Sex Scandals
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Canada, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals
Briefs Dropped in Lawsuit Against Canadian Judge Cum Porn Star
Today brings good news for Madam Justice Lori Douglas, the Canadian judge captured in pornographic pictures that wound their way to the web. Alex Chapman — the 44-year-old computer programmer who sued Justice Douglas for $7 million, alleging that the judge and her husband harassed and inflicted emotional distress upon him, by pressuring him (Chapman) […] -
Canada, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals
Accuser of Porn-Posing Canadian Judge Gets Fired
We don’t normally cross international borders to find judges to write about; there are enough colorful characters in the U.S. judiciary. But when the jurist in question has appeared in pornography that made its way on to the interwebs, we make an exception. There are some updates in the tale of Madam Justice Lori Douglas, […] - Sponsored
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Canada, Judge of the Day, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals
Porn-Posing Canadian Judge Puts Away the Gavel -- For Now
Yesterday we wrote about Madam Justice Lori Douglas, a Canadian judge in Manitoba who, in her pre-robescent days, apparently posed for nude pictures — while engaged in such activities as bondage, sex toy play, and oral sex. These photographs apparently made their way on to an interracial porn website called DarkCavern.com (without Douglas’s knowledge or […]
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Canada, Judge of the Day, Pornography, Sex, Sex Scandals
Judge of the Day: Oh, Oh, Oh... Canada!
Up in Canada, judges have no problem with cameras in the courtroom. As Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin explained in a recent discussion with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Canada’s high court has had cameras in the courtroom for over 20 years, and they haven’t caused any problems. [FN1] Some Canadian judges don’t have a problem […] -
Canada, Defamation, Drinking, Labor / Employment, Parties, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sexism, Sexual Harassment
Partner of the Day, Eh: Canadian Lawyer Sues Two of His Former Associates
Sometimes law firm after-hours parties get pretty wild. The Great Recession didn’t put a damper on one Toronto firm’s celebrations last year. In January 2009, Mathews, Dinsdale & Clarke threw a rager in honor of its annual labour law “moot” competition for Canadian law students. (We mentioned this story briefly in yesterday’s Non-Sequiturs.) After awards […] -
Celebrities, Crime, Kids, Rape, Sex Scandals
Roman Polanski Gets His Freedom On
The 76-year-old iconic director, Roman Polanski, is free to drug and sex 13-year-old girls across the European continent. As we mentioned in Morning Docket, the Swiss government rejected a U.S. extradition request. The Associated Press reports: The Swiss mostly blamed U.S. authorities for failing to provide confidential testimony about Polanski’s sentencing procedure in 1977-1978. The […] -
Drugs, Lovells, Sex, Sex Scandals, United Kingdom / Great Britain, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: A Hogan Lovells Ex-Partner Who Likes It Rough
Why are British lawyers always getting caught with their pants down? We all remember the classic scene in A Fish Called Wanda, in which an unsuspecting family walks in on a naked barrister, Archie Leach (John Cleese), as he’s getting ready for a roll in the hay with Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis). But this kind […] -
Facebook, Sex, Sex Scandals, Weirdness
The Truth Will Set You Free? A Broke, Adulterous, Disgraced Georgetown Law Marine Issues a Public Confession on Facebook
It’s a Scarlet Letter tale for the digital age. A Georgetown law student’s life has completely unraveled. His way of dealing with losing his wife, his mistress, his supposed baby, his military assignment, and good standing at Georgetown Law School? A public confession on Facebook. He posted the note with the details of his sad, […] - Sponsored
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Religion, Sex Scandals
U.S. Government Weighs in on Vatican Sex Abuse, Siding with the Vatican
Sigh. I love it when the U.S. Government casts its lot with foreign entities that export child molesters to the United States. The WSJ Law Blog reports: In a filing made late last week, the U.S. government weighed in, largely siding with the Vatican’s argument that the Ninth Circuit erred by allowing a sex-abuse case […] -
Allen & Overy, Magic Circle, Rape, Sex, Sex Scandals
A Deidre Dare Update: Allen & Overy Lawyer Turned Sex Columnist Makes Controversial Claims About Rape
Memorial Day weekend is almost here, and we all know what that means: the arrival of summer. And we all know what summer means: people taking their clothes off, at the beach or pool. People taking their clothes off got us thinking about one of our favorite personalities here at Above the Law: Deidre Dare, […] -
Abortion, Family Law, Jeffrey Toobin, Kids, Media and Journalism, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sex, Sex Scandals
The Jeffrey Toobin / Casey Greenfield Drama Rolls On
Over on the website of the New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin has a nice post on how Elena Kagan deftly finessed the “gays in the military” / Solomon Amendment issue while serving as dean of Harvard Law School. It’s an interesting read; check it out here (via Dahlia Lithwick’s Twitter feed). Alas, these days Toobin is […] -
Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sex Scandals
Alleged Jeffrey Toobin Baby Mama Has a 'Back-Up Plan'
Over the weekend, Casey Greenfield — Yale Law School graduate, Gibson Dunn litigatrix, and daughter of political pundit Jeff Greenfield — made a foray into film criticism. Greenfield published a review of the new Jennifer Lopez movie, The Back-Up Plan, in the Daily Beast. Adrian Chen of Gawker breaks it down: The mother of CNN […] -
Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Sex, Sex Scandals
So Who Was the Mystery Woman Hit Upon by Jeffrey Toobin?
