* Chris Martin is getting some really good legal advice. [Jezebel]
* It may have seemed like Baylor was super forthcoming when it fired Art Briles and demoted Ken Starr to law school professor for failing to adequately deal with allegations of sexual assault by football players, but really, they’ve mastered the art of saying nothing. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* NBCUniversal to a federal judge: watch Straight Outta Compton. Actually, in context of the case, this request makes sense. [The Hollywood Reporter]
* David Lat on why Peter Thiel shouldn’t be mad at Gawker for reporting that he is gay. [Washington Post]
* Walgreens allegedly didn’t verify that the blood-testing technology Theranos was peddling actually worked before it partnered with the startup. [Law and More]
* You may not like that Peter Thiel is trying to sue Gawker out of existence, but that doesn’t mean the practice should be illegal. [Slate]
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Celebrities, Romance and Dating
Idris Elba's Attorney Ex-Wife Speaks About Her Broken Heart
Most of the world has a crush on Idris Elba, and this lawyer married him.