Violence
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Crime, Divorce Train Wrecks, Violence
Former White House Lawyer John Michael Farren Charged With Attempted Murder of His Skadden Counsel Wife
A former Bush Administration lawyer has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly strangling and beating his wife, a counsel at Skadden Arps. John Michael Farren, 57, served as deputy counsel to the president under Fred Fielding in the most recent Bush administration, as general counsel at Xerox, and as Under Secretary of Commerce for […] -
Guns / Firearms, Violence
Breaking: Missouri Plaintiff Abandons Class Action For Workplace Shooting
Timothy Hendron was supposed to be in a federal court in St. Louis this morning for a trial that started on Monday. He and his co-workers had filed a class action suit against ABB power company alleging that its pension review committee had mishandled employee finances and incurred unreasonable losses. ABC News is reporting that […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Guns / Firearms, Murder, Old People, Violence
Las Vegas Courthouse Shooter Had Murderous Past
Monday’s shootout at the Lloyd George Courthouse in Las Vegas can be described as tragic, frightening, and now, surreal. Reports are out this morning that the gunman, Johnny Lee Wicks, previously served prison time for killing his brother. The ABA Journal collects the information: Stories by the Associated Press, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the […]
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Crime, Guns / Firearms, Murder, Old People, Violence
Las Vegas Shooter Follow-Up
Details continue to roll in about Johnny Lee Wicks, the shooter during yesterday’s gunfight at the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas. Apparently Wicks set fire to his own house before heading to the courthouse. ABC News reports: The senior citizen who is being blamed for a Las Vegas courthouse shooting that killed a […] -
Crime, Guns / Firearms, Murder, Violence
Breaking: Shooting at Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas
A deputy U.S. marshal and a court security officer were shot this morning when a gunman opened fire in the lobby of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas. The gunman was shot in the head and killed near the courthouse. The identity of the shooter and possible motives for the shooting are […] -
Food, Lawyer of the Day, Nauseating Things, Plaintiffs Firms, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Mark Lambert
We mentioned this story on Friday (second item). But since we’re continuing to get tips about it, we thought it might merit further mention. From today’s New York Daily News: A lawyer got his nose bent out of shape during an altercation over an occupied bathroom stall — and retaliated by chomping off part of […] -
Celebrities, Crime, Family Law, Gender, Golf, Sports, Violence
Tiger Woods Must Keep His Mouth Shut
UPDATE (3:07): The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) just held a press conference. FHP announced that Tiger Woods was found “at fault” in his traffic accident, guilty of careless driving. The fine is $164 and four points on his driving record. This ends the Florida Highway Patrol’s investigation. FHP determined “that there was insufficient evidence to […] -
Celebrities, Defamation, Gloria Allred, Golf, Sex, Sex Scandals, Sports, Violence
Some Legal Angles on the Tiger Woods Story
We mentioned L’Affaire Tiger Woods in Morning Docket (first three links), but since it was the big story of the long holiday weekend, we thought we’d revisit it in more detail. This story has a number of interesting legal angles. The most thorough coverage appears over at TMZ. Check out these posts, which thrown together […] - Sponsored
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Crime, Guns / Firearms, Law Schools, Violence
Law Student of the Day: Shady Yassin
When talking about instances of normal people exhibiting superhuman strength and bravery, the most common example is the mother who lifts a car when her child is trapped beneath it, thanks to an adrenaline rush. It seems that law school students are similarly inspired by threats to their laptops. Thomas M. Cooley 3L Shady Yassin […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Real Estate, Romance and Dating, Violence
Lawsuit of the Day: Hand Model Sues Meanies on Co-Op Board
Yesterday I had the quintessential New York City moment. At the bodega around the corner from Breaking Media’s lavish Nolita office, the bodega’s proprietor engaged me and two other people in a conversation involving three languages. I was speaking English, another guy was speaking Spanish, and I believe the third woman was speaking Portuguese, and […] -
Law Schools, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Law Student of the Day: Did Pissed-Off Iowan Pee on Girlfriend's Belongings?
