Judge Jed Rakoff
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
No Preliminary Injunction For You! The Latest On The Battle Between eDiscovery Providers
The latest evidence in the case suggests that the allegations of the complaint are not close to the truth. -
Federal Judges, Old People, Richard Posner, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Judge Richard Posner Rips On SCOTUS, Oldsters -- And No, He's Not A Troll
Judge Posner believes there's "no need for octogenarians" on the Supreme Court. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
eDiscovery Is Big Business -- And Worth Fighting Over For Providers
Two major players in the ediscovery space duke it out in federal court.
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Crime, Department of Justice, Justice
Commission Of Forensic Scientists No Longer Needed Now That Sessions Is In Charge
Jeff Sessions knows who did it, he doesn't need science to tell him. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.15.16
* The jury deliberated for just two hours before convicting Dylann Roof of the Charleston church murders. [The Daily Beast]
* Tables turned: how Judge Jed Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) got the Second Circuit, which normally reviews his judgments, overturned. [Bloomberg BNA]
* Keith Lee takes a deep dive into newly released law school data (the ABA 509 disclosures). [Associate’s Mind]
* Eugene Volokh breaks down a new Fourth Circuit ruling that protects the right of police officers to criticize department policies on Facebook. [Volokh Conspiracy]
* David Lander evaluates the pluses and minuses of law schools relying upon adjunct professors to fill curricular gaps. [PrawfsBlawg]
* What variables best explain the decisions of the Roberts Court? [Tennessee Law Review via Hangley Aronchick]
* Check out Womble Carlyle’s new podcast, Bulldog Bites. Says host Mark Henriques, “I promise it won’t feel like work. If you don’t learn something, hopefully you’ll laugh with us about something.” [Womble Carlyle]
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Job Searches, Justice, Law Schools
Stats Of The Week: We're Not Getting Our Day In Court
Today, as many as two thirds of all individual civil litigants in state trial courts are representing themselves. -
Biglaw, White-Collar Crime
Transaction Gone Bad: A Deal Lawyer Gets Sentenced To Prison
This former Biglaw counsel is going to prison, although not for a huge amount of time (as prison sentences go). -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Ranking The Non-Traditional Feeder Judges
Which state-court and federal district judges send their clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court? - Sponsored
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Crime, Sentencing Law, White-Collar Crime
Overpunishment, Rationality, And Rakoff
A look at one federal judge's proposal to reform the criminal justice system and the responses it has generated. -
Alan Dershowitz, Eliot Spitzer, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Murder, Religion, Trials
A Hero Goes On Trial For Attempted Murder
Eliot Spitzer prosecuted and Alan Dershowitz defended; who prevailed? -
Banking Law, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Events, Football, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.04.14
* If you’re a law student in Philadelphia or D.C., come hang out with us this week. RSVP to tomorrow’s Philly event here. [Above the Law] * Or RSVP to Thursday’s D.C. trivia night here. [Above the Law] * Judge Jed Rakoff explains exactly why innocent people plead guilty for all those people who don’t believe it. Well, the people who don’t believe it probably don’t read the New York Review of Books, but maybe John Oliver will have Judge Rakoff on so this can go viral. [The New York Review of Books] * The sex, lies (about polygamy), and videotape article from this morning raises another important issue I’d missed: the heightened stigma faced by women with substance abuse issues. [Law and More] * 10 thoughts on business development. Don’t do what the guy in the last story did. [Medium] * Adjunct law professor threatens to quit. Law school dean surely replies, “You must not know ’bout me.” [Chronicle of Higher Education] * Georgia state legislature has the novel idea to punish the people who exploit student athletes as opposed to only the athletes themselves. Too bad that doesn’t apply to the universities. [The Legal Blitz] * Five years after New York State required banks to negotiate in “good faith” with homeowners facing foreclosure, the Second Department approved a sanction for banks that ignore this obligation. The 2009 law created the “good faith” obligation but contained no remedy for violations. That left trial judges without guidance as to how to proceed when faced with an intransigent bank. [WiseLaw NY] -
9/11, Books, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, S.D.N.Y., War on Terror
The Mother Court: Tales Of Cases That Mattered In America's Greatest Trial Court
The Southern District of New York: a great trial court, or the greatest trial court? -
2nd Circuit, Benchslaps, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Jed Rakoff, Media and Journalism, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
Judge Rakoff Rips The Government For Dropping The Ball On Financial Crimes
Prosecutors have more or less looked the other way when it comes to the activities that sparked the financial meltdown. Judge Rakoff offers his explanation of what's gone wrong.
