Judge of the Day
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Attorney Misconduct, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Salacious Sex Scandal Costs Judge His Job
What could have possibly earned this judge a six-year suspension from the bench? -
1st Circuit, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day
Federal Judge Goes Ballistic On Defense Counsel During Hearing
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Email Scandals, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Racism
Judge Who Sent Racist Email Sent Lots Of Racist Emails... Probably Because He's Racist
Judicial bias, one racist email at a time.
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Judge of the Day, Judicial Divas, Old People, Politics, State Judges
How Old Can Your Judges Be? Decide Today In New York.
New Yorkers: go vote today, there are lots of interesting ballot issues in play. -
Attorney Misconduct, Benchslaps, Judge of the Day, Jury Duty, Legal Ethics, State Judges
When Judges Attack! Judge Rips Jury For Not Guilty Verdict
A judge could face disciplinary charges after castigating a jury. And this isn't even her first questionable act. -
Attorney Misconduct, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, New Jersey, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge Allegedly Pounds Gavel, Stripper
This judge allegedly started an intimate, sexual relationship with an exotic dancer. Of course she was appearing in his courtroom! -
Abortion, Attorney Misconduct, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Pregnancy / Paternity, Quote of the Day
Judge McCree Gets Off On Robbing Cradles
Heeeeeee's baaaack. Everyone's favorite Judge of the Day testified at his misconduct hearing. -
Attorney Misconduct, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Sex Was On the Docket in His Chambers
Let's see if this judge has got any "shame in [his] game" now, shall we? - Sponsored
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2nd Circuit, Billable Hours, Blog Wars, Blogging, Books, Citigroup, Holidays and Seasons, Judge of the Day, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Securities Law, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 03.29.13
* To those of you who celebrate it, Happy Easter! Welcome the holiday by voting in the ABA Journal’s fifth annual “Peeps in Law” contest. [ABA Journal] * If law firm brackets aren’t your thing, check out Professor Kyle Graham’s brackets for (1) law school classes and (2) law blogs. I’m thankful for ATL’s #1 seed but terrified by who we’re up against (because they’ve ripped me a new one before). [noncuratlex] * Sorry, Judge Steiner, you wuz robbed; you should have been our Judge of the Day. It’s tough to top “allegations of a sexual quid pro quo with a female lawyer and the eye-opening confiscation of carpet from [chambers] for forensic analysis.” [OC Weekly] William Shatner * “William Shatner’s Seductive Powers Don’t Create a Fiduciary Duty.” Robyn Hagan Cain explains why. [U.S. Second Circuit / FindLaw] * Citi settles securities cases for $730 million. Matt Levine is not impressed. [Dealbreaker] * And Ted Frank is incensed by Bernstein Litowitz’s nine-figure fee request. [Point of Law] * If you’re already depressed by public ignorance about the Supreme Court, don’t look at the responses to question 9 of this opinion poll. [Penn Schoen Berland] * Steven Harper — author of a new (and very good) book about the legal profession, The Lawyer Bubble (affiliate link) — offers thoughts on the billable hour in the wake of the DLA Piper overbilling allegations. [New York Times] -
Judge of the Day, Rudeness, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Videos, YouTube
Judge of the Day: Old Yeller Learns His Fate
Whatever happened to that crazy screaming West Virginia judge? -
6th Circuit, Abortion, Attorney Misconduct, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics
Judge of the Day: Wade McCree's Shameless Game Up for Debate in Judicial Misconduct Charges
Judge Wade McCree is back, this time as the subject of a 21-count misconduct complaint! -
Judge of the Day, Minority Issues, Racism
Judge Happy To Give 'Breaks' To Young Black Men As Long As They Are Well Dressed
This judge was trying to use his powers of racial stereotyping for good. It didn't work. -
Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Labor / Employment, Minority Issues, Racism, Religion, Texas
Judge of the Day: Lynn Hughes Strikes Again
Judge Hughes is at it again, according to a new recusal motion.
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California, Judge of the Day, Rape, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Making Todd Akin-esque Comments on the Bench Won't Earn You Any Praise, Even Four Years Later
This California judge was making Todd Akin-esque comments about rape before Todd Akin was a joke. -
Abortion, Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Divorce Train Wrecks, Judge of the Day, Pregnancy / Paternity, Rank Stupidity, Sex, Sex Scandals, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: A State Judge's Alleged Affair and Baby Mama Drama Exposed -- Via Incriminating Texts
The Michigan judge who sent half-naked pictures of himself to a bailiff via text is now back in the news with some more scandalous (and sexy) allegations. -
Benchslaps, Facebook, Federal Judges, Judge of the Day, Texas
Benchslap of the Day: Keep It Short, Sweet, and Humiliating
This Texan judge served up a rather embarrassing benchslap. Check it out! -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Pornography, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
A Former Judge of the Day Admits He's Been 'Addicted to Porn' Since Childhood
A state judge in Illinois admits that he's addicted to porn, but will that save his career? -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Contracts, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Patents, Pornography, Real Estate, Shakira, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Technology
Morning Docket: 12.03.12
* When it comes to the art of law firm valuation, you may be surprised when you find out which Biglaw firm is worth the most. Here are a few hints: it’s not Baker & McKenzie, and it’s not DLA Piper or Skadden, either. [American Lawyer]
* Remember back in July when this Judge of the Day was busying clicking on hardcore porn sites while in chambers? As it turns out, now he’s busy crying in court while battling to keep his judicial career intact. [Chicago Sun-Times]
* Evening students are capable of doing more than ruining your class rank. Jacob Lew, once a night student at Georgetown Law, is now the White House chief of staff assisting with fiscal cliff negotiations. [New York Times]
* For now, the only thing that’s keeping Florida from gaining another law school is a lack of square footage in the real estate rodeo. But that’s probably a good thing, because adding a twelfth law school would be more than a little ridiculous. [Daytona Beach News-Journal]
* Samsung’s trying to get out of paying $1.05B to Apple, and their lawyers are trying to pin knowledge of the jury foreman’s misrepresentations on their technological nemesis to get the verdict thrown out. [Bloomberg]
* Shakira’s hips don’t lie, but her contracts allegedly do. The sexy singer’s ex-business partner (who’s also her ex-boyfriend) is suing her for $100M to “recover his share of past and future partnership profits.” [Billboard]
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Drugs, Judge of the Day, Marijuana, Rank Stupidity, Ridiculousness, State Judges
Judge Tells Drug Trafficking Defendant He Can't Have Another Joint 'For Old Time's Sake'
A judge's fabulous reaction to a defendant's plea for more pot before he's forced to give up the ganja. -
Crime, Election 2012, Judge of the Day, Judicial Divas, Lunacy, Politics, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
'Legally Insane' Judge Wins Re-Election in Chicago
Remember Judge Cynthia Brim, the two-time Judge of the Day who was declared "legally insane" by a court-appointed psychiatrist? She just won re-election -- before appearing in court hours later, not as a judge but as a defendant....