Las Vegas
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Courts
Judge Gets In Trouble For Giving Good Advice And Having Fun
Can't even go for a swim anymore. -
Courts
Lawyer Who Gambled Away Millions In Client Funds Pleading Guilty... Guess She Didn't Like Her Odds
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Courts
Lawyer Accused Of $10 Million Scam That She Allegedly Spent Gambling In Vegas
Vegas is *one* way to blow through your investment capital.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.09.21
* Nike and Lil Nas X have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the latter’s “Satan Shoes.” Thank God… [Fox Business]
* A defamation lawsuit OJ Simpson filed against a Las Vegas hotel has been resolved. [Fox News]
* A new lawsuit alleges that Facebook’s failure to police hate speech causes anti-Muslim abuse. [Los Angeles Times]
* Hollywood power lawyer Howard Weitzman has passed away. [Los Angeles Times]
* An actor from the Jack Black movie “School of Rock” is now a district attorney in Texas. That rocks… [My San Antonio]
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Conferences / Symposia, In-House Counsel, Technology
Viva Legal Ops Vegas!
A tipping point for legal operations? -
Deaths
When Tragic News Interrupts
“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” is, sadly, no longer true. -
Guns / Firearms, Violence
The Next Gun Massacre Is Coming
If past is prologue, death in the form of a gunman will happen again, very soon. - Sponsored
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Guns / Firearms, Law Schools
Law Student Seriously Injured During Las Vegas Mass Shooting
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Deaths, Solo Practitioners
Attorney Fatally Wounded During Las Vegas Mass Shooting
A friend said she was 'singing and dancing to country music when she was shot in the head.' -
Free Speech, In-House Counsel
Senior Attorney Fired For Cruel Commentary On Las Vegas Shooting
She deserved to get fired. She doesn't deserve to become a pawn. -
Crime, Violence
Our Gun Sickness In One Sentence
Nevada has some of the most permissive gun laws, but we know that ain't changing. -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
Overlap In August: ABA Annual Meeting And ILTACON
You're sure to meet terrific and passionate lawyers and other legal professionals at these events.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.31.16
* Do not mess with federal judges: Shortly after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized Judge Gonzalo Curiel of the Southern District of California at a political rally by calling him a “hater,” the judge ordered that internal Trump University documents from a consumer fraud trial be unsealed. [POLITICO]
* The Clark County Defenders Union that represents Zohra Bakhtary condemned Judge Conrad Hafen in an open letter, writing, “[h]andcuffing an attorney who is merely doing her job to teach her a lesson is simply improper and has never been done in the history of Nevada.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* When we last checked in with Stephen DiCarmine, Dewey’s ex-executive director, he told a judge that due to financial constraints, he’d like to represent himself at retrial. Now, he’s hired Rita Glavin of Seward & Kissel for the job. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Uh-oh… Mossack Fonseca, the law firm behind the Panama Papers leaks, announced via Tweet its plans to close offices in several offshore tax havens. The firm will shutter offices in the island nations of Jersey, Gibraltar. and the Isle of Man. [VICE News]
* Who knew a Libor-rigging trial could be so exciting? Former Barclays trader and criminal defendant Ryan Reich was scolded by a judge after he interrupted a co-defendant’s testimony with shouts of “no, no, no, no.” [Big Law Business]
* Cassandra Q. Butts, former deputy White House counsel and longtime friend and advisor to law school classmate President Barack Obama, RIP. [Washington Post]
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State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
When Handcuffing A Lawyer In Your Courtroom Is The Right Call
I can’t believe I’m about to agree with a judge who handcuffed a lawyer to a jury box to teach them a lesson. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.25.16
* Sorry to ruin your childhood, but a Pennsylvania judge found that there is enough evidence for Bill Cosby to stand trial for his felony assault charge in the Andrea Constand case. Cosby has waived his right to a formal arraignment, and could face up to 10 years in prison if he’s convicted. Cosby has been free on $1 million bail since December. [Associated Press]
