Guns / Firearms
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Depositions, Guns / Firearms
Guy Allegedly Pulls Gun During Deposition (FWIW, You're Not Supposed To Do That)
This takes "smoking gun" too literally. -
Guns / Firearms, Racism
Biglaw Partner Killed His Wife, Allegedly Because Of 'Black Lives Matter'
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.04.16
* “[G]reed is not a component of the law of fiduciary duty anywhere.” Donald Trump’s campaign may have claimed he has “a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required,” but legal experts found that assertion pretty laughable, seeing as there’s no such thing as a fiduciary duty to oneself. [DealBook / New York Times]
* An attorney who serves as an advisor to the ABA’s Standing Committee on Gun Violence says he accidentally shot and killed his wife when his gun went off after hitting a speed bump. He claims he had the gun out because they were in an area where Black Lives Matter protests had been held and was afraid they were about to be carjacked. [People]
* For the first time since the days of Abraham Lincoln, the Supreme Court opened its new term with a vacancy on the bench certain to be filled in the upcoming presidential election. Without the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s voice, the Court is left split along ideological lines, with four conservative justices and four liberal justices. [Reuters]
* According to Chief Justice John Roberts, “judges are not politicians, even when they come to the bench by way of the ballot,” but that doesn’t mean elected judges behave as judicially as they’re expected to when retention elections are near. In fact, “[a]ll judges, even the most punitive, increase their sentences as re-election nears.” [New York Times]
* The EEOC has filed a suit against Denver Law, alleging that female full-time professors are paid less than their male counterparts. Nine female professors work at the school full-time, and on average, they’re paid about $20K less than full-time male professors. Denver Law says it stands by its “system of evaluation and merit pay.” [Denver Post]
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Crime, Guns / Firearms, Violence
Texas Shooter Who Wore Nazi Gear During Rampage Was 'Good, Competent Lawyer'
What do we know about the shooter in this case? -
Crime, Guns / Firearms, Violence
Lawyer Reportedly The Gunman Behind Shooting Spree In Texas
Do you have any information on the lawyer reportedly behind this shooting? -
Police, Public Interest
Inspirational Public Defender Billed As Hero Of Charlotte Protests
He withstood tear gas to try to keep people from being arrested. -
Hedge Funds / Private Equity
This Hedge Fund vs. Ex-Employee Lawsuit Has EVERYTHING
Sexual relations with subordinates, deals to turn South American companies into condom factories, gun collections as collateral, AND MORE. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.16.16
* Former Berkeley Law dean Sujit Choudhry is suing the school, claiming that Berkeley discriminated against him by punishing him more harshly for alleged sexual harassment compared to white professors. [Law.com]
* The family of Sandra Bland settles its lawsuit over her death for $1.9 million. [New York Times]
* The Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc (and rather splintered), rules that the mental-health ban on gun ownership could violate the Second Amendment. [How Appealing]
* Congratulations to Miami corporate partner Ira Coleman, who will replace Peter John Sacripanti and Jeffrey E. Stone as chair of McDermott Will & Emery in January. [Big Law Business]
* Ashurst remains in a tailspin, with five partners (including two office heads) leaving in the span of 24 hours. [Ashurst]
* In other U.K. law firm news, Freshfields is replacing “Dear Sirs” with gender-neutral salutations in all communications and legal documents. [The Lawyer via Big Law Business]
* More exciting news for Bancroft: recognition for its pro bono work, which partners pledge will continue after they move over to Kirkland. [Law360]
* Paging parents who left Davis Polk to raise their kids: here’s a program to bring you back into Biglaw. [Law.com via ABA Journal]
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Guns / Firearms, Politics, SCOTUS
Donald Trump Suggests 'Second Amendment People' May Want To Assassinate Hillary Clinton Before She Takes Away Their Guns
This off-the-cuff remark may have been damaging to his campaign. -
Guns / Firearms, Rank Stupidity
Prosecutor Carries Gun In Pocket, Accidentally Shoots Up Restaurant
Consider this a Second Amendment oopsie. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.04.16
* Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father of a deceased Muslim soldier who offered a stern rebuke for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the Democratic National Convention, has taken his law firm’s website offline in the face of incredibly harsh criticism from many of Trump’s supporters. [RT]
* This brings a whole new meaning to the term “gunner”: Earlier this week, a campus carry law went into effect at public schools in Texas, and law students at UT Law, Texas Southern Law, Texas Tech Law, Texas A&M Law, U. Houston Law, and North Texas Law may now bring concealed weapons with them to school. [Law.com]
* Yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 214 prisoners, the most in a single act since at least 1900. According to White House counsel Neil Eggleston, the president’s work is “far from finished,” and he expects that clemency will continue to be granted through the end of his final term. [Big Law Business]
