Dr. Phil
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Health / Wellness
Reality Show Therapy: Why I Said No To 'Dr. Phil'
As one of Brian Cuban's siblings put it, the show is 'like Jerry Springer without the boobs and fist fights.' -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.05.17
* It’s Masterpiece Cakeshop day! Let’s all watch Justice Kennedy decide whether or not he wants to have a legacy! [SCOTUSBlog]
* Hard-core Trump supporters are donating to Flynn’s legal defense — after his guilty plea — because they have no idea what this plea deal means. [Newsweek]
* Dr. Phil’s son is developing a TV comedy about his experiences as a law student tasking with arguing real court cases. It sounds like How To Get Away With Murder… except not as funny. [Texas Lawyer]
* Solicitor General Francisco and Texas AG Ken “Facing Felony Charges This Month” Paxton are hoping to cover up their own docket management incompetence by asking for sanctions against the ACLU. Sidley Austin’s Carter Phillips, working with the ACLU is having none of it. [Dallas Morning News]
* More law school grads are going in-house with start-ups. This is a sign of their entrepreneurial nature and not at all evidence that America is pumping out more grads than there are firm opportunities. [Corporate Counsel]
* Mark Cohen takes a stab at attorney valuation. [Forbes]
* The “middle class” may be rapidly eroding among American families, but it’s alive and well among American companies, and some savvy law firms see catering to middle class companies as their key to success. [American Lawyer]
* The Supreme Court closed the courtroom doors to a citizen harmed by a corporation even amidst evidence that the company withheld evidence? What a shocker. [Law360]
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Copyright, Intellectual Property
Dr. Phil Misuses Copyright In A False Imprisonment Claim
When a court gets it wrong -- horribly wrong....
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas
As Seen On 'Dr. Phil': Lawyer Who Helped Plant Pills In Revenge Plot Loses Law License, Mind
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.19.16
* In case you’ve been wondering about what happened to Jill Easter, the lawyer who, along with her attorney husband, planted drugs on a former PTA president at her son’s school, we’ve got you covered. Easter, who has since changed her name to Ava Everheart, shared her trials and tribulations on the Dr. Phil show yesterday afternoon. We’ll have more on this later. [OC Register]
* Wisconsin law grads don’t have to take the bar to be admitted to practice, so you have to do something heinous to be denied admission. All this guy did was inflate his GPA on a transcript, falsely claim to be on law review, and “forget” about some speeding tickets. The state Supreme Court granted him conditional admission anyway. [Journal Sentinel]
* Being a member of the Supreme Court Bar is pretty awesome and comes with some prestigious perks. Not only do SCOTUS Bar members get an impressive-looking membership document, but they also get “preferred admission and seating at key Court arguments.” That’s not bad for the $200 price of lifetime admission. [Big Law Business]
* Led by Alan Dershowitz, a slew of law professors are speaking out against the Department of Education to condemn actions that have led to the “pervasive and severe infringements” of students’ due-process and free-speech rights with regard to sexual harassment and misconduct complaints across college campuses. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Which law schools have enrolled the highest percentage of students from underrepresented minorities? At 10 legal institutions, minority enrollment exceeded 52 percent, which is a rarity in the stereotypically lily-white land of law schools. More law schools should strive to be as diverse as the those named in this ranking. [U.S. News]
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Health Care / Medicine, Law Professors, Law Schools
The Author of 'Confessions of a Sociopath' Might Be This Law Professor
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Books, Copyright, Football, Free Speech, Golf, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Sports, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 05.07.13
* A senior litigation associate at Paul Hastings, Ryan Nier, has decided to participate in something called the Death Race, and it has nothing to do with the drive for partnership. This Death Race is 50-mile mountain endurance/obstacle race that takes somewhere between 24 and 48 straight hours to finish. Only a handful complete the race every year, and Nier is determined to be one of them. From what we’re told, Paul Hastings has been entirely supportive of Nier, which is cool because he’s using it as an opportunity to raise money for charity. But who knows how supportive they’ll be when they realize he won’t have Blackberry access on top of the mountain for 48 hours. For more information about the Death Race, check out the website. [The Death Race] * Law student golfing across the U.S. So, I take it summer associate gigs are still scarce? [Golf.com] * “Guess What the Air Force’s Chief of Sexual Assault Prevention Was Just Arrested For…” Hard to top that headline. [Lowering the Bar] * Harper Lee suing over “To Kill a Mockingbird” (affiliate link), alleging that the son-in-law of her literary agent botched the copyright. *Insert cheap Atticus Finch joke here* [Washington Post] * Gigi Jordan case gets even uglier with misconduct charges flying around. [Thompson Reuters News & Insight] * Dr. Phil is suing Gawker alleging that the website posted a video of the pop psychologist’s interview with Manti Te’o, stifling ratings. So Dr. Phil thinks his audience strongly overlaps with Gawker’s. I’m incredulous. [Yahoo! Sports] * This is why an over-aggressive cease and desist letter can get you into more trouble. Enter the world of the “miniature war-gaming community.” [Popehat] * A guide to the questions applicants need to be able to answer at OCI. The best? “Describe a situation when you had to think on your feet to extricate yourself from a difficult situation.” This provides insight into how the applicant will deal with virtually every situation that ever comes up in Biglaw. [Ms. JD] -
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Biglaw, Deaths, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.12.11
* Law schools want to make firms interview students in August, and this is news because… wait, is this even news? Aren’t most OCI programs already in August? [WSJ Law Blog] * Just when I thought we could stop caring about Casey Anthony, the Florida DCF has to go and declare her responsible for Caylee’s […]