White-Collar Crime
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Biglaw
Former Skadden Associate Is First To Be Sentenced In Mueller Probe
He'll probably lose his license to practice law, too. -
Government
Enter The Senators: The Howard Root Saga Continues!
The Senate Judiciary Committee has sought information from DOJ about both the government's prosecution of and potential retaliation against Mr. Root. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Government
A Column I Never Thought I'd Write: In Defense Of (Shudder) Andrew McCabe
McCabe could be fired just days before he's scheduled to retire with his full pension -- meaning he could lose that pension.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.09.18
* The 2018 Go-To Law Schools rankings are out — where should you go to law school if you want a job at a top firm? Spoiler: not Arizona Summit. [Law.com]
* According to a new study, justices spend more oral argument time grandstanding today than they did 20 years ago. So give Clarence Thomas credit for at least not falling into this trap. [National Law Journal]
* A fascinating interview with George Pataki covering his path to politics, his current practice, and his concern over the rise of celebrity candidates. For our younger readers, George Pataki was the tall guy in last election’s GOP junior varsity debate that you didn’t watch. [Coverage Opinions]
* John Dean and Preet Bharara are among the amici listed in a new brief from Project Democracy challenging the administration’s role in the AT&T merger. Their argument is outlined at Lawfare. [Lawfare]
* Dean Erwin Chemerinsky lays out the big Fourth Amendment cases to watch this Term. [ABA Journal]
* Suing over vaccination programs? Check. Cracking down on protestors in the name of free speech? Check. Harassing schools over affirmative action? Check. Prosecuting corporate criminals? Not so much. [Forbes]
* Oh. And add “defending the right to block people on Twitter” to the legal fights Justice is taking up rather than prosecuting corporations. [Law360]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.02.18
* This weekend, Sheppard Mullin — and Lankler Siffert & Wohl for that matter — will be pulling for Abacus: Small Enough To Jail, the stellar documentary about the only bank prosecuted for the housing crisis that starred the lawyers who represented Abacus and its family owners. [New York Law Journal]
* In the first year of its merger, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer earned 1 percent over its legacy firm totals. Firm chairman Richard Alexander describes the firm as “generally… pleased.” But not pleased enough to keep Kaye Scholer on its branding. [National Law Journal]
* Robert Schulman is hoping the Second Circuit can get him out of his drunken insider trading conviction. [Law360]
* Texas Wesleyan is looking for a new baseball coach after firing the last one for rejecting a Colorado recruit and telling the kid the school wouldn’t recruit from states with legal weed. [VICE News]
* Now we have sovereign cryptocurrency which kind of defeats the whole point, but whatever. [Bitcoinist]
* Your daily reminder that white supremacists are bad people. [ABA Journal]
* Speaking of white supremacists, FSU Law students have started to notice that their main academic building is a tribute to a segregationist and that maybe that’s a bad thing. [Tallahassee Democrat]
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White-Collar Crime
Women In White Collar: An Interview With Susan Bozorgi
Networking, mentoring, and rising to the top in white-collar as a female attorney. -
Law Schools
Ex-Administrator At Top Law School Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
She claimed that she was in financial need, so she forged more than 250 checks to help herself. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.11.18
* Uber and Waymo settled, so now we can have flying cars. Or something. [Corporate Counsel]
* New charges in the Dan Markel murder case. [U.S. News]
* Trump can pretty much get away with anything, so why not talk to prosecutors and just take the Fifth? [The Hill]
* A look at the difficult work of navigating a romance at work. [Law and More]
* A week in the life of a mom working as a solo practitioner. [CorporetteMoms]
* An excellent new podcast for aspiring trial lawyers, from McKool Smith and Benchmark Litigation, kicks off by interviewing legendary litigator Evan Chesler of Cravath. [McKool Smith]
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
White-Collar Crime
When Investigators Do Too Little And Judges Do Too Much: Some Thoughts On Larry Nassar
Even a monster like Larry Nassar deserved better than this. -
Biglaw
He Wanted To Be 'More Successful' In Biglaw -- Why A Former Partner Tried To Sell Whistleblower Complaints
Why did someone with such a successful legal career throw it all away? -
White-Collar Crime
Documentary About Flawed, Troubling Criminal Prosecution Earns Oscar Nomination
Congratulations on this recognition for a film that conveys the ordeal of a criminal prosecution to audiences. -
Biglaw
Former Associate Gets Jail Time In Biglaw Extortion Case
White-collar crimes have consequences. -
White-Collar Crime
'Out, Damned Spot!' The DOJ Wages A Petty Retribution Campaign Against Howard Root
The DOJ threatens to take its ball and bat and go home rather than allow anyone to hear that they've lost a case.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Government
Steve Bannon Reportedly Prepared To Spill Everything To Mueller
Bannon refused to testify to the House Intelligence Committee yesterday and it was the right move. -
Government
Steve Bannon Grand Jury Subpoena: The Question Isn't 'Why,' It's 'Why Did We Find Out'
Lawyers don't leak without a plan. -
White-Collar Crime
Why I've Loved Writing For Above The Law
Columnist Matt Kaiser signs off, reminiscing on the major themes of his half decade writing for Above the Law. -
White-Collar Crime
The Outrage Machine Comes For "Inappropriate Conduct": Unexpected Consequences Of The #MeToo Moment
Summary executions aren't what America is all about. -
Government
Prosecutors Less Than Impressed With Paul Manafort's 'Letters From A Posh House Arrest'
Judge gives Paul Manafort's lawyers until Thursday to save his bail agreement. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Pleads Guilty Over Plot To Sell Whistleblower Lawsuits
Now we come to the (legal) conclusion of his tale. -
White-Collar Crime
When Garrison Keillor Met The Outrage Machine: A Plea For Restraint In The #MeToo Era
Consider the repercussions Keillor's firing will have.