How would you like to be sitting in property class at Iowa College of Law, and realizing that you are in the same section as this guy? The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports: An Iowa City man is accused of physically and verbally abusing his live-in girlfriend on Sunday. According to Iowa City police, Alvin K. […] -
Allen & Overy, Books, Layoffs, Sex, Sexism, Violence
Deidre Dare Likes Abusive Men and Getting Paid For Her Writing
We have another episode in the saga of Deidre Dare, one of our favorite laid-off lawyers. She was an attorney in Allen & Overy’s Russia office until she penned typed a salacious online novel about her expat adventures, which featured lots of drinking, sex, drugs, donkeys, and dwarves. After the firm let her go, she […] -
Exercise, Lawsuit of the Day, Violence, Wall Street
Lawsuit of the Day: So You Think You Can Dance?
Have you ever considered the possibility of getting sued for not being able to dance? That’s the reality now facing James Graeber, who allegedly flung a hedge fund employee right off of a dance floor at a New Jersey wedding. The New York Post reports: An Upper West Side woman is suing a rowdy reveler […]
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Football, Law Schools, Sports, Texas, Violence
The Cornerback v. The Counselor
A battle went down the other day on a basketball court at Gregory Gym on the University of Texas – Austin campus. It’s a battle that has been fought across time and generations. It pitted a freshman defensive back from the Texas Longhorns (ranked #2 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll) and a […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Violence, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day a Few Days Ago: The Temperamental Toilet
Here’s a strange little story that we meant to cover during the week but missed. From the Philadelphia Daily News: Ever heard the one about the exploding toilet? Well, an Olney woman could tell you all about it, from firsthand experience…. It happened on Oct. 30, 2007, according to the lawsuit, when a toilet the […] -
Lawyer of the Day, Murder, Violence
Taking the Adversarial System A Little Too Far
Mental note: Do not mess with lawyers in South Carolina. Don’t believe me? Just read the Charlotte Observer: Conway Attorney Irby Walker was charged today with trying to hire someone to kill another attorney, according to police. Walker, 58, was charged with solicitation of a felony after Doug Thornton told police Sept. 11 that Walker […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Lawsuit of the Day, Violence
Lawsuit of the Day: Worst Safety Drill -- and Christmas Eve -- Ever
Hampton Behavioral Health Center is a mental health clinic in New Jersey. Its website makes the place seem quite tranquil: lots of pastels and photos of clouds. A safe place. The tranquility was disrupted on Christmas Eve 2007 when a masked gunman burst into the clinic’s pharmacy, reports Courthouse News Service. The gunman told pharmacy […] -
Canada, Deaths, Lawyer of the Day, Violence
Road Raging Lawyer of the Week: Former Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant
Documentarian Michael Moore would have us believe that everyone in the Great White North is friendly and loving, leave their doors unlocked, and have no need for guns. Well, there are definitely some crazy, violent types residing in Canada. Like the Greyhound bus killer. And Ontario’s former attorney general. Michael Bryant, a Harvard LLM graduate […] -
Biglaw, Cars, Crime, Violence
Another Reason Not to Work Late
Ed. note: This post has been updated. Please read below (updates in bold). Not all Biglaw types are luxuriating in 1600 hours for the year. Some are still working long hours and spending late nights at the office. There can be hazards to late night assignments: canceled dinner plans, sleep deprivation, and running across an […] -
Crime, Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Richard Posner, Violence
Hal Turner: Did He Threaten Federal Judges?
We’ve written before about Hal Turner, the infamous internet radio host who has been charged with threatening three federal judges. This week brings new information about him, from Wired: A notorious New Jersey hate blogger charged in June with threatening to kill judges and lawmakers was secretly an FBI “agent provocateur” paid to disseminate right-wing […]