* “You need to have order in a courtroom. And there needs to be proper decorum with attorneys.” A Las Vegas Justice of the Peace ordered that a deputy public defender be handcuffed for interrupting him as she tried to represent a client. A tipster has referred to this judge as “demented.” We may have more on this. [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
* According to inside sources, Hunton & Williams is in advanced merger talks with Addelshaw Goddard, a London-based firm. These talks have reportedly been going on for months, and Addelshaw partners supposedly met last night to discuss the tie-up. If successful, the combined firm would have more than 1,300 lawyers. [Big Law Business]
* Silicon Valley staple Fenwick & West is opening up an office outpost in New York City. The firm’s clients in Manhattan include BuzzFeed, FanDuel, Blackrock, Citi, and JPMorgan. Associates will be working around the clock in the city that never sleeps — with a roster like that, they won’t be getting shuteye anytime soon. [WSJ Law Blog]
* AG Loretta Lynch announced yesterday afternoon that the Justice Department would be seeking the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the suspect alleged to have gone on a shooting spree in a Charleston church last summer, killing nine and wounding numerous others. It’s said Roof hoped to incite a race war as a result of the massacre. [USA Today]
* Carl Buchholz, managing partner of DLA Piper’s Philadelphia office, RIP. [Philadelphia Business Journal]
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Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Circuit: Vegas, Baby!
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.23.15
* It’s the Miss Universe pageant lawsuit you’ve all been waiting for: attorneys at a Colombian law firm say they will be filing suit due to Miss Colombia’s crowning and de-crowning, noting “the crown is an acquired right that cannot be taken away from us.” [WGNO]
* The Federal Circuit handed down a major ruling yesterday, saying that the government can no longer bar the registration of offensive trademarks due to restrictions on free speech. This will likely be appealed to SCOTUS, but the Redskins must be pretty pumped. [Reuters]
* In an effort to avoid another Kim Davis fiasco (and to protect clerks’ religious beliefs), Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has signed an executive order directing that his state prepare new marriage licenses without the names of county clerks. [Associated Press]
* Lil Wayne may be a “motherf**kin’ cash money millionaire,” but he reportedly can’t spare the cash to pay his attorneys’ fees. This marks the second time in recent months that he’s been sued for allegedly failing to pay his lawyers what they’re owed. [SPIN]
* Lakeisha Holloway, the woman accused of using her car to mow down and kill a pedestrian and injure many others on the Las Vegas Strip, has been charged with murder with a deadly weapon. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. [NBC News]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.04.15
* “MSNBC embarrasses itself inside San Bernardino attackers’ apartment. Un-freaking-believable, even for MSNBC. And why did the FBI allow this?” [Instapundit]
* The latest additions to the Supreme Court docket — will SCOTUS come to the rescue of Puerto Rico? [How Appealing]
* Judge removed from office for trying to pressure his clerk into having a “special friend” relationship. [Associated Press]
* Additional (and actually earlier) coverage of the “questionable entertainment” at a lawyers’ seminar in Las Vegas. [South Florida Lawyers]
* A $30 casebook? Where can law students sign up? [TaxProf Blog]
* Tips from Dan Binstock for how to get a signing bonus when you make a lateral move. [The Careerist]
* How can Asian-American lawyers break through the “bamboo ceiling”? A report from the GC roundtable discussion hosted by Major, Lindsey & Africa. [Corporate Counsel]
* Luis Salazar and Linda Jackson — founding partners of Salazar Jackson, an innovative new boutique firm — really (really, really) like their Post-it notes. [Daily Business Review]
* Stanford law professor Deborah L. Rhode, author of The Trouble with Lawyers (affiliate link), calls out Biglaw firms for their weak pro bono efforts. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Conferences / Symposia, Sex
Lawyer Seminar Gets WILD With 'Unprofessional And More Than Questionable Entertainment Activities'
Things got a little off-the-hook at this seminar.