Kenneth Starr
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Rape, Sports
Ken Starr Is Just Making Everything Worse
It's going to be a long, embarrassing decline. -
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Education / Schools, Sports
Irony Alert: Ken Starr Should Lose His Job For Not Investigating Real Sex Crimes
As reports emerge of routine coverups of alleged Baylor football sex crimes, one wonders: where was Ken Starr?
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Litigators, Quote of the Day, Williams & Connolly
Praise For Hillary Clinton's Lawyer -- From A Surprising Source
Even David Kendall's adversaries have nice things to say about him. -
Department of Justice, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Supreme Court
A Great Legal Job, Or The Greatest Legal Job?
A wide-ranging discussion about the post of U.S. Solicitor General, which some consider to be the best legal job in the United States. -
6th Circuit, Biglaw, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Crime, Deaths, Gay, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Robert Bork
Morning Docket: 12.19.12
* Oh mon dieu! Cela ne semble pas bon! As confirmed by The Lawyer, Nixon Peabody will definitely be closing its four-year-old international outpost in Paris, France, leaving the firm with only two offices outside of the United States. Triste. 🙁 [Am Law Daily]
* “I just wanted somebody to pat me on the head.” Aww, all this former Winston & Strawn partner wanted was for someone to tell him he was a good boy, so he helped Kenneth Starr launder money. At least he didn’t get jail time. [New York Law Journal]
* Sorry, lady, but when you work in an HR capacity and you publish tripe about gays not being civil rights victims because they “choose” their lifestyle, the Sixth Circuit will just laugh at your appeal. [National Law Journal]
* At least one law school has gotten the point that tuition is too damn high. Starting next year, Seton Hall Law will allow qualifying first-year students to save about 50 percent on the cost of attendance. [Associated Press]
* What are some benefits of taking a gap year between the completion of your undergraduate degree and law school? Well, for one, you might reconsider your decision to enroll. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Akin Gump, Blogging, Google / Search Engines, Insider Trading, John Dowd, Kenneth Starr, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, S.D.N.Y., Technology, Trials, White-Collar Crime, Yolanda Young
Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.11
* Is concern for “privacy” simply a justification for censorship on the internet? Some thoughts from a lawyer for Google. [Peter Fleischer: Privacy…? via Kashmir Hill / Forbes] * What’s the secret to lawyer happiness? And no, it doesn’t involve illegal drugs or porn stars (Charlie Sheen isn’t a lawyer). [Slaw via Legal Blog Watch] […] -
10th Circuit, Federal Judges, Kenneth Starr, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Judge Tacha To Take Over as Dean of Pepperdine Law
Here’s a new mini-trend: federal judges leaving the bench to lead law schools. In 2007, David F. Levi stepped down as chief judge of the Eastern District of California, to assume the deanship of Duke Law School. Today, Pepperdine University School of Law announced that Judge Deanell Reece Tacha — who has served on the […] - Sponsored
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… -
Biglaw, Crime, Partner Issues, S.D.N.Y., White-Collar Crime
Lawyer of the Day: Jonathan Bristol, Winston Partner Turned Accused Fraudster
Back in June, we wrote about an amusing effort by Winston & Strawn to rewrite history. The firm edited an historical press release to omit all mention of sketchy lawyer Jonathan Bristol, who joined Winston as a partner from Thelen. Now Winston has even more reason to be embarrassed by its former partner. Earlier today, […] -
Kenneth Starr, Musical Chairs, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Winston & Strawn Tries To Rewrite History By Editing Out a Problematic Partner
It’s clear that Winston & Strawn isn’t happy about all the publicity it’s getting over Jonathan Bristol, the Winston partner — or former partner? — who has gotten entangled with Kenneth Starr In case you haven’t been following the case of Kenneth Starr — not the one who brought us the delectable Starr Report, but […]