Sentencing

  • Morning Docket: 04.04.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 04.04.23

    * Report says Biglaw firms are more enthusiastic about merging this year. Shearman’s wondering why y’all got to go rubbing salt on it. [Reuters]

    * Goldman Sachs estimates that AI will replace 44 percent of legal tasks. Nice try, Goldman. You’re not getting a 44 percent discount on those bills. [Legaltech News]

    * The court system is a little closer to keeping judges from magically transforming acquittals into prison time. [Bloomberg Law News]

    * TIL they tried to impose a salary cap on esports players, but the federal government intervened. Not sure this is the urgent antitrust action we were all waiting for, but you do you. [Law360]

    * Not entirely surprising, but the financial jitters slowing big deal work have prompted more mid-sized deals and consequently more work for the Am Law second 50. It’s good to dominate the wading pool when everyone’s scared of the waves. [American Lawyer]

    * Apparently Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer is an internet sensation. [Yahoo]

    * Former aide to the governor of Maryland accused of corruption died in “agent-involved shooting” which is the awkward passive phrasing of “shot by the FBI.” Further details about how it came to that aren’t out yet. [NPR]

  • Morning Docket: 03.10.23
    Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 03.10.23

    * NY prosecutors signal that Donald Trump is about to be indicted. It’s probably a misdemeanor for falsifying records to bribe Stormy Daniels into silence, but it’s something. [Huffington Post]

    * Speaking of bribery, the trial of the Fox executives accused of bribing soccer officials results in split verdict. The only proper result for a case about a sport that drags on forever and ends in a draw. [Courthouse News Service]

    * Alex Murdaugh is appealing his conviction based on… well, the filing doesn’t say but I’m sure those crazy kids will come up with something. [The Hill]

    * Brett Favre’s lawyer says his defamation claims against commentators addressing the Mississippi welfare scandal are a “slam dunk.” Which is the wrong sport. [Awful Announcing]

    * DoNotPay hit with class action lawsuit. Maybe the algorithm can defend them here! If the company is willing to bet a million on its ability to win a SCOTUS case, it can surely do this pro se. [CBS News]

    * DOJ opposing efforts to keep judges from enhancing sentences for minor crime convictions based on allegations where the jury acquitted. See, this is a reason to be furious with Merrick Garland. [Reuters]

    * Do you still use paper business cards? Should you upgrade to one of the objectively cooler options out there or are you too much of an American Psycho fan to give up paper? [Daily Business Review]

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