* After a week of voter ID laws being struck down in battleground states, Texas has agreed to weaken its own voter ID law. Citizens without proper identification will now be able to present a government document with their name and address and sign an affidavit to vote. This will “open the door to voting” for many people. [New York Times]
* In response to Freedom of Information Act requests, the Clinton Library has released more than 1,300 pages of files on Supreme Court nominee Chief Judge Merrick Garland. It’s really interesting to see what people who refuse to hold a vote for him now had to say when they voted on his D.C. Circuit nomination almost 20 years ago. [POLITICO]
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Guns / Firearms
BREAKING: Three Reported Dead At Courthouse Shooting
Deadly shooting in a Michigan courthouse. -
Guns / Firearms, Police, Violence
Dallas Is Not 'The Revolution,' It's Just More Pointless Death
Nothing has been accomplished. Nothing has been learned. Nothing has been gained. The only thing that’s changed is the body count.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.21.16
* Only two firms issued raises yesterday. Congrats to associates at Alston & Bird and K&L Gates. [Above the Law / 2016 Salary Increase]
* A profile of James Hamilton of Morgan Lewis whom Hillary Clinton recruited to find her running mate. As the story notes, he led the searches that picked Joe Lieberman and John Edwards so… yeah. [Washingtonian]
* Concerns over the looming Brexit vote leads UK attorneys to register in Ireland in big numbers. So much for St. Patrick driving all the snakes out. [Law360]
* Judge sentences elderly woman to prison who billed the government millions in hospice care for people who weren’t dying. In a way, aren’t we all always in the process of dying? [Courthouse News Service]
* The Eleventh Circuit will hear arguments over Florida’s “Docs vs. Glocks” law in an en banc hearing later today. Expected to rule that it’s the coolest name for a law. [CBS Miami]
* A look at the wild events sponsored by D.C. summer associate programs. [National Law Journal]
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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." -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.17.16
* A plea to strike down Mississippi’s “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” which gives special privileges to opponents of gay marriage. [Bloomberg View]
* Not every litigation financier is Peter Thiel, and I think we are all pretty happy about that. [Wall Street Journal]
* What can Judge Maryanne Trump Barry teach her brother about the federal judiciary? [Real Clear Politics]
* Musings on why some law firms still haven’t matched the Cravath pay bump. [Law and More]
* These are the facts people need to know about gun laws. [Slate]
* This is what estate planning attorneys wished you knew about death and dying. [Forbes]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.15.16
* Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) is leading a filibuster to demand Congress actually act on gun control. Many Democrats and Republican Senator Pat Toomey have all spoken on the issue. [Slate]
* Music is the first order of business in a copyright trial — well, when the subject of the complaint is Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, it is. [Courthouse News Service]
* An analysis of the role of a human rights worker. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Gawker is under more legal threats, this time for writing an article about Donald Trump’s hair. [Law and More]
* But Nick Denton assures us, despite legal threats and filing for bankruptcy, the business will be just fine. [Gawker]
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Legal Ethics
Holding Another Lawyer At Gunpoint Is Bad Form
Pulling a gun seems like a reasonable response... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.14.16
* A whopping ten firms announced raises after 5 p.m. last night. Texas boutique Yetter Coleman had the common decency to announce during the day, but Locke Lord, Hogan Lovells, MoFo, Paul Hastings, Wilson Sonsini, Gibson Dunn, Akin Gump, Baker & McKenzie, Ropes & Gray and Bracewell all waited until after regular business hours to let their associates off pins and needles. [2016 Salary Increase / Above the Law]
* As fate would have it, the Supreme Court will get its first opportunity to consider post-Sandy Hook gun laws on Thursday. [National Law Journal]
* In this Breitbart News podcast, Donald Trump explains that his judicial appointments “will be picked by the Federalist Society.” FedSoc immediately cringed at being brought into the conversation. [Soundcloud]
* One law school cancels classes on election day to promote civic duty, five-day weekends. [Bloomberg / Big Law Business]
* Ziff Davis intends to buy Gawker, but isn’t sure whether or not it will respect the collective bargaining agreement. It did seem hard to believe we lived in a world where unions were on the upswing again. [Law360]
* A challenge to Indiana’s new abortion law will go before a judge today. [IndyStar]
* Speaking of abortion, here’s an account of a law student’s struggle upon learning she was pregnant during 3L year. [Forward]
* In the wake of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Bryant striking a blow for the legitimacy of tribal courts, it’s worth remembering the tremendous access to justice problems that plague reservations. [The Marshall Project]
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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."