We recently wondered: Is Jeffrey Toobin the Tiger Woods of legal journalism? Like Tiger, he’s phenomenally talented and successful, the biggest name in the game. And, if news reports are correct, Toobin — a legal writer for the New Yorker, a political analyst for CNN, and the author of several bestselling books — may share […]
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Celebrities, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Rudeness, Sex, Sex Scandals
Is Jeffrey Toobin the Tiger Woods of Legal Journalism?
Leading legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin — this year’s commencement speaker at Penn Law and Golden Gate Law, by the way — has been making headlines rather than writing them as of late. Last week we covered his family court showdown with Casey Greenfield, an associate at Gibson Dunn and the daughter of television pundit Jeff […] -
Family Law, Jeffrey Toobin, Media and Journalism, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sex, Sex Scandals
Legal Eagles Mate: But Who Will Take Care of the Eaglet? Jeffrey Toobin Taken to Family Court by Gibson Dunn Associate.
One blogger teed up a story about celebrated legal and political journalist Jeffrey Toobin being sued for paternity with this quip: “This Might be Scandalous If Anyone Watched CNN.” But people also read the New Yorker, where Toobin is a longtime legal correspondent, as well as Toobin’s bestselling books — including, most recently, The Nine: […] -
Gandolfo "Vince" DiBlasi, Jeremy Pitcock, Kasowitz Benson, Lawsuit of the Day, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
Everyone's A Loser in Pitcock v. Kasowitz Benson
The big decisional news out of New York today is the guilty verdict in the Brooke Astor trial. Anthony Marshall, the son of the late socialite and philanthropist, was convicted in a scheme to defraud Mrs. Astor. But we also have news of another notable ruling. Longtime readers of Above the Law will recall the […] -
9th Circuit, Federal Judges, Politics, Sex Scandals
The Ninth Circuit Curse Never Sleeps
Over the years, numerous proposals have been made to split the Ninth Circuit, the nation’s largest federal appeals court. There are certainly reasonable arguments to be made in favor of a split. But regardless of the merits of a split, the careers of politicians who have backed these proposals seem to meet unfortunate ends. We’ve […] -
9th Circuit, Federal Judges, Politics, Sex Scandals
The Ninth Circuit Curse Strikes Again
Remember the Ninth Circuit Curse? We wrote about it back in 2007, noting that “anyone who tries to mess with the Mighty Ninth eventually finds himself (or herself) in deep doo-doo.” Several politicians who have advocated splitting the Ninth Circuit — a sprawling court that can be challenging to administer, to be sure — have […] -
Bad Ideas, Craigslist, Crime, Law Schools, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
University of Michigan Law Student Should Have Come to ATL First
I know a lot of readers think we have an ax to grind with the University of Michigan Law School (even though we take pot shots at Head Coach Sweater Vest at every opportunity). We like Michigan. Maybe if more U-M Law students trusted that, a certain student would have come to ATL instead of […] -
Gay, Lesbians, Lindquist & Vennum, Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment, Summer Associates
The Sapphic Summers: Fall Gals for Broader Debauchery?
Let’s close out the week with one more post about everyone’s favorite summer associate scandal: the girl-on-girl kiss that got two summer associates fired from the Minneapolis law firm of Lindquist & Vennum. Earlier today, we alluded to rumors of “additional lasciviousness” at Lindquist, and now it’s time to deliver. We wouldn’t want to be […]