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Technology
Another Lawmaker Is Trying To Create A Photography-Free Zone For Police Officers
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.21.16
* The Supreme Court may undo President Obama’s legacy… of executive actions. [Talking Points Memo]
* Speaking of United States v. Texas, it just may be Chief Justice John Roberts’s worst nightmare. [Slate]
* Today is a special anniversary: six years, the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United decision, and democracy hasn’t looked the same since. [Huffington Post]
* Interesting data analysis from Professor Derek T. Muller: as full-time law faculty numbers shrink, law school administrator numbers grow. [Excess of Democracy]
* Benghazi is getting a Michael Bay movie — and the congressional hearing is still raging on. [Rolling Stone]
* Attorneys for Daniel Holtzclaw, the Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping eight women while on duty, have filed a motion seeking a new trial; they suspect discovery shenanigans on the part of the prosecution. [Gawker]
* Nope. Hillary Clinton may not be a radical, but she also isn’t a moderate Republican. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Seven legal tech considerations for 2016, from lawyer and legal-tech enthusiast Steven J. Best. [Legal Tech Blog]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.20.16
* Living the goddamn dream! This Biglaw attorney is retired… at age 33. [Mr. Money Mustache]
* Law school lecture goes viral! In fairness, “don’t talk to the police” seems like extra relevant advice after binge-watching Making a Murderer. [The Blaze]
* Pissed off about price gouging on Super Bowl tickets? Well, the Third Circuit sure isn’t going to help. [Bloomberg BNA]
* Is there a way to wish anger away? It may not be easy, but here are some tips to help with anger management. [Katz Justice]
* The ACLU has filed a class action over Louisiana’s underfunding of the public defender system. [ACLU]
* Great advice for keeping your firm’s (and client’s) sensitive information out of the hands of hackers. [Reboot Your Law Practice]
* Congratulations to Elizabeth Wydra, longtime chief counsel of the Constitutional Accountability Center, who takes over as CAC’s new president. [National Law Journal]
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Police, Politics
Sandra Bland And What No One Seems To Know About Their Rights
Traffic stops are among the most common encounters with law enforcement that most Americans will have; if the average citizen has no clue what her rights or duties are during these encounters, then we’re doing it wrong. -
Police, Racism
Here's How I Decided Not To Start The Revolution Over The Tamir Rice Decision
I hope this helps someone trying to keep it together. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.18.15
* Both Kaye Scholer partner Evan Greebel (formerly of Katten Muchin) and Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli pleaded not guilty to securities fraud charges. Now, the world is left to weep because Skhreli’s Wu-Tang album wasn’t seized. [Reuters]
* “You are not an American because you got sworn in on a Koran.” The Hate Crimes Unit of the New York Police Department is investigating a series of threatening calls made to Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo, Brooklyn’s first Muslim judge. [WSJ Law Blog]
* David Lola, the contract attorney who sued Skadden and Tower Legal for overtime pay with claims he wasn’t practicing law, settled his claims for $75,000. But now we don’t know if doc reviewers are entitled to overtime pay. 🙁 [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
* Slater & Gordon, the world’s first publicly traded law firm, continues to watch as its stock price tumbles. The firm’s shares are now worth A$0.89 after it decided to pull its earnings guidance, and they’ve lost 90 percent of their value since April. [The Guardian]
* That’s not how you’re supposed to examine briefs: A Maryland court commissioner was charged with visual surveillance with prurient intent and misconduct in office after allegedly using his cellphone to take an upskirt photo of a courthouse employee. [AP]
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Police, Racism
It Is Simply Not Our Policy To Jail Cops Who Kill Black People
Mistrial declared in the first Freddie Gray case. -
Crime, Police
Criminally Yours: The Mentally Ill And The Police
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Police, Racism
When Cops Do Their Jobs, Black People Die
I'm thankful i haven't been shot by a cop... yet. -
Police, Politics
A Year After Ferguson Burned
When police do their jobs, the country is safer for everyone. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.23.15
