Prisons
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Courts
Federal Judge So Egregiously Far Behind He's Got A Dead Guy's Criminal Case On The Docket
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.14.23
* It took a couple of days, but Donald Trump has blown off Judge Chutkan’s warning that further public attacks on the proceedings would result in accelerating the existing January trial schedule. At the rate he’s going, expect the trial next week! [Politico]
* Meanwhile, in Georgia, prosecutors apparently have messages directly tying Trump’s legal team to voting system breach. [CNN]
* Florida Bar proposes allowing law school grads to engage in limited practice before passing the bar exam. One of many emergency measures required to make sure Donald Trump and his fellow indictees can secure local counsel. [Jax Daily Record]
* Law.com lists lawyers on social media it considers attorney-influencers. [Law.com]
* UPS reached an agreement with its workers, but it had strikebreaking plans all worked out. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Judge charged with murdering wife. [Law360]
* Sam Bankman-Fried off to Brooklyn MDC after judge finds witness tampering efforts in violation of bail, bringing renewed publicity to the facility’s abhorrent conditions. [Reuters]
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Intellectual Property
Porn Copyright Troll Lawyer The Absolute Worst; Bureau Of Prisons Says, 'Hold My Beer'
Solitary confinement is torture generally. In this case, it's absurd.
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Crime
'I’m Going To Do Something Crazy.' Rikers Crisis Grows Worse.
Politicians already called the situation at Rikers a 'humanitarian crisis' months ago -- and now it's even worse. -
Courts, Finance
Andrew Cuomo Lurks As Evil Villain In Former Lawyer's New Off-Broadway Musical Comedy
'A Turtle on a Fence Post' will be playing until January 2. Grab your tickets today. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.08.21
* Paul Kirgis, University of Montana’s School of Law’s former dean, quits post after multiple Title IX cases have been filed against the school. Would anyone else rather quit than dissuade sexual misconduct and the use of slurs? If so, please do. [ABA Journal]
* Donnie wants 4 former aides to keep insurrection info in the darko. Hopefully they’ll rebel against him. [Politico]
* Jan Wolfe hopes that recent ruling on Texas’s abortion ban will have a chilling effect on other states adopting similar rule of law work arounds. Take that, South Dakota. [Reuters]
* Slavery still profitable. What would it take to make prisons for justice instead of for profit? [WSJ]
* Today in good news: California made stealthing illegal! Three cheers for consent! HIP HIP! [NPR]
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Crime
Solitary Confinement, The Cruelest Form Of Punishment
In decades of practicing criminal law, solitary confinement has been the go-to, knee-jerk response to inmate misbehavior. -
Crime
Jeffrey Epstein Associate Held In Pre-Trial Solitary, Pushing Envelope Of Cruel And Unusual
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Government
Michael Cohen Emerges From Prison To New World He Barely Recognizes
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Law Schools
Harvard Law School Students Come Together To Demand The School Stop Harassing Three Students
Maybe there's such a thing as administrators with too much time on their hands. -
Courts
Court Orders Bureau Of Prisons To Quit Being Such A Noob And Hand Over Those Cat Videos
Or get a teenager to help!
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Prisons
Authorities Have Thrown Michael Avenatti In The Hole -- Attorney Asks To Move Him To Gen Pop
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Crime
Prison Guards -- Overworked And Underpaid. No Wonder Epstein Died.
Two weeks after Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide death while awaiting trial in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in downtown Manhattan, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has transferred the MCC prison warden elsewhere and put the two prison guards on duty during the time of Epstein’s death on indefinite leave. These are short-term fixes to long-standing […] -
Prisons
If You're An Attorney That Wants To See Your Client, Please Take Off Your Bra
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Michael Cohen Seems Pretty Depressed About His Prison Sentence
'I never thought the judge was going to throw a three-year fricking sentence,' Cohen said. -
Law Schools
Kim Kardashian To Star In Documentary About Law School, Inmate Justice Work
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Crime
Cruel And Unusual Punishment At A Major Federal Prison
No electricity. No heat. No medications. How did normal procedures break down so quickly? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.30.19
* What do Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen, Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, and Jersey Shore star Mike Sorrentino all have in common? They may soon be inmates together at FCI Otisville, one of America’s “cushiest” prisons. Oooh, looks like we’ve got a situation! [INSIDER]
* “New York State’s campaign finance system is generally a scandal, and this is another example of it.” Disgraced former New York AG Eric Schneiderman used campaign funds to pay the law firm that represented him during an investigation into allegations of his physical abusiveness, and people are pissed. [Associated Press]
* Remember that meeting Ginni Thomas had with President Trump where she expressed her displeasure with transgender military service? Rest assured that Justice Clarence Thomas likely won’t be recusing over it anytime soon. [Bloomberg Law]
* A meaningful mouthful: The ABA passed a resolution asking that legal employers stop requiring mandatory arbitration for discrimination, harassment, or retaliation complaints “based upon race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence.” [ABA Journal]
* Confused about your legal bills? You’re not the only one. That’s why the Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry Alliance is trying to introduce its “matter category standard” billing codes to simplify things for everyone. [American Lawyer]