Richard Posner
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Courts
Judge Earns Benchslap For Just Copying And Pasting Opinion
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.13.23
* Friday the 13th comes for Donald Trump, as the Trump Organization entities pegged with tax fraud are sentenced today. [Reuters]
* This is the economic cycle where clients will drive work toward the Am Law second hundred in earnest. We say that every economic downturn and it never really ends up happening and this recession isn’t actually materializing, but… it’s gonna happen! Kidding aside, it might, but probably because companies are slashing legal department budgets regardless of the economic climate. [Law.com]
* Maybe not all legal departments… Apple’s top lawyer got a pay bump. [Bloomberg]
* Laurence Tribe joins Kaplan Hecker & Fink. Didn’t see that one coming, but if he joined any firm, this is the one that makes sense. [American Lawyer]
* Sam Bankman-Fried’s pre-trial blogging continues bashing Sullivan & Cromwell’s bankruptcy efforts and offering insights into his defense strategy. [Law360]
* Also, happy birthday week to Judge Richard Posner, who just turned 84!
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Biglaw
Revenge Is A Dish Best Not Served To Guests In Weil's Cafeteria
The week where Biglaw lunchroom policy got wrapped up in ongoing litigation threats.
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Courts
Judge Posner Highlighted The Pro Se Litigant Crisis -- The End Of His Project Underscores It
The fact that an entity dedicated to assisting pro se litigants couldn't succeed is not necessarily a failure as much as a sign of the problem. -
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Courts
The Fight For Pro Se Rights Produces Another Damning Supreme Court Brief
Superstar legal team continues to fight for pro se litigants everywhere. -
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Courts
David Boies And Judge Posner Call Upon Supreme Court To Bring Justice To One-Third Of Federal Litigants Getting The Shaft
Pro se litigants in large swaths of the country are at a distinct disadvantage. - Sponsored
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Biglaw
World's Most Fortunate Pro Se Litigant Represented By Judge Posner Now Also Represented By David Boies
As the case moves to the Supreme Court, William Bond adds even more firepower. -
Courts
Judge Posner Loses Appeal In Laughably Lazy Fourth Circuit Opinion
The Fourth Circuit completes a trifecta of appellate cowardice. -
Biglaw
Need To Replace A Legal Luminary? Look To Skadden
How much is he giving up to take a job on the Seventh Circuit? -
Courts
Judge Posner Chastises District Court's 'Laziness'... And He's Got A Point
Judges often lift analysis from the parties. This practice has to stop -- especially in pro se matters. -
Courts
Judge Posner Files First Brief Since Leaving The Bench, Lights Into Federal Judiciary
Judge Posner takes his fight for pro se litigants to the next level.
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Courts
Judge Posner Taking On Pro Se Case After Fourth Circuit Did Something Incredibly Stupid
The Fourth Circuit didn't want to hear from Judge Posner. They probably will have to now. -
Government
The Seventh Circuit's War With Judge Posner Really Escalated Quickly
I mean, this really got out of hand fast. -
Benchslaps
Circuit Agrees With Judge Posner On Treating Pro Se Litigants Better... By Benchslapping Judge Posner
Famed judge earns benchslap just in time for retirement. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.20.17
* Judge Posner wasn’t kidding when he said he wanted to help pro ses. Now that he’s retired, he’s decided to “dedicate [his] post-judicial career” to the cause. He recently filed an affidavit to serve as advisory counsel to a pro se litigant before the Fourth Circuit. [Big Law Business]
* This administration is full of Biglaw attorneys: Trump’s nominee to lead the FTC is Joseph Simons, co-chairman of the antitrust group at Paul, Weiss. Prior to joining the firm, he served as the Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC. Congrats! [National Law Journal]
* Harvard Law’s Student Government is planning to conduct a mental health survey in an effort to assist students with mental health issues. They’re also teaming up with Parody, the school’s law revue squad, to film videos addressing mental health issues. Hmm, nothing at all could possibly go wrong here. [Harvard Crimson]
* GW Law School has implemented a bunch of diversity initiatives this year, but apparently the members of the faculty have absolutely no idea what they are or what they entail. This… doesn’t seem very helpful. [GW Hatchet]
* Johnny Depp has filed a malpractice suit against Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (that’s a mouthful), claiming the firm and its lawyers had a hand in putting him in a bad place financially. [Am Law Daily]