* Will it ever be easier to meet the challenge of proving you’ve got an undue hardship so you can discharge your law school student loan debts in bankruptcy? Your fate may rest in the hands of this indebted Florida Coastal Law grad and his petition for certiorari at the Supreme Court. [US Law Week Blog / Bloomberg]
* Hate crimes still happen, even at this prestigious law school: Amid increased racial turbulence on campus, the Harvard University Police Department is now investigating the defacing of black law professors’ portraits as a hate crime. [ABC News]
* UVA Law recently joined the minority of law schools that have women serving as dean. Pop your collars with pride, because legal historian Risa Goluboff will take over as the school’s first female dean this July. Congratulations! [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
* Gordon Rees has settled its lawsuit against Alex Rodriguez over the baseball player’s outstanding legal bills, totaling more than $380,000. The terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but we have a feeling that the firm hit it out of the park. [NBC New York]
* Try before you buy or a bid to increase tourism? Alaska is making bold moves now that it’s legalized marijuana for recreational use. It’ll be the first state to allow the social use of the drug “in public,” i.e., inside pot dispensaries that have yet to open. [Cannabist]
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Quote of the Day, Racism
White Lawyer Curses At Black Businesswoman After Nearly Getting Her Arrested For Crime She Didn't Commit
This is why people hate lawyers. -
Police
Would You Take A Stand For Your Client? (Video)
Body cams may not be perfect, but it's better than the alternative.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.10.15
* Kid gets caught trying to buy skin mag with his dad’s money. Not one copy, but the whole magazine. Proving there are some fantasies too big even with $8 million and a Bryan Cave lawyer in your pocket. [Law360]
* Chris Christie is taking a strong stand against bestiality. There you go, buddy — it’s these sorts of courageous, controversial positions that will get you back in the prime time debates. [Associated Press]
* Congratulations to Neal Katyal, who has now argued more cases before the Supreme Court than any male minority lawyer save Thurgood Marshall. With his argument in Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan, Katyal passed Drew Days and Wade McCree in this accounting (No, not that Wade McCree). [Supreme Court Brief]
* Hollywood hotshot gives $5 million to UCLA School of Law. [National Law Journal]
* Supreme Court ignores all lower courts and expands qualified immunity to cops who base their decisions on well-established action movie tropes. [Huffington Post]
* Biglaw faces slowdown. [American Lawyer]
* One law school is taking a stab at the access to justice problem in this country. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Public Interest
Want to Fight Police Misconduct? Reform Qualified Immunity
Protestors seeking to reform law enforcement practices should consider a more fundamental legal solution. -
Police, Racism
7 Directors Cops Should Boycott Instead Of Quentin Tarantino
If the NYPD wants to be pissed at a director, be pissed at these guys. -
Legal Ethics, Police
St. Louis Prosecutor Pleads Guilty To Covering Up Police Brutality
The system worked this time, but this is likely the exception that proves the rule. -
Public Interest
DOJ Reports Prompt Missouri Supreme Court To Launch Commission On Racial Fairness
Missouri is taking some action on the DOJ reports. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.19.15
* A must-have for all those Biglaw overachievers gunning for partner. [Next Shark]
* Racists don’t even know how to racist right. [Wonkette]
* To recap acceptable responses to tickets: writing on the ticket “FUCK YOUR SHITTY TOWN BITCHES” = totally fine; wiping your butt with the ticket and throwing it at the police officer = not okay. [The Smoking Gun]
* Welp, this is an interesting clause to stick into a settlement agreement. [Deadspin]
* Maybe, just maybe, the Supreme Court will weigh in on the student debt crisis. [Bloomberg Business]
* Is it possible to make your writing benchslap-proof? [Legal Writing Pro]
* It’s best to be vague yet forceful when trying to escape new Biglaw work. [Daily Lawyer Tips]
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Technology
Law Enforcement And The Ongoing Inconvenience Of The Fourth Amendment
They'll do everything they can to avoid getting one, even though the process appears to be little more than [INSERT PROBABLE CAUSE] [OBTAIN WARRANT].