Prostitution

  • Morning Docket: 09.06.19
    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]

  • Morning Docket: 06.11.19
    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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  • Morning Docket: 01.18.18
    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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