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Morning Docket: 04.05.18

* Good news for Holland & Knight, who successfully escaped a $34.5 million malpractice rap. [American Lawyer] * Wisconsin passes a law requiring disclosure of litigation financers because juries should be gravely suspicious of anyone who can afford to seek legal redress from a corporation. [National Law Journal] * Cleary Gottlieb partner loses battle over rent-stabilized penthouse. While that sentence doesn't make him sound particularly sympathetic, he's actually the good guy here. [New York Law Journal] * Executives and board members should be more involved in cybersecurity efforts according to the Department of Obvious Things. [Corporate Counsel] * Sexual assault defendant pleas down to charge of “seduc[ing] and debauch[ing] any unmarried woman.” That's offensive on so many levels. [Detroit News] * Workers comp can't cover paralegal injured playing for firm softball team. [ABA Journal] * Law firm conducting use-of-force review simultaneously representing deputy accused of shooting and killing two men while on duty. Foxes, hen houses, etc. [KOB 4] * Did you know some law schools are now accepting the GRE? Because the Times just figured that out. [New York Times]

Sheriff Caught Buying Property With Jail Food Funds, Has Tipster Who Turned Him In Arrested

That's one way to deal with criticism.

Morning Docket: 03.22.18

* The First Law Student is single. People reports Tiffany Trump broke up with her longtime boyfriend as part of her law school transition. [People] * Jeffrey Toobin and Alan Dershowitz clash on television when Toobin points out that Dershowitz's cable appearances these days are less legal analysis than auditions for Sarah Huckabee Sanders's job. [Daily Beast] * Charles Cooper says Jeff Sessions is not currently under investigation for false statements or perjury. Update your scorecards accordingly. [USA Today] * Ninth Circuit rules in favor of the Gaye family in the Blurred Lines lawsuit. Wait, that's still going on? [Courthouse News Service] * Former Florida State deputy general counsel arrested in child sex sting. [Tallahassee Democrat] * In-house counsel are very concerned about GDPR. [Big Law Business] * Some people have some entirely understandable problems with Lindsay's new ad. [Ad Age] * CSM believes the Austin bomber case shows off law enforcement's deep surveillance powers. Yeah, they were so deep they pretty much did nothing for weeks. [Christian Science Monitor]

Unarmed Black Man Murdered In Own Backyard By Terrorists Wearing Blue Uniforms

The fact that the terrorists happened to be police really shouldn't matter.

Innocent, But In Jail: Exonerations Where ‘Justice’ Has Failed

If the initial prosecution of defendants was more fair, fewer innocent people would wind up in jail.

Biglaw Attorney Takes Frozen Cosplay To Epic Level

Biglaw attorney gets his moment in the sun, erm snow, in this viral video.

Collars For Dollars: An Unconstitutional Police Practice?

Other juries will soon be asked to decide whether a petitioner's civil rights were violated through arrests by police seeking to make overtime dollars. 

BuzzFeed Reveals That Black People Haven’t Been Lying All This Time About The NYPD

A report highlights that the NYPD regularly puts bad cops back on the streets.

Virginia Police Are So Casual About Violating This Mother’s First Amendment Rights They Must Not Know Those Exist

They're also abusing their FOIA discretion, but at least the police do that all the time.

When Sessions Talks About The Law’s ‘Anglo-American Heritage,’ It Can Be Accurate And Racist At The Same Time

How you feel about the phrase "Anglo-American heritage" says a lot about how you view racism.

Former Lawyer Facing Child Sex Charges Killed By Police

There was an outstanding warrant for his arrest for aggravated sexual assault on a child under age 15.

Disbarred Former Prosecutor Gets Jail Time For Forging Judges’ Signatures On Phony Wiretap Orders

Talk about bad judgment. The blatant abuse of power cost her hard.

Is Ford Pushing Us Into A World Of Robocops?

According to a patent application originally filed in 2016, Ford is seeking a patent on a driverless police car.

Morning Docket: 01.19.18

* Happy Shutdown!!! In case you're wondering, the looming crisis won't close the federal courts... for a few weeks. [National Law Journal] * Sixth Circuit rules that cops can bust into your home and search for any reason at all. Who'd have thought putting an internet troll on an appellate court was a bad idea? [Slate] * Coming off turning over their op-ed page to the lowest common denominator, the New York Times pens a thinkpiece that could easily have been titled, "Did you ever see Person of Interest? That was awesome." [New York Times] * Apparently judges stealing cocaine from evidence lockers is frowned upon. [Legal Intelligencer] * DLA Piper forced to do some rearranging in Saudi Arabia. [American Lawyer] * Frank Darabont is suing Walking Dead again. Just when you thought these suits were dead, they come back to life. [Law360]

Morning Docket: 01.12.18

* M&A lawyers see a banner year ahead as companies feel flush with cash and eager to spend it on flashy deals. Relatedly, bankruptcy lawyers should start gearing up for a monster 2019. [American Lawyer] * Army filed a challenge to the Las Vegas Golden Knights alleging it's being harmed by people confusing the NHL hockey team with Army's parachute team. With this filing, the three different "Tigers" in the SEC all start eyeing each other warily. [Washington Post] * Attorneys file fresh legal challenge on behalf of 11 men still detained at Gitmo since Trump's been consistently Tweeting that they should be categorically held there indefinitely. [Huffington Post] * Some prominent Nazi-wing personalities are planning to sue privately owned social media companies for discriminating against their content. Because free enterprise should allow companies to not make cakes for immutable minorities but should not allow companies to choose how they present ideological content on their platforms. Yeah, that makes sense. [Hollywood Reporter] * Find yourself a job where you can not work for 500 days and still get paid. [New Jersey Law Journal] * Dean's position gets $5 million endowment. [Duke Chronicle] * New Mexico toying with complete legal immunity for law enforcement. Because no one's been arbitrarily killed by a cop in this country in, like, a whole two weeks. [Courthouse News Service] * If in-house work is outsourced is it really in-house work? Mind. Blown. [Law360]