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Crime
What Do The ‘Gay Panic’ Defense And Pardoning Manafort Have In Common?
Lauding changes of the law or interpretations of what already exists to favor a particular agenda may be satisfying in the short run, but in the long run will come back to haunt us. -
Family Law
New York Almost Joined The 21st Century On Surrogacy, No Thanks To Gloria Steinem
New York continues to be one of the few surprising holdouts, with an outdated law based on outdated notions and outdated technology. - Sponsored
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.21.19
* “In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention I have never heard of this level of inhumanity.” Children being detained at the border are in desperate need of legal assistance and humanitarian aid. [NBC News]
* Disgraced former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore, a “polarizing [] Republican,” has decided to launch yet another Senate bid after losing during his first go round. This time, even President Trump warned him against trying again. [New York Times]
* Puff, puff, pass this vote: New York may not have been able to legalize marijuana, but lawmakers are trying to do the next best thing by decriminalizing it. Fines for “violations” will be no higher than $200 and last convictions can be expunged upon request. [New York Law Journal]
* In case you missed it, Slack had its IPO yesterday, opening at $38.50 a share. Goodwin Procter certainly didn’t miss it, because the firm is looking to earn $2.5 million for its work on the company’s stock market debut. [Big Law Business]
* Shaakirrah Sanders, a black female professor at Idaho Law, has filed suit against the school the university, and a former dean, alleging race and gender discrimination and retaliation. She is the only professor of color and woman of color who has earned tenure at the school. [Idaho Statesman]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.29.19
* Loretta Lynch is re-joining the private sector. The former Attorney General is heading to Paul Weiss. [National Law Journal]
* Consistency? From Mitch McConnell? About the Supreme Court? HAHAHAHA. [The Hill]
* A deeper look at the case against former Skadden counsel, Greg Craig. [Politico]
* Are you a lonely lawyer? Ironically, you are not alone. [Law.com]
* “Gay Panic” may not be a defense in New York much longer. It’s about time. [New York Law Journal]
* Yeah, you really should be worried about the Big Four accounting firms moving into Biglaw territory. [Big Law Business]
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Family Law
Parental Rights In New York To Graduate From The Dark Ages, Hopefully
The changes, if they go through, will significantly improve the state of New York law, and protect parents and donors. -
Crime
Why Setting Bail Can Make Or Break A Case
The law says that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, yet for poor people unable to afford bail, the opposite is true. -
Courts
New York Revamps Discovery Laws To Make Them Less Awful
Something 'good' may have just happened? -
Law Schools
Task Force To Determine Whether Uniform Bar Exam Leads To New Lawyers Being Unprepared To Practice Law
Just because you passed the bar exam, it doesn't mean you know how to practice law. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.25.19
* Some think Justice Clarence Thomas may be dropping hints that he’s about to retire (e.g., this little First Amendment gem), but those who know him well think he’s getting ready for a conservative revolution, and he’s got an army of former clerks to back him up. [CNN]
* It’s Mueller time! Special counsel Robert Mueller’s sentencing memo for Paul Manafort is 800 pages long and makes the president’s former campaign chairman out to be a “hardened” and “bold” criminal who “repeatedly and brazenly” broke the law and “presents a grave risk of recidivism.” [New York Times]
* A federal judge has ruled that the all-male military draft that requires men to register with the Selective Service System is unconstitutional, as “the time has passed” for debate on women’s roles in the armed services. [USA Today]
* Paul Manafort’s get out of jail free card might not save him from more charges. New York prosecutors are ready to file a case against Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman if he’s pardoned by the president for all of his other crimes. [Bloomberg]
* Benjamin Rauf, the Temple Law School graduate accused of killing one of his classmates in a drug deal gone bad, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and a weapons charge and been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. [Delaware News Journal]
* Thanks to ATL’s 2018 Lawyer of the Year Michael Avenatti, R. Kelly was indicted and arrested on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. His bond was set at an “exceedingly reasonable” $1 million, but he’s already spent some time in jail because he couldn’t come up with the $100,000 bail needed to leave. [Chicago Tribune]
* In case you missed it, Brooklyn Law School graduate Shawn Sinclair was kicked out of the running to become DJ Pauly D’s girlfriend on MTV’s “Game of Clones” because she’s more “dinner, couch, sweatpants” than “gym, tan, laundry.” [MTV]
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Family Law
An Entire Country Blacklists New York’s Most Famous Sperm Donor
Its government acts in a paternalistic manner toward citizens looking to grow their families through assisted reproductive technology. -
Law Schools
A Breakdown Of New York Bar Exam Results By Law School (July 2018)
Which law schools’ pass rates climbed, and which law schools sank like stones? -
Crime
Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Will Not Face Charges Over Allegations Of Abuse
Eric Schneiderman has apologized for his actions. -
Government
The First Woman And Person Of Color To Serve As New York AG Is Coming For Trump
The president can run, but he can't hide from Letitia James.
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Law Schools
The New York Bar Exam Results Are Out, And They're Not So Great (July 2018)
Uh-oh. These results are certainly not as good as they were last year... -
Crime
Why The Brooklyn D.A.'s Office Is Way Cooler Than Manhattan's
Brooklyn is addressing some big policy issues relating to criminal justice in efforts to make the system more fair to people of color and immigrants in their community. -
Government
States Are Suing For Their SALT Deductions Back Under The 16th Amendment
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Family Law
There Used To Be Only 2 Ways To Become A Parent in New York, Now There Are 6!
How did this come to pass? An interview with Eric Wrubel, a renowned Manhattan matrimonial attorney. -
Biglaw
Are You There Cravath? It's Me, Milbank.
Where this raise goes from here is in one firm's hands. -
Family Law
This Current New York Law Is Odd
A proposed law would overturn the 26-year-old prohibition on compensated surrogacy in New York. -
Biglaw
Lawyerly Lairs: A Pioneering Cravath Partner's $8 Million Aerie
Christine Beshar was Cravath's first woman partner -- and also very, very rich.