Crime
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Court Orders Trump Organization To Cough Up Those Cell Phones In NY AG Probe
Tick tock, time is running out on the statute of limitations here.
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Did Rudy Giuliani Just Cop To Possessing Child Pornography?
What could possibly go wrong?
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Unfortunate Google Editing Becomes Defense Lawyer’s Nightmare
Sometimes technology isn’t your friend.
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District Attorneys Have Figured Out How To Turn Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Into Revenue Streams
Diversion isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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Federal Agent: Using A Taped Box To Send Stuff Overnight Via FedEx Is Suspicious Behavior
Obviously criminal activity.
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Law Firm Executive Indicted For Stealing From Firm
He allegedly took almost a million dollars from the firm.
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It’s embarrassing that the government’s even trying this one.
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FBI’s Latest Crime Stats Continue To Undermine AG Sessions’s Criminal Apocalypse Fantasies
Meanwhile, in the fact-based society…
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Bull-Riding Lawyer Indicted For Allegedly Launching Cyberattacks Against His Critics
Is this really a cyberattack?
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In His Carpenter Dissent, Thomas Gives Nod to Emerging Legal Technology
What do words really mean?
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South Carolina Drug Warriors Routinely Serving Regular Warrants Like No-Knock Warrants
Law enforcement caught in a web of lies.
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* McDermott Will & Emery has a new plan to protect Michael Cohen: get Michael Avenatti’s pro hac motion denied. That seems… weak. [National Law Journal]
* Another list of possible successors to Eric Schneiderman. Still no one talking about Eliot Spitzer… that guy has experience! [Law360]
* David Lat argues that the end of blue slips is a good thing for the judiciary over the long-term. He’s totally right, and regardless of the naked cynicism involved, it’s refreshing that Senate Republicans have decided to ditch their states’ rights principles over this. [New York Times]
* Interesting election-related legal issue: can Facebook ban international advertisers from buying ad space related to the upcoming midterms? The answer seems to be yes. [Corporate Counsel]
* Have lawyers finally embraced the cloud? [Legaltech News]
* Managing clerk isn’t known as a particularly lucrative position. But a former Simpson Thacher clerk figured out how to make ends meet. Unfortunately, he’s going to have to go to jail for it. [American Lawyer]
* Lawyers for white guy accused of murdering a black student argue that his Facebook posts are too offensive to be shown to the jury. They say stuff about him hating black people and, really, what’s the probative value of that in a case where the defendant had no apparent motive other than racial animus? [Daily Beast]
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* A question that has crossed the mind of every Biglaw corporate associate: “How much of lawyering is being a copy-and-paste monkey?” [3 Geeks and a Law Blog]
* Kenneth Jost notes out how Justices Ginsburg and Gorsuch like to butt heads — and scores the fight 2-0 in RBG’s favor. [Jost on Justice]
* And speaking of rumbles at One First Street, which pairs of justices have the most disagreements with each other, as reflected in majority and dissenting opinions? Adam Feldman has answers. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Saira Rao, former Cleary Gottlieb associate and author of the clerkship novel Chambermaid (affiliate link), takes on a new challenge: running for Congress. [American Bazaar]
* Data privacy is the name of the game these days, and Thomson Reuters is ready; TR showed off its new, Watson-enabled Data Privacy Advisor at Legalweek here in New York. [Dewey B Strategic]
* Amidst all the hoopla and robot fights at Legalweek, it would be easy to overlook the latest news from Neota Logic — but you shouldn’t. [Artificial Lawyer]
* Should more states move away from requiring unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases? Joel Cohen argues that 11 is not enough. [Law & Crime]
* Can a U.S. court punish someone for their speech, on the theory that he breached an agreement not to speak, while keeping the speech-restrictive agreement secret? Eugene Volokh thinks not (with good reason). [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* Dewey see an end in sight for legal proceedings related to the collapse of the Biglaw giant? Former executive director Stephen DiCarmine was supposed to be in court today to face fraud claims from the Securities and Exchange Commission, but it looks like the parties might have a deal. [Law360]
* If you will be in New York City next weekend and are interested Asian-American leadership in the legal field, consider attending Columbia APALSA’s annual conference — where Kathy Hirata Chin will be honored for her efforts to promote diversity in the legal profession. [Columbia Law School APALSA]
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* Tiffany Trump attends Justice Ginsburg lecture because in the coming dystopian FedSoc hellscape, Tiffany will be the enigmatic hermit charged with remembering the long-long-ago when judges spoke of “interstate commerce” and “checks and balances.” [Washington Post]
* PwC is set to launch a U.S. law firm, but Biglaw is just fine because the Big 4 law firm can’t offer domestic legal advice… yet. [Law.com]
* Meanwhile, from the massive understatements department: “Kasowitz Benson Adjusts Management Team Amid Tumultuous Year.” [New York Law Journal]
* Looking for solutions to the problems plaguing patents? Here’s some insight direct from the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit. [Law360]
* You can now legally dance in New York bars. I’m not sure why you’d want to, but you can. [NPR]
* You probably knew that bail was discriminatory and awful, but it’s always jarring to see exactly how discriminatory and awful. [The Guardian]
* Sex trafficking fight may torpedo Section 230. [Wired]
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Anthony Weiner Pleads Guilty, Will Have To Register As A Sex Offender
Anthony Weiner is gross, but he’s not special.
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Crime, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Technology
Is Your Firm Vulnerable To The Recent Ransomware Attack?
Tech columnist Jeff Bennion explains how ransomware works and how you can protect yourself.
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Intellectual Property, Technology
Self-Driving… To Criminal Charges?
This legal battle between Google and Uber has it all: cutting-edge technology, juicy facts, and top-tier legal talent.
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Labor / Employment, On The Job, Technology
This Case Is Waymo Uber Than Most Other Trade Secrets Cases
Even the smartest, most tech-savvy folks can get caught in trade-secret shenanigans.