Emily Bazelon
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Non-Sequiturs
Non Sequiturs: 04.14.19
* “How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration.” My review of Emily Bazelon’s new book, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (affiliate link). [New York Times Book Review]
* When it comes to prosecutors, as former prosecutor Joel Cohen explains, it’s all about discretion. [New York Law Journal]
* Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.) defends Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins’s exercise of her prosecutorial discretion — and argues that Thomas Turco’s criticisms of Rollins are unfair. [Boston Globe]
* Another ex-prosecutor, Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro, is representing tennis star Naomi Osaka in the “repugnant” lawsuit filed against her by her former coach. [Tennis365]
* Former federal prosecutors, many of them now partners at Biglaw firms, represent more than half of the defense lawyers in Operation Varsity Blues, aka the college admissions scandal. [Big Law Business]
* High-stakes litigation is just one of many factors contributing to Biglaw’s robust profit margin these days — hovering around 40 percent, its highest value in almost 30 years, according to Madhav Srinivasan of Hunton Andrews Kurth. [Law.com]
* Ronald Collins interviews Joan Biskupic about her latest judicial biography, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts (affiliate link). [SCOTUSblog]
* And speaking of SCOTUS, Will Baude believes that the death penalty “is justifiable and constitutional” — but argues that the Court has not acquitted itself well in its recent handling of capital cases. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
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Government
What Will It Take To Get Alex Kozinski Off The Ninth Circuit?
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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… -
White-Collar Crime
Pretty Girls And Prosecutorial Misconduct
How can anyone expect prosecutorial fairness in a culture like this?
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D.C. Circuit, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Politics, Public Interest
Liberal Critiques Of Challenges To Obamacare: 2 Errors Worth Correcting
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Family Law, Gender, Kids
Fathers' Rights Are Having A Moment
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Constitutional Law, Linda Greenhouse, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Justice Ginsburg Shouldn't Retire, Says Too-Clever-By-Half Article
It's not that Justice Ginsburg is wrong. Well, no, actually she's just wrong. -
Books, Quote of the Day, Television, Videos
Emily Bazelon Makes Stephen Colbert Cry
Emily Bazelon thinks Stephen Colbert just might be a bully. -
Morning Docket, Samuel Alito, Sports, Tobacco / Smoking
Morning Docket: 03.21.11
* Sammy Alito and the roots of a compassionate constitutional conservatism. By Emily Bazelon. Foreblurb by Juggalo Law. [New York Times] * A U.S. vulture fund is having problems collecting a certain debt from the Democratic Republic of Congo via certain chinamen. Yes, I know that’s not the preferred nomenclature. But these men actually do […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.07.11
* Of shaken babies and unsure verdicts. This long piece in the Times Magazine, by Emily Bazelon, is well worth your time. For those who require a funny take on shaking, there’s always this totally NSFW Chris Rock bit. [New York Times Magazine] * What do willful violations of antitrust law and not being admitted […]