Warren Jeffs
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Anthony Kennedy, Antitrust, Arent Fox, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Football, Lindsay Lohan, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 03.30.12
* Statistically speaking, with its current line up, the Supreme Court is the most conservative that it’s been since the 1930s. This chart makes even Justice Kennedy looks conservative. [FiveThirtyEight / New York Times]
* And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust: earlier this week, Dewey lost an antitrust partner to Arent Fox. That brings the firm’s grand total of partner defections to 38. [Am Law Daily]
* Jerry Sandusky’s trial has been postponed until June to due to “logistical contingencies” — like a motion to dismiss all of his child sex abuse charges. Meh, it’s no big deal. Same verdict, different day. [Bloomberg]
* And on a similar note, Warren Jeffs tried — and failed — to appeal his child sex abuse conviction. Because apparently that’s what happens when you represent yourself in the hopes of overturning a life sentence. [CNN]
* Lindsay Lohan’s supervised probation has ended, and for the time being, her legal woes are over. When will she screw up again? I’m going to give her three months, and that’s being really generous. [Daily Telegraph]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Anal Sex / Butt Sex, Masturbation, Morning Docket, Perverts, Sex Scandals, Shoes
Morning Docket: 08.11.11
* A judge will soon rule in the Aaron Tobey case. If you don’t remember, he’s the kid who stripped at the airport to protest the TSA. Because that wasn’t going to cause a scene. [Washington Post] * Diallo plans to introduce evidence of DSK’s alleged global history of sexual assaults at trial. The man’s […]
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Basketball, Celebrities, Copyright, Fabulosity, Fashion, Kids, Morning Docket, Sex Scandals, Shoes
Morning Docket: 08.05.11
* A jury found Warren Jeffs guilty of sexual assault, confirming that just because there’s grass on the field, it doesn’t mean that you should play ball. [CNN] * John H. Ray III finally sued Ropes & Gray for treating him like the “token black associate.” That’s only funny on an episode of South Park. […]
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Federal Judges, Health Care / Medicine, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.28.10
* A team of federal investigators called the “BP Squad” is starting up a criminal investigation into BP and its pals, Transocean and Halliburton. [Washington Post] * The four justices of the Utah Supreme Court have reversed the rape convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs. No word yet on their response to his marriage proposal. […]