The President Is Just Doing Some Light Securities Fraud
Generally, this country frowns on lying to intentionally drive down stock prices.
Former Skadden Associate Is First To Be Sentenced In Mueller Probe
He'll probably lose his license to practice law, too.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
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.
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.
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]
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]
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Women In White Collar: An Interview With Susan Bozorgi
Networking, mentoring, and rising to the top in white-collar as a female attorney.
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: 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]
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.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
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?
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.
Former Associate Gets Jail Time In Biglaw Extortion Case
White-collar crimes have consequences.
‘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.
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.