Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.17.17

* Wells Fargo has a new compliance officer. Imagine a job that easy. Just saying "no, for the love of God, don't do that!" over and over again pretty much covers it. [Law.com] * Post McDonnell, Shelly Silver still thinks we need more protection for political bribery.[Law360] * Rockland County doesn't think everyone's a winner at Nixon Peabody. [New York Law Journal] * Former congressman and convicted felon Michael Grimm paid off his nearly half a million debt to Biglaw. And he'll probably be back in the House soon because Staten Island is the absolute worst. It's where New York put its garbage. [National Law Journal] * When access to justice includes a foreign sovereign. [Litigation Finance Journal] * Literally EVERYTHING about the Obama years was done with one hand tied behind his back. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A review of Gaslight Lawyers (affiliate link), the history of steampunk criminal trials. [Foreward Reviews]

By Joe Patrice on October 17, 2017 8:43 am

* Wells Fargo has a new compliance officer. Imagine a job that easy. Just saying “no, for the love of God, don’t do that!” over and over again pretty much covers it. [Law.com]

* Post McDonnell, Shelly Silver still thinks we need more protection for political bribery.[Law360]

* Rockland County doesn’t think everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody. [New York Law Journal]

* Former congressman and convicted felon Michael Grimm paid off his nearly half a million debt to Biglaw. And he’ll probably be back in the House soon because Staten Island is the absolute worst. It’s where New York put its garbage. [National Law Journal]

* When access to justice includes a foreign sovereign. [Litigation Finance Journal]

* Literally EVERYTHING about the Obama years was done with one hand tied behind his back. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* A review of Gaslight Lawyers (affiliate link), the history of steampunk criminal trials. [Foreward Reviews]