White-Collar Crime
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White-Collar Crime
'Small Enough To Jail' Looks At The Only Bank Prosecuted Over The Housing Crisis
PBS is looking back at one of the most bizarre prosecutions of the past decade. -
White-Collar Crime
Prosecutors, Institutional Dynamics, And Going Up The Chain
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White-Collar Crime
Do You Have Ethical Obligations When Customs Tries To Search Your Phone?
Time to buy a burner.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.24.17
* Appellate court rules that Facebook friends aren’t necessarily “friends.” If they’re in your Top 8 on MySpace on the other hand…. [Law.com]
* Guy drove a car into a crowd holding vigil over a trans woman killed by police. But, you know, there was violence on both sides… many sides. [Huffington Post]
* Can this lawyer achieve Middle East peace? Nope. [NBC News]
* Texas courts strike down the state’s latest voter suppression effort. [Politico]
* The CFPB goes easier on those that self-report. In a functioning justice and regulatory system that’s true of every government agency, but these days that’s newsworthy. [National Law Journal]
* Partner pink slips abound in advance of Biglaw mergers. [Am Law Daily]
* Second Circuit ends the Newman relationship test. New York defense lawyers respond with “What, me worry?” [Law360]
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Securities Law, Trials, White-Collar Crime
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Doesn't Think He's Going To Jail
His sentencing date has yet to be scheduled. -
Politics, White-Collar Crime
Trump Has Experienced Lawyers, So Why Aren't They Running This Like A Real Legal Matter?
Trump's lawyers seem constantly behind and that doesn't make much sense. -
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.08.17
* While the convict at the center of a UN bribery scheme was no doubt pleased to avoid jail time, he was ordered to get all his private massages with bedroom door open in view of assigned guards to ensure Chinese language messages aren’t being passed secretly. That’s not a happy ending at all. [Law360]
* It’s not exactly news that an ethics expert thinks Trump should be impeached. But this time the expert has fun visual aides for everyone whose attention span has been battered by cable news. [Facebook]
* Reminder that “Breaking Bad” shouldn’t be a blueprint for your legal career. [WTOL]
* Miami may no longer be a sanctuary city, but others aren’t giving up so easily. When someone brings a dubiously constitutional threat, you bring a lawsuit. That’s the Chicago way. [Courthouse News Service]
* So-called judge has some problems with the way the administration talks about jurists. [Law.com]
* Fried Frank gets malpractice claim kicked to the curb. [Texas Lawyer]
* You can’t patent podcasts. Phew. That’s one fewer category of trolls Thinking Like A Lawyer has to deal with. [The Recorder]
* UC Hastings has a new academic dean. [UC Hastings]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.04.17
* The White House announces ten new judicial nominations, including two for circuit courts (previously predicted in these pages). We’ll have more on this later. [Washington Times]
* King & Spalding joins Jones Day and Sullivan & Cromwell as a “feeder firm” for the Trump administration. [Law.com]
* Will the Trump Justice Department’s possible attack on affirmative action succeed? Law professors disagree. [How Appealing]
* Michelle Carter, the woman convicted for basically texting her boyfriend into committing suicide, gets sentenced to 15 months. [ABA Journal]
* White-collar criminal defense lawyers discuss what to expect from the grand jury convened by special counsel Robert Mueller. [National Law Journal]
* The trend continues: fewer law school graduates, better employment statistics. [ABA Journal]
* Elliot Katz, a leading lawyer in the self-driving-car space, motors from DLA Piper to McGuireWoods. [Law.com]
* If you’ll be online in the afternoon on Wednesday, August 16, join me and ABA Legal Career Central for a Twitter chat about career paths for lawyers, especially alternative careers. [American Bar Association]
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White-Collar Crime
Pretty Girls And Prosecutorial Misconduct
How can anyone expect prosecutorial fairness in a culture like this? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.01.17
* Apparently Donald Trump dictated the Donald Trump Jr. statement that’s going to land his son in trouble. Here’s a bit of free advice: when you’re the subject of a criminal probe, let your lawyers draft your statements as opposed to washed up steak salesmen. [Washington Post] * Hooboy! Ad links Airbnb to terrorism. That’s… […]
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Biglaw, White-Collar Crime
Biglaw Associate Indicted On Felony Charges Over Plot To Extort Partners Pleads Not Guilty
The Northwestern Law graduate is being represented by a public defender. -
Biglaw, Politics
Kasowitz Checking Out Of Russiagate
After a tumultuous tenure, Marc Kasowitz is leaving Russiagate.
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Crime, Politics
Desperate Dems Contriving Criminality After Don Jr. Meeting
Without treason, collusion, conspiracy, or federal election law violations, the Democrats are left with... nothing. -
White-Collar Crime
They're Doing *What*? On Testifying Before Congress During a Pending Criminal Investigation
Maybe these lawyers know something we don't know. -
Crime, Law Schools, White-Collar Crime
How Not To Use Your Berkeley Law Degree
Making license plates just isn't a J.D. advantage job. -
Politics, White-Collar Crime
Jay Sekulow: Masterful Showman Or Terrible Attorney?
Spreading easily disproven lies on talk shows would seem like a major screwup. -
Politics, White-Collar Crime
Stop Overreacting, Liberals! There's No Trump Jr. Quid Pro Quo... Oh God, Never Mind.
Are these people nefarious or stupid? It's a serious question. -
Biglaw, Politics
Marc Kasowitz Is Waking Up To A Bad Morning
Trump and Kasowitz: Is the Bromance Over? -
Politics, White-Collar Crime
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Great Defense Attorney?
An important quiz that everyone should take.