Benjamin Brafman

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.20.17

* Martin Shkreli's attorney is frantically trying to undo the damage his client caused on social media. Shkreli is looking