Sex Scandals
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Law Schools, March Madness
ATL March Madness: Best Law School Scandal, Pt. 2
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Law Schools, March Madness
ATL March Madness: Best Law School Scandal
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Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Legal Ethics
Prosecutor Caught With His Pants Down
This prosecutor allegedly used prostitutes 'hundreds of times' over the last five years.
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Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Sex, Sex Scandals, Wall Street
Partner Leaves Firm After Sex Abuse Lawsuit
What one party views as a decade plus of “sexual, physical and emotional abuse,” another sees as a “romantic relationship” that ended “badly.” -
Sex, Sex Scandals
Hanky-Panky Judge Surrenders Law License After Offering Favourable Ruling In Exchange for 'Favours'
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Celebrities, Crime, Trials
A Celebrity On Trial For Kinky Sex Beatings
The courthouse steps were jammed with reporters and cameramen trying to get an early quote from the silent and sullen-looking celeb. -
Attorney Misconduct, Deaths, Sex Scandals
Lawyer Accused Of Trading Legal Services For Sexual Favors Found Dead In Apparent Suicide
This was not his first experience with allegations of ethical improprieties and attorney misconduct. -
Sex, Sex Scandals
Lawyer Seen 'Bent Over A Table Apparently Having Sex With An Inmate'
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Legal Ethics, Sex Scandals
Law Firm Employee Accused Of Trading Sex For Legal Services
Lawyers, please make sure your employees aren't making deals with clients to the effect of "get me off and we'll get you off." -
Canada, Sex, Sex Scandals
Judge Whose Nude Photos Got Posted Online Breaks Her Silence
What this retired judge describes sounds like a total nightmare -- but she survived it, and that's what counts. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.30.15
* According to the Law Firm Group of Citi Private Bank’s year-end predictions for the legal profession, profit growth for this year and next is once again going to be anemic. This is the “new reality for the foreseeable future.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* “[T]hese guerilla marketers believe they are above the law.” Uh-oh! What has The Biebs done now? Pop star Justin Bieber has pissed off the San Francisco, California, legal community with sidewalk graffiti ads promoting his new album. [San Francisco Chronicle]
* If you thought that the highest ranked law school in Virginia would’ve fared the best on the state’s July 2015 administration of the bar exam, you’d be wrong. With a 93 percent passage rate, congratulations to Jerry Falwell’s finest at Liberty Law! [One News Now]
* Ay dios mio! Escándalo! In a recently filed lawsuit, a former faculty member at Amherst College claims that teaching assistants in her department were encouraged to “prostitute themselves” to increase enrollment in Spanish classes. [Washington Post]
* “Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur…” The ear worm lullaby featured on The Big Bang Theory is now at the center of a copyright dispute, and it seems like this kitty could actually win. Showrunners probably wish they left this one in the litter box. [USA Today]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.24.15
* It’s a Christmas miracle! It may still be too early to tell, but it’s beginning to look a lot like there’s going to be an increase in law school applicants. Per LSAC, almost 3 percent more people have applied to law schools than last year at this time. [WSJ Law Blog]
* This is why more firms don’t hold IPOs: Slater & Gordon, the first firm to go public, may face two shareholder class-action suits — one for allegedly misleading investors and the other for its terrible performance on the market. [Guardian]
* As 2015 draws to a close, it’s very obvious that Dentons had a “transformative” year as it gobbled up law firms left and right, and 2016 will be no different. The firm has its eyes set on Japan, Korea, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Africa. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
* A Bahamian hacker almost released a celebrity sex tape, naughty photos, and television and movie scripts for an obscene price, but not to worry, because U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (S.D.N.Y.) was busy saving the world, one sex tape at a time. [New York Times]
* UC Hastings College of Law has appointed an acting chancellor and dean in Frank Wu’s wake. Let’s welcome David L. Faigman to the world of law school administration. Hopefully he can ease the school out of its current bar exam passage funk. [UC Hastings]
* Joe Jamail, richest lawyer in America, King of Torts and depos, RIP. [New York Times]
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Sex Scandals, Sexual Harassment
CIA Agent Sex Plots, Brothel Rescues, And DLA Piper
Wild accusations in a pair of lawsuits about the man at the center of a famous Biglaw embarrassment. -
Defamation, Depositions, Law Professors
Is This What 'Exoneration' Looks Like To Alan Dershowitz?
Columnist Tamara Tabo opines on the deposition of Alan Dershowitz in his litigation with Paul Cassell. -
Alan Dershowitz, Defamation, Depositions, Law Professors
Dersh Deposed: Alan Dershowitz Accuses Former Federal Judge Of Billion-Dollar Extortion Scheme
Columnist Tamara Tabo reports on the latest developments in the ongoing legal battle between two legal luminaries, Alan Dershowitz and Paul Cassell. -
Lawyer of the Day, Prostitution
Louisville Escort Scandal Adds Lawyer From Bottom Of Trashcan
The Louisville basketball sex scandal has brought back a lawyer from the garbage heap. -
Crime, Politics
Congressional Staffer Arrested For Beating Gay Lover With A Shovel According To Police
The twist in this story is startling and unexplained. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.10.15
* “We saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and she just blew that tunnel up.” Massachusetts teen Michelle Carter was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend after she texted him numerous times, encouraging him to kill himself. If you haven’t seen them, her messages are chilling. [Associated Press]
* “If you are a lawyer thinking about having sex with your client, you better think first.” Go ahead, argue that your client’s 30-day suspension from practice was “just” because the woman kept coming back for more. Maybe your judge won’t be as sarcastic. [Knoxville News Sentinel]
* If you’re starting law school, you probably haven’t heard about the biggest law firm bankruptcy in history, and you likely don’t know what the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal trial is about. Here’s a listicle of reasons to doubt the prosecution’s case. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Biglaw firms are rethinking their office space at the same time as they’re building up their posh amenities. At the end of the day, associates may be forced to move to cubicles, but it’s all for the clients’ benefit, so hooray for them. *golf claps* [Commercial Observer]
* Our congratulations go out to Alicia Ouellette, Albany Law School’s newest president and dean. We’re certainly hopeful that she’ll be able to handle the tenuous employment situation with the school’s tenured faculty better than her predecessor did. [Times Union]
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Privacy, Sex Scandals, Technology
Who Are The Lawyers, Law Profs, And Judges That Were Revealed In The Ashley Madison Hack?
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