Prostitution
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.23.22
* Wanna get really mad this morning? Read this decision on unjust seizures. [Tech Dirt]
* DeSantis is facing legal troubles over his special way of bypassing prosecutorial discretion. [Guardian]
* Planning on getting a JD and going straight to the CIA? Give this podcast a listen first, Georgetown students. [Variety]
* Army reservist sentenced to 4 years for being part of insurrection light [The Hill]
* Precinct Chief arrested on prostitution charges. We really have to do better background checks on the people who are supposed to be upholding the law. [Click2Houston]
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Biglaw
Former Prosecutor And Law Professor Arrested For Solicitation
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Crime
Bar President Resigns After Prostitution Charge
He stepped down the same day charges were filed.
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Law Schools
Harvard Law School 'Negotiating Efficient Sex Slavery' Article Shockingly Poorly Received
This is the apotheosis of law and economics scholarship. -
Small Law Firms
Prostitute Lawyer's Husband Has Law License Suspended
A bizarre follow-up to our recent story about the attorney doubling as a prostitute. -
Small Law Firms
People May Think All Lawyers Are Prostitutes, But This Lawyer Is Literally A Prostitute
A true commitment to the billable hour. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.06.19
* “I like sex. Sex is fun and I can get paid for it. You can make a job out of this? That’s fantastic.” Sears said. “Why would I not do this?” Of course we’ve heard about the lawyer who’s also working as a prostitute. We’ll have more on this incredibly interesting story later today. [KCCI Des Moines]
* Will 2019 be a year without a blockbuster Biglaw merger? With the A&O/O’Melveny combo off the table, it could be. “There were so many mergers the last couple of years that we are seeing a slowdown.” [American Lawyer]
* Lawyers for Paul Manafort are trying to get a mortgage fraud case against him in New York dismissed, citing double jeopardy law. He doesn’t want to have to do more jail time, even if Trump pardons him. [Reuters]
* Lawyer staffing company Axiom will no longer be pursuing an IPO thanks to an infusion of cash from private equity firm Permira Funds. It would have been one of the first publicly traded legal businesses in the country. [Big Law Business]
* Remember the Jussie Smollett controversy where the actor claimed he was involved in a racist and homophobic attack? His lawyers say he shouldn’t have to pay Chicago six figures for the investigation into the hoax because how was he supposed to know so much time would be spent on it. [ABC 7 Chicago]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.11.19
* Another attorney opts into the Jones Day sex discrimination suit. [Law360]
* Bill introduced to legalize sex work in New York. Eliot Spitzer wondering, “where were you when I needed you?” [NBC New York]
* Supreme Court balks at lawsuit seeking to expand constitutional protection for silencers. Remember, the only thing that can stop a bad guy performing an assassination in East Berlin is a good guy performing an assassination in East Berlin. [Reuters]
* John Dean stopped by Congress to give a history lesson since no one else is honoring their subpoenas. [Courthouse News Service]
* Pepper Hamilton more or less kept tight control of its investigation into the Baylor sexual assault case, but now it could face sanctions for potentially withholding records requested in a civil suit arising from the matter. [Texas Lawyer]
* Trump’s team takes its “legitimate legislative purpose” argument to the D.C. Circuit. Shouldn’t some wizened Republican be stepping up and putting a stop to this argument before Trump inadvertently guts the Congress that the party has worked so hard to gerrymander of any real authority? [National Law Journal]
* Student launches crowdfunding campaign to pay for legal education. But this is Britain so he only needs about $80K to go to Cambridge instead of $200K+ to go to a TTT. [Legal Cheek]
* The proposed extradition law that could allow China to nab people in Hong Kong could undermine foreign involvement in the semi-autonomous region. And that means a lot of big law firms. [CNN]
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Biglaw
Robert Kraft Is Turning To Biglaw To Fight Prostitution Charges
Quinn Emanuel doesn't usually handle misdemeanors, but, here we are. -
Crime
Is It Racist To Assume Bob Kraft's Massage Parlor Was Obviously A Brothel?
Assuming Asian women working in the massage industry are prostitutes would be a racist assumption... but this may not have been. -
Sports
Nothing Deflates Balls Faster Than A Patriots Prostitution Arrest
Well, this is... well, actually kind of expected. -
Courts
If The Ninth Circuit Were As 'Radical' As You Think, Prostitution Would Be Legal Today
1st and 14th Amendment appeals against prostitution prohibitions fall short. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.18.18
* When USA Gymnastics agreed not to go after McKayla Maroney for violating an NDA to report a serial sex abuser it sounded like a dog-bites-man tale of an entity fully aware that sticking to the letter of its NDA would be irresponsible and immoral. But, according to Maroney’s attorney, Gymnastics fully intended to pursue damages against Maroney until others came forward and volunteered to help cover her fine. Um… everyone over there needs to be fired. [USA Today]
* Ninth Circuit pumps the brakes on legalized prostitution. Seems like they had a judge out there pretty recently who might have dissented. [The Recorder]
* Speaking of former judges on the Ninth Circuit, Wilson Sonsini’s Katherine Ku discusses her decision to come forward as a former Kozinski clerk. [Litigation Daily]
* Rod Blagojevich always seemed, from afar, to be railroaded. Nominating someone to fill a Senate seat actually is a “f**king valuable thing” and it’s not like he was seeking a bribe for it, he was trying to make political deals. Now someone has leaked more tapes that the prosecutors kept out of the trial that further confirm Blagojevich’s defense that he was mostly trying to use the seat to get infrastructure and health care deals passed. [Chicago Sun-Times]
* The Supreme Court’s only put out one opinion so far, and some are wondering why they’re asleep at the switch. [National Law Journal]
* DOJ looking to undermine Escobar and go after companies for violations that the government still finds worthy of reimbursement. [Law360] LGBTQ, Religion,
* Gay couple says they received religious damnation flyers from Vistaprint instead of photos. This message brought to you by HP, reminding you that it’s not expensive to just buy your own photo printer. [Boston Globe]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
The New Wolves Of Wall Street?
Certain Seattle employees with well-known tech companies allegedly used their company-issued email accounts to buy services from prostitutes and their pimps. -
Sexism, Women's Issues
The Pink Ghetto: When A Biglaw Partner Asks You About Prostitution During An Interview
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Law Schools, Prostitution
Using Sex Work To Fund Law School: One Woman's Story
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.12.16
* Gauging the importance of Supreme Court decisions this Term based on media coverage. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Georgia is changing state law because UGA’s football coach thinks it might help the team cover up a scandal and somehow the legislature thinks this makes sense. [SB Nation]
* Did President Obama outthink himself on the Merrick Garland pick? [Guile Is Good]
* Using expert witnesses to defeat class certification… an emerging tradition. [The Expert Institute]
* Some graphics cross-referencing the laws around “burners” and global terrorism. [imgur]
* Restraining order be damned! Montgomery Blair Sibley is releasing D.C. Madam contacts for our viewing pleasure. [WTOP]
* What lawyer Scott Limmer learned from a yoga retreat. [Law Reboot]
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Technology
Leveraging Shame And The Presumption Of Guilt To Destroy Lives And Punish Consenting Adults
This all seems horrible. -
Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Legal Ethics
Prosecutor Caught With His Pants Down
This prosecutor allegedly used prostitutes 'hundreds of times' over the last five years. -
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer Must Be Pretty Psyched Scalia Died
You realize that Trump is legit and Spitzer is a joke?