Email Scandals
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Politics
Hey Liberals: Stop Attacking James Comey Because It Just Makes You Look Stupid
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Email Scandals, Law Schools
Flame On! (Responding To Abusive Emails From Other Academics)
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Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: 12 Email Fails And What They Say About You
Email fails are far from being an affliction of millennial lawyers alone; indeed, lawyers have been failing at the art of communication since their lips started moving.
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Email Scandals
I-Banker Regrets Sending Threatening Emails After Being Called Out For Sending Threatening Emails
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.08.16
* “Our goal will be to be as transparent as possible about our results, while complying with our various legal obligations.” The Justice Department may have chosen not to bring charges against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, but that didn’t stop the State Department from reopening its investigation into her email scandal just one day later. [Associated Press]
* Has the Roberts Court turned liberal? Not really, says Linda Greenhouse. Considering that “today’s conservative justices are a good deal more conservative than the liberal justices are liberal,” the results of the high court’s last two blockbuster cases were really about righting wrongs that flew in the face of existing laws. [New York Times]
* This month, Risa Goluboff, the first woman to ever serve at the helm of UVA Law, began her stint as dean, and a great number of the burning questions that she was asked in this interview relate to work/life balance. Perhaps the next time another man is named dean at a law school, he’ll have to answer similar questions. [Big Law Business]
* A judge has ruled that Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial may proceed over the objections of his lawyers, who were apparently upset they weren’t able to cross-examine Andrea Constand, the comedian’s accuser, during a preliminary hearing earlier this year. “It’s our position we’re not going to re-traumatize victims,” said a prosecutor. [NBC News]
* Arthur Olick, bankruptcy pioneer and Anderson Kill partner, RIP. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.07.16
* Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius may recently have been sentenced to six years in prison for the killing of his girlfriend, but according to South African legal analysts, he’ll be eligible for parole in just three years, and will most likely be freed from behind bars at that time, despite his murder conviction. [ABC News]
* DLA Piper partner Brian Pendleton has been fined $10K for violating a court order related to interfering with witnesses and then lying about it. DLA Piper has also been ordered to pay all of opposing counsel’s attorney fees and costs thanks to its errant partner’s behavior. The firm, of course, “respectfully disagree[s]” with the judge. [New York Law Journal via ABA Journal]
* FBI Director James Comey is being “praised” and “slammed” at the same time for his recommendation that no criminal charges be brought against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her emails. In the meantime, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the case had been closed. [WSJ Law Blog; CNN]
* Law firm mergers are coming fast and furious, with a total of 48 combinations announced since the beginning of 2016. “Small firms are increasingly vulnerable in the current market,” and last year’s number of mergers (91) could be exceeded by year’s end as many smaller firms struggle to stay in business. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Not only is Adnan Syed, the subject of the first season of the popular Serial podcast, getting a new trial, but he’s also got some brand new Biglaw attorneys representing him. Lawyers from Hogan Lovells, including the head of the firm’s pro bono practice and the managing partner of its Baltimore office, will now be involved. [Big Law Business]
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Biglaw, Email Scandals
It's All About Optics, Man: Biglaw Firm Bans Personal Email After Salary Info Leaked
For law firms, banning personal email has become a bit of a thing, but it is all about timing. -
Department of Justice, Loretta Lynch, Politics
Loretta Lynch Is Latest Woman To Do Something Stupid With Bill Clinton
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Email Scandals
Goldman Sachs Will No Longer Tolerate Filthy Talk On Company Emails
Watch your mouth on company email. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.01.16
* The Justice Department is seeking a stay of Judge Andrew Hanen’s benchslap and order of ethics training while it appeals the ruling — a ruling the DOJ says could cost approximately $5 million to $8 million to comply with. [Texas Lawyer]
