Rudy Giuliani
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Rudy Giuliani Cut Loose By Biglaw Firm 3 Years Ago… Why Is He Still Claiming To Work There?
Pro tip: update your resume especially after being publicly denounced.
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Did Rudy Giuliani Just Cop To Possessing Child Pornography?
What could possibly go wrong?
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* How have personnel changes at the Supreme Court affected the dynamics at oral argument? Adam Feldman offers this analysis. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Ed Whelan expresses relief over the White House’s new slate of Ninth Circuit nominations. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* Can President Trump declare a “national emergency” in order to build his beloved wall? The National Emergencies Act is not a blank check, according to Brianne Gorod. [Take Care]
* Should Congress pass a “deepfakes” law? Orin Kerr has some concerns. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
* What’s going on with Rudy Giuliani? Joel Cohen has a theory. [The Hill]
* Jean O’Grady is pleased to see all the competition in the legal analytics space (with Precedent Analytics from Thomson Reuters as the newest entrant) — but she’d like to see more support for the competing claims of the different products. [Dewey B Strategic]
* News organizations need stricter and better guidelines when interviewing mentally ill defendants, according to former public defender Stephen Cooper. [The Tennessean]
* Have questions about the fast-approaching February bar exam? Ashley Heidemann has answers. [JD Advising]
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* Is Matt Whitaker’s appointment as Acting Attorney General even legal? Well, Justice Thomas certainly doesn’t think so. [Twitter]
* Associate signing bonuses are on the decline according to a new report. On the other hand, we’ve heard about more firms offering payouts to make associates whole on bonuses when jumping firms, and I’m not sure this decline captures that. If not, this decline might be a distinction without difference. [American Lawyer]
* Rudy Giuliani claiming he’s got “financial troubles” while spending over $12K on cigars. Maybe he should ask for an advance from his client who claims to be a billionaire but is pretty obviously not even close to being a billionaire. [NBC]
* Ron Wyden proposes criminal penalties for corporate data breaches. [Corporate Counsel]
* Attorney wanted for murder has been apprehended in Cuba. [Law360]
* As much as we tout advances in legal technology, it’s the changes to the legal business model that may usher in the biggest transformation. [Forbes]
* More insights from the In-House Benchmarking Report. Work is still moving in-house and technology has a lot to do with this shift. [Legaltech News]
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* “What did Rudy say? Oh. OK, so, you see, the thing is, Cohen was paid back, but through his monthly retainer so I didn’t know he was paying hush money to porn stars that I definitely didn’t sleep with because that might trigger an out in my prenup… are we done here?” [Twitter]
* A look at Biglaw firms still owed big bucks by bankrupt clients. [American Lawyer]
* Yale Law is so far ahead of the curve, they’ve got 1Ls suing Jeff Sessions. [Connecticut Law Tribune]
* A webcam is drawing attention to the osprey nest on the roof of Oregon’s Law School. Anything to keep attention off the blackface-wearing professor they still employ… [Around the O]
* In case you were looking for another reason to feel revulsion over the Washington NFL team, the cheerleaders allege the team asked them to be literal escorts for wealthy sponsors on a trip to Costa Rica… that they didn’t get paid for. [CNN]
* Which law firms boast the best legal tech game? [Legaltech News]
* The Second Circuit is bringing back the lawsuit over abuse of the no-fly list. The government allegedly dumped people on the no-fly list if they refused to be informants[Law360]