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'Fat Leonard' Ambles Away From Justice Ahead Of Sentencing In Massive Navy Corruption Case
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Judge Creates New Constitutional Right For Crybaby Navy SEALs
Following orders is optional according to Judge O'Connor.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.15.21
* An antitrust lawsuit concerning college textbooks has been dismissed. Guess the plaintiffs got schooled… [Reuters]
* A New York woman allegedly posed as a lawyer to bilk immigrants of money devoted to phony visa applications. [Patch]
* A California attorney has been fined for making purportedly derogatory remarks against the judiciary. [Metropolitan News-Enterprise]
* A man, who allegedly threatened a whistleblower’s lawyer, has been sentenced to a year in prison. [Politico]
* A shipyard’s lawsuit against the U.S. Navy has been dismissed. Guess the litigation ship has sailed… [WAVY.com]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 7.29.16
* The gender discrimination case filed against Sedgwick is just the tip of the iceberg. There has been an uptick of suits filed against legal employers, and the growing publicity of the cases may lead to even more. [Law.com]
* Political robocalls might be annoying, but U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes has ruled they are protect speech under the First Amendment. [Wall Street Journal Law Blog]
* In a complaint to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the National Weather Service union claims management at the Weather Service illegally surveilled the union’s Facebook activities. [Washington Post]
* The judge dropped the murder charges against Ingmar Guandique who had been faces charges in the death of Chandra Levy. An intern in Washington, D.C., Levy’s disappearance in 2001 sparked national interest. [CNN]
* The Navy is naming a ship after LGBTQ leader, Harvey Milk. Milk served in the Navy, but had to hide his sexuality while he did so. He was active inSan Francisco politics, and was assassinated in 1978. [Huffington Post]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.12.16
Ed. note: In honor of Presidents’ Day, Above the Law will not be publishing on Monday. We hope everyone is able to enjoy a nice, long weekend! See you online on Tuesday.
* What kind of constitution would the Rebels have written after overthrowing the Emperor? Let’s take this all the way: what pseudonym would Jar Jar use in writing the Galactic Federalist Papers? [Business of Law Blog]
* Did the recent “Madoff” miniseries really have to fixate so much on his Judaism? Sure, it was part of his identity, but didn’t it kind of cross over into Shylock territory? [St. Louis Jewish Light]
* The prosecution is starting to lay out the details in the case against Sunderland soccer player Adam Johnson for his relationship with a 15-year-old fan. [Screamer]
* Reflecting on Chief Judge Judith Kaye’s legacy of trial court reform. [Cityland]
* Judge Sylvania Woods would be rolling over in his grave if he knew about the child porn scandal going on at his namesake school. [Katz Justice]
* Weil Gotshal Chairman Barry Wolf better get used to being on the other side of the table — he’s subpoenaed to testify in a lawsuit over a condo dispute. [Dan Abrams]
* “An Administrative Law Fairy Tale.” [Library of Law and Liberty]
* This is what happens when an NYC lawyer hangs out with the Marines and Navy for four days. [U.S. Naval Institute]
* You think you’re a ruthless lawyer? You aren’t ruthless unless you’re Sun Tzu ruthless. [Law and Disorder]
* Here’s an optimistic take on the future of Biglaw. [CodeX]
* David Schwimmer playing the late attorney and father of a reality TV dynasty Robert Kardashian not doing it for you? Don’t worry, Yeezy’s got your back… literally. [People]
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Books, Constitutional Law, D.C. Circuit, Drinking, Health Care / Medicine, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Sexual Harassment, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 07.24.14
* Have you all called the Breaking Bad law firm number yet? Because it works, so go for it! [Legal Cheek] * How to make airlines more profitable: make everyone sit on bicycle seats! [Lowering the Bar] * Ilya Somin explains why the D.C. Circuit’s interpretation in Halbig isn’t absurd. And it’s not absurd. It just reflects the hilariously cynical conservative opposition to giving their own citizens tax breaks. [The Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Ohio State fired its band director amid sexual harassment allegations. To fire a guy, Ohio State must have dotted every “i” in this investigation. [USA Today] * Speaking of sexual harassment, the Navy’s Blue Angels are the subject of a sexual harassment suit. And somehow it involves a blue and gold penis seen from space. [Slate] * The Chevron battle over Ecuador continues. Turns out the star witness Chevron paid upwards of $1 million to testify took 50 days of prep to finally get his ever-shifting story straight. [Huffington Post] * There’s a new book out called Kate’s Escape from the Billable Hour (affiliate link). We haven’t read it, but apparently this tale of “a burnt-out, second-year attorney working in the dysfunctional world of Big Law” mentions ATL. So they definitely did their research. [Amazon] * Watch a drunk guy give cops a lesson in Con Law. Video after the jump…. [Barstool Sports] -
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Morning Docket: 10.21.13
* How Jamie Dimon (and Stephen Cutler and Rodge Cohen) reached JPMorgan Chase’s tentative $13 billion settlement with Eric Holder and the Department of Justice. [DealBook / New York Times; Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Congratulations to all the New Jersey couples who got married since midnight, in the wake of the state supreme court’s decision not to stay a lower-court ruling in favor of marriage equality. [Newark Star-Ledger]
* Additional insight into all the partner departures from Weil Gotshal in Texas. [Dallas Morning News]
* Lawyers aren’t the only folks who know how to overbill; defense contractors do too, according to federal prosecutors who allege that a company provided prostitutes and kickbacks to Navy personnel. [Washington Post via The BLT]
* The legal battle over Obamacare rages on. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
* Judge Oing, this really isn’t that hard. Here’s a draft opinion for you in the long-running litigation between Macy’s and J.C. Penney over the right to sell Martha Stewart merchandise (by James Stewart, no relation to Martha). [New York Times]
* If you’d like to run with the bulls without schlepping to Spain, former lawyers Rob Dickens and Brad Scudder can help. Presumably their legal training helped them draft ironclad waivers. [BuzzFeed]
* Another interesting but very different event, taking place this Wednesday: “Healing the U.S. Lawsuit System.” [U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (one of our advertisers)]