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Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y.
A Quick Update on Law Clerk Hiring
The Southern District of New York provides a model for other courts to follow. -
Benchslaps, Bernie Madoff, Federal Judges, Jed Rakoff, Quote of the Day, S.D.N.Y.
When Judge Rakoff Tells You to STFU, You Listen
Judge Jed Rakoff thinks this litigant has officially "lost the right to complain" in his courtroom. -
Biglaw, Book Club, Books, D.C. Circuit, Guns / Firearms, Intellectual Property, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Patents, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee, Wall Street Journal, Weddings
Morning Docket: 04.11.13
* “I don’t believe judges should be filibustered.” Tell that to the rest of your Republican pals, Senator Hatch. D.C. Circuit nom Sri Srinivasan faced little drama at the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. [Bloomberg]
* A bipartisan gun regulation deal has been reached in the Senate, and of course the NRA is opposing it — well, except for the parts that expand gun rights. The group really likes those parts. [Washington Post]
* Trolling for patent partners? Bingham recently snagged five IP partners from DLA Piper’s Los Angeles office, including the former co-chair of DLA patent litigation department. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* Time well spent: while Detroit hangs on the precipice of bankruptcy, local politicians are worrying about whether retaining Jones Day poses a conflict of interest for their emergency manager (formerly of Jones Day). [Am Law Daily]
* NYLS — or should we say “New York’s law school” — is revamping its clinical program to kill two birds with one stone (e.g., fulfilling pro bono hours and boosting job prospects). [National Law Journal]
* For all the talk of his being a hard ass, Judge Rakoff is a nice guy after all! The judge gave an ex-SAC trader permission to go on a honeymoon after his release from prison. [DealBook / New York Times]
* If you’ve ever wondered how Lat spends his free time, sometimes he’s off writing book reviews for distinguished publications. Check out his review of Mistrial (affiliate link) here. [Wall Street Journal]
* “Lindsay Lohan is the victim.” What the Heller you talking about? LiLo’s lawyer thinks there’s a conspiracy among the prosecutors on her case that’s resulted in leaks of information to TMZ. [CNN]
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Anthony Kennedy, Clerkships, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Janice Rogers Brown, Law Schools, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Stephen Reinhardt, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Sparkle Bright Like A Diamond
Who are the latest Supreme Court law clerks? And which law school just placed its first SCOTUS clerk ever? -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Confirmations, Copyright, Gender, Jed Rakoff, Law Professors, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Securities and Exchange Commission, State Judges, Westlaw
Morning Docket: 02.12.13
* This guy could teach a master class in how to stand by your (wo)man. Mary Jo White’s husband, John White, will relinquish his equity partner status at Cravath upon her confirmation as the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. [Am Law Daily]
* Macho, macho man: it looks like we’ll never know if Dechert actually has a “macho culture,” because the FMLA and paternity leave case that questioned the very existence of this Biglaw subculture was settled out of court. [National Law Journal]
* Why you gotta go and ruin Valentine’s Day for everyone at O’Melveny and Akin Gump? Apple’s request to speed up the Greenlight Capital case was approved, with arguments now scheduled for February 19. [CNET]
* Despite her nomination being crapped on by the Senate, Jenny Rivera, the CUNY School of Law professor, was recently confirmed as an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals. [New York Law Journal]
* Remember the lawyer who sued Westlaw and Lexis for copyright infringement? Judge Jef Rakoff dismissed it for reasons yet to be disclosed, but probably for legal dumbassery. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
* “Behold, the instrument of your liberation!” Survivors of the Aurora movie massacre are being harassed by conspiracy theorists, and the DA asked the judge to scrub their names from the record. [Courthouse News]
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Cardozo Law School, Federal Judges, Law Schools, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices
Law Student Doesn't Totally Get Shut Down In Quest To Make Her Note-Passing Mistake Live On Forever
The Cardozo law student who sued the U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshals didn't get totally shut down. She should quit while she's not incredibly behind... -
Bad Ideas, Cardozo Law School, Contests, Jed Rakoff, Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Reader Polls, Trials
July Lawyer of the Month: Girls Just Wanna Have 'Fun'
Who won July's Lawyer of the Month competition?