Prison
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.09.22
* How hard is it to not commit human rights violations? For folks running New York’s prisons, pretty hard apparently. [ Gothamist]
* Hope you enjoyed your voting rights before Court is back in session. [Esquire]
* Don’t say Games Done Quick: Popular game speedrunning event cancelled in part due to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. [Wa Po]
* Move over I’m biking here!: Portland case claims crowded sidewalks violate the ADA. [Bike Portland]
* ACB set to take part in case involving folks that have paid her repeatedly. The Supreme in Supreme Court refers to them being above accountability. [Raw Story]
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Law Schools
Woman Serving Life Sentence Admitted To Law School
Prison to Law Pipeline project gets first JD candidate. - Sponsored
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
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Courts
How Useful Is A Prison Consultant To Harvey Weinstein
It's a lot more than just coaching on which toilet wine pairs best with prison meatloaf. Weinstein will face a remarkably steep learning curve on how to survive the carceral hierarchies he must now exist within.
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Small Law Firms
Jeffrey Epstein’s Jail Bed Will
Estate planning is important, especially for the incarcerated. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.13.19
* Data indicate the average attorney salary has doubled over the last 20 years. Adjusted for inflation though that’s about a 25 percent bump. Meanwhile, if law school tuition over that period only increased 25 percent, schools would be $40K cheaper now. [Law.com]
* Predictably, a staffing shortage is being blamed for Epstein’s death so everyone can start the push to hire a ton more guards rather than revisit overcrowding or reforming fundamental incarceration policies. [Huffington Post]
* Trump goes to war with the bald eagle. Finally, his revenge is complete. [NY Daily News]
* California and New York ban discrimination based on hairstyle almost 30 years after the Paulette Caldwell article pointing out exactly how messed up this practice is. [Law360]
* Biglaw shows up in force to help Burford fight back against short seller. [American Lawyer]
* ‘Space Law and Poop’ is coming to a 3L seminar near you. [Live Science]
* Ninth Circuit shuts down another attempt to get college football players a cut of the money they earn. [Courthouse News Service]
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Government
Former Attorney General Released From Prison
A look back at one of the zanier legal stories of the decade. -
Government
Somebody Needs To Lose Their Job Behind This Brooklyn MDC Travesty
The heat is back on, and needs to be turned up on those responsible. -
Crime
A Daring Jailbreak By A French Robin Hood
His escape sounds more like an action movie than real life. - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Banking Law
Jesse Litvak Will Serve His House Arrest In Federal Prison
The slipperiest naughty bond trader around is going away for a bit. -
Pro Bono, Public Interest
For Giving Families Hope During The Holidays, Brittany Byrd Is My Inspirational Attorney Of The Year
It's high time to question our current system and government sentencing policies. -
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Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Legal Ethics
Lawyer Sent Fake Bills To Company For 14 Years. Lesson: Check Yo Bills.
