Suicide
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.12.19
* Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who’d reportedly been taken off suicide watch, died by suicide this weekend as he awaited trial. AG Bill Barr is “appalled,” and has called for an investigation into the circumstances of Epstein’s death. [New York Times]
* In light of Epstein’s death, his victims want prosecutors to turn their sights upon Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been described as the financier’s “protector and procurer, his girlfriend and his madam.” [Washington Post]
* Will the Supreme Court be able to delay hearing cases about expanding Second Amendment rights considering the fact that this country has quite the problem with mass shootings? Not too hopeful here. [USA Today]
* Joel Sanders, defunct firm Dewey’s former CFO, wants his criminal conviction to be tossed out and his $1 million fine to be vacated with it. [New York Law Journal]
* So much for those Biglaw raises… According to a report recently published by the ABA, lawyers’ wages have been pretty stagnant, growing slower than inflation from 2017 to 2018. [Big Law Business]
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Biglaw
Sidley Still Thinks They Handled Partner's Suicide Correctly. His Widow Disagrees.
Biglaw partner's death has become part of a larger conversation about workplace stress. - Sponsored
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Law Schools
In Wake Of Law School Student's Death By Suicide, His Family Establishes Fund For Mental Health Awareness
He jumped to his death from the office building where he was working as a summer associate.
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Health / Wellness
Biglaw Partner Stresses That You Need Not 'Suffer In Silence' With Depression
Seek and accept help. Death by suicide is not the answer. -
Health / Wellness
When Not Minding Your Own Business Is Not Enough
When it comes to mental health, keep reaching out. Keep not minding your own business. Keep stepping outside your comfort zone. -
Constitutional Law
The Right To Die
The law can accommodate the rational choice to end your life, but moral correctness has prevented these rational choices for far too many. -
Health / Wellness
Changing The Language Around Suicide
The primary reason we should use 'died by suicide' instead of 'committed suicide.' -
Small Law Firms
Law Firm Partner Shot To Death In Murder-Suicide
Police say there was no previous history of domestic violence. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Reacts After Widow Blames Them For Husband's Suicide
The firm acknowledges the need for programs and services to address mental health issues in the profession. -
Biglaw
Lawyer Suicides Are Becoming All Too Frequent
No client, no case, no partnership, no failing to make partner, no promotion, no demotion is worth the price that some lawyers have paid. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Widow Blames Firm For Husband's Suicide
The widow is keenly aware of the role the stress of Biglaw -- plus a work culture that makes it difficult to seek help -- played in her husband's suicide. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Partner's Death Due To Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
He'd recently secured a lead role in Mattress Firm's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Found Dead In Suspected Suicide
The avid boater and fisherman’s body was found submerged between two boats at a coastal marina.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Health / Wellness
Pledge To Lend An Ear To A Lawyer In Need
Action must begin at the most basic human level. We can look within ourselves and pledge to pay attention. -
Crime
Former U.S. Attorney Flees Police On Felony Stalking Charge, Threatens Suicide Before Arrest
This ex-prosecutor now knows what it's like to be a criminal defendant. -
Health / Wellness
Suicide As A 'Selfish' Act?
Depression is a hope stealer. Fight it with all you've got. -
Health / Wellness
I’m Alive Because People Did Not Mind Their Own Business
Do not mind your own business. Even when 'butting in' is uncomfortable. -
Deaths, State Judges
Former Law Clerk About To Stand Trial For Allegedly Impersonating Judge Found Dead In Apparent Suicide
Before her death, she expressed remorse over wearing the judge's robes. -
Deaths
Activist Lawyer Sets Himself On Fire In Environmental Protest
Our thoughts go out to the family, friends and colleagues of this activist lawyer. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.23.18
* According to White House counsel Don McGahn in comments made at CPAC, President Trump has picked judicial nominees “he can relate to.” Hmm, so maybe that’s why he chose people like leading legal luminaries Brett Talley, Jeff Mateer, and Judge John Bush. [National Law Journal]
* Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his onetime aide, Rick Gates, face tax and bank fraud charges in a new 32-count indictment in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian election interference investigation. Do ya feel like taking a plea and cooperating now? [Bloomberg]
* Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted by a grand jury on a Class D felony charge of invasion of privacy after allegedly tying up a woman he had an affair with, taking a nude picture of her, and threatening to release it. He doesn’t intend to resign and called the Circuit Attorney on the case a “reckless liberal prosecutor.” [USA Today]
* Look out, Biglaw, because the Big Four are coming for you. Accounting firm PwC, which already has more than 1,000 legal contractors, is planning to expand its Flexible Legal Resources offering into global markets. [American Lawyer]
* A Reed Smith partner’s widow has asked the Seventh Circuit to uphold a $3 million jury verdict against GlaxoSmithKline for its failure to warn about an alleged risk of suicidal behavior on Paxil’s labeling. Her late husband took his own life days after starting a generic version of the antidepressant drug. [Big Law Business]