Morning Docket

Morning Docket 04.28.15

* Oh Texas. Judge gets in trouble for posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook, violating HER OWN RULE about posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook. [Texas Lawyer] * Head of the Georgia state judicial ethics committee resigns after billing questions arise. [Daily Report] * Ach nein! Orrick closes two German offices. [Am Law] * Yup, if you graduated law school (even from a great school like Columbia) in 2010, you are well and truly screwed. [NY Times] * Get ready for the gay marriage oral arguments with a fascinating history of codified homophobia in public service. [WaPo] * Irony alert: Judge's son got a DUI when he was driving recklessly in front of -- yup, you guessed it -- the courthouse. [Times Free Press] * NY State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman comes out in favor of decriminalization of seven "broken windows" offenses that account for ~42% of NYPD summonses. [NY Daily News] * RIP Harvey Miller, 82, Weil Gotshal bankruptcy partner passed away after a fight with ALS. [NYLJ]

By Kathryn Rubino on April 28, 2015 9:02 am

* Oh Texas. Judge gets in trouble for posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook, violating HER OWN RULE about posting about an ongoing trial on Facebook. [Texas Lawyer]

* Head of the Georgia state judicial ethics committee resigns after billing questions arise. [Daily Report]

* Ach nein! Orrick closes two German offices. [American Lawyer]

* Get ready for the gay marriage oral arguments with a fascinating history of codified homophobia in public service. [Washington Post]

* Irony alert: Judge’s son got a DUI when he was driving recklessly in front of — yup, you guessed it — the courthouse. [Times Free Press]

* NY State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman comes out in favor of decriminalization of seven “broken windows” offenses that account for ~42% of NYPD summonses. [New York Daily News]

* RIP Harvey Miller, 82, Weil Gotshal bankruptcy partner passed away after a fight with ALS. [New York Law Journal]