Attention, multinational corporations: when paying legal bills, make sure you know exactly what you're paying for. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.26.16
* Is this judge dangerous or just doing her job — or worse, both? [Guile is Good]
* So, you find yourself “in between” legal jobs at the moment. What do you do with the time? [Reboot Your Law Practice]
* This University of Chicago Law student is just trying to make his nut, and he’s developed a card game called “The Golfing Dead.” A standard card game put through the “apocalyptic ringer.” Even his law professor is on board with the fun game… it may not be important or amazing, but it is entertaining. [Kickstarter]
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* This Anthony Weiner documentary looks like it is going to be everything you didn’t even know you always wanted from a political documentary. [Gawker]
* Despite blood testing company Theranos’s recent onslaught of issues, including SEC and U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation, David Boies reports the board is standing behind CEO and founder Elizabeth Holmes. [Vanity Fair]
* When a decrease in the number of prisoners in a state is the cause of a budget crisis, you know things are jacked up. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
* Deutsche Bank is pushing back against rising legal costs. Is this the new normal that law firms have to deal with? [Law and More]
* New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s lawsuit against Trump University is going forward. [Law Newz]
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Public Interest, White-Collar Crime
A CEO Was Actually Sentenced To Prison Time
It's exceedingly rare, but sometimes corporate conduct is so egregious that an executive actually gets put behind bars. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.03.16
* Style tips to take you from court to the Met Gala (okay, you will probably never go to the Met Gala, but still) from Amal Clooney. [Popsugar]
* Welp, this is one way to get your legal expenses paid for: A gay porn site is willing to cover former Congressman Aaron Schock’s legal bills if only he’ll appear in a few films. [Wonkette]
* This is the Donald Trump we have all come to expect: he’s accusing Ted Cruz (over Twitter, natch) of “stealing” the Iowa Caucus. [The Slot]
* A great idea to link Black History Month with the current presidential election. [Chicago Sun-Times]
* The history of how vagrancy laws gave the police nearly unlimited power. [Time]
* Sure, Bernie Madoff is a crook, but in prison he is a rockstar — and his stock is only going up. [Law and More]
* Giving the quiet Justice Souter his due. [Anton Piatigorsky Blog]
* Taking a shot at the NRA, because as angry as most Americans are, we agree about one thing. [Funny or Die]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.25.16
* “I have standing to sue. Can you imagine if I did it? Should I do it just for fun?” Republican front-runner Donald Trump is floating a possible lawsuit against Ted Cruz over the senator’s eligibility to run for POTUS — because litigation is so much fun! [The Hill]
* Everyone likes to think Justice Antonin Scalia is a crazy curmudgeon, but one of his former SCOTUS clerks knows there’s a softer side to the man people love to hate. In reality, he’s “an incredibly warm and generous man” with a “wonderful sense of humor.” [Columbus Business First]
* A federal judge who’s had a change of heart about a lengthy sentence he gave to an admitted murderer says he and his colleagues need a way to give “second-look reviews” to adjust sentences for deserving prisoners. Would this work? [New York Times]
* If the ruling in this case catches on, New York attorneys may soon be able to serve people via Facebook. Of course, if your lawsuit winds up in a defendant’s “Filtered Messages,” he’ll never see it, but it’s still a pretty cool concept. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Charleston Law launched a new admissions program that will allow students to begin classes in the spring and graduate in two and a half years instead of three. Perhaps the goal here is to graduate students before the school closes for good? [ABA Journal]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.14.16
* If you were a Biglaw partner at a troubled firm who managed to escape before the sh*t really hit the fan, and you now feel bad for those you left behind, don’t worry. We know you might not be familiar with emotions, but “[i]t’s a legitimate human feeling.” [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* Just when you thought Ted Cruz was eligible to run for president, some renowned legal scholars have crawled out of the woodwork to state the complete opposite — and some have even published law review articles about it. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Those contract attorneys who sued for overtime pay at their doc review jobs made an impact, but it might not have been the kind they were hoping for. Many law firms and staffing agencies have stopped offering overtime work at all. [New York Law Journal]
* Florida’s death row inmates are stuck in legal limbo now that SCOTUS invalidated the state’s capital punishment sentencing regime as unconstitutional. Maybe the state where people go to die should consider repealing its death penalty altogether. [Reuters]
* Oh my God (but not his): An atheist lawyer is suing to remove the phrase “In God We Trust” from all U.S. currency because he says it violates the separation between church and state. He’s filed God-related lawsuits in the past, and lost them all. [Cleveland.com]
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Trivia Question of the Day
A Dubious Distinction For A Government Lawyer
This isn't a distinction to be proud of. -
Nauseating Things, State Judges
This Is What Happens When Judges Have To Deal With Poop
This judge really appreciates a good poop joke. -
Crime, Quote of the Day
You Will Not Believe What This 10-Year-Old Wrote To A Judge Regarding His Mother's Release From Prison
You must read this heartbreaking letter to the judge.