* Cheryl D. Mills, chief of staff to Hillary Clinton at the State Department, wishes that the issue of Clinton’s private email server “had been something we thought about.” [New York Times]
* Jim Lewis, counsel to Sigfredo Garcia, the man charged last week with the murder of Professor Dan Markel, maintains that Garcia had “had nothing to do with” the crime. [Tallahassee Democrat]
* Former attorney general Eric Holder says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by sparking a debate over government surveillance — but still must pay a price for his illegal actions. [CNN]
* The Fourth Circuit holds that the police don’t need a warrant to obtain a person’s cellphone location data. [How Appealing]
* In other Fourth Circuit news, the court won’t go en banc to rehear its prior ruling in favor of the Obama Administration’s policy that transgender students are protected under existing civil rights law (aka the “transgender bathroom case”). [BuzzFeed via How Appealing]
* Those unsealed Trump University documents we mentioned yesterday? They don’t put the Donald in the best light. [New York Times]
* And Donald Trump isn’t getting much financial love from the legal community, as measured by campaign contributions (c’mon, Jones Day lawyers, help your client out). [American Lawyer]
* Judge Joseph Portelli of New Jersey, recently reprimanded for alleged inappropriate comments to counsel, gets renominated to the bench. [ABA Journal]
* Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: congratulations and best wishes to acclaimed novelist (and Dentons partner) Scott Turow and fellow lawyer Adriane Glazier — who first met when he interviewed her years ago for a summer associate gig. [New York Times]
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Law Schools
Battle Over Service Dog At Law School Graduation
The hippie bastion is being accused by a graduating student of denying her service dog entry to commencement. -
Law Schools
Law Guy Spoils Game Of Thrones For Entire Student Body
It is not okay to spoil Game of Thrones for the entire law school.
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Law Professors, Law Schools
Con Law Professor Has Meltdown In Email Blast To Students
Professors don't like getting stood up by their students. And this one isn't going to take it anymore! -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Ex-Biglaw Partner Sues Over 'Destroyed' Reputation Thanks To Overbilling Scandal
For someone who's trying to save his reputation, it sure seems like this fellow isn't familiar with the Streisand effect. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.15.16
* A harrowing tale of regret from a former juror who sentenced a man to death for his crimes. [The Marshall Project]
* I guess tears and apologies weren’t enough: Michael Eakin has resigned from the Pennsylvania bench for sending racy emails on the job. [Penn Live]
* Disappointing news for proponents of cameras in the courtroom. The Judicial Conference of the U.S. voted against expanding the pilot program testing cameras in federal courts. [Fix the Court]
* Breaking news: student debt causes stress in law students. Film at 11. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
* The latest filing in the Paramount/Star Trek fan film copyright case is a treasure trove of all the Trekkie trivia anyone could possibly ask for. [Slate]
* As much as liberals may dream about this, actually prosecuting a case against Donald Trump for inciting a riot would be legally difficult to prove. [Law Newz]
* The struggles is real! It is hard to do things that we know are good for us, especially amid the crazy schedule most lawyers keep. [Forbes]
* Jane Sanders tweeted about the horrific condition found in the jail tent city created by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I guess she wasn’t broken up when Sheriff Joe endorsed someone other than her husband for president. [The Slot]
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Clerkships, Email Scandals
Another 'Reply All' Screw-Up: Tell Us How You Really Feel
Who doesn't love a good "reply all" scandal? -
Boutique Law Firms, Email Scandals, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Strong Attachments (Or: Important Advice About Email)
Sloppiness with email attachments will dent your reputation, especially if it occurs frequently or overlaps with other demonstrations of carelessness. -
Email Scandals, Hillary Clinton, Politics
Clinton's 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card
Fortunately for Clinton, criminal indictment will likely never happen because she has a "get out of jail free" card from her Constitution-shredding bedfellow. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Biglaw Partner Wants You To Know You're Ruining His Life With Your Thank-You Emails
In Biglaw firms, if you're not busy making money, you're busy wasting everyone's time.