Torture
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ACLU, Football, Milberg Weiss, Morning Docket, Sports, Torture, Violence, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 05.31.07
* Cleared Duke lacrosse players given extra year of eligibility. [New York Times] * ACLU v. Boeing over alleged CIA torture flights. [Jurist] * Save it for the field, fellas. [Reno Gazette-Journal] * Milberg partner may plea in class-action kickback case. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Alberto Gonzales, Death Penalty, Fast Food, Iraq, Morning Docket, Prisons, Torture, U.S. Attorneys Offices, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 05.10.07
* Inmate’s last request: pizza for homeless. [CNN] * Iraqi death row inmate claims innocence, confession by torture.[CNN] * Brit convicted for leaking secret Bush-Blair memo. [AP] * AG Gonzales feels he has weathered the Attorneygate storm… [New York Times] * … Meanwhile, another US Attorney firing is revealed. [Washington Post]
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Alberto Gonzales, Law Schools, Rudeness, Torture, War on Terror
Alberto Gonzales Can't Get No Respect
Poor Alberto Gonzales. Even Romy and Michele had a better time at their reunion. From the AP: A small group of student protesters, including one wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit, heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates Saturday during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion. “When the photographer […]
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Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Kids, Old People, Torture
Law Firm Day Care: Can't Get Enough of You[r] Baby
The trend of on-site day care is catching on at law firms. Sounds like a good thing, right? But take a close look at this article. The intro anecdote is all about how when work gets “too intense,” a 61-year-old founding partner unwinds by visiting the firm’s nursery to hang out with other lawyers’ kids! […] -
D. Kyle Sampson, Department of Justice, Divorce Train Wrecks, Feminism, Gender, Morning Docket, Torture, U.S. Attorneys Offices, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 03.28.07
* Return of the Equal Rights Amendment? [Washington Post via How Appealing] * Rumsfeld torture charges dropped because his actions were related to his government position. [CNN] * DOJ: Monica mum, but Sampson speaking. [MSNBC] * On that subject, here’s a chart and timeline with links for all you need to know about “Attorneygate.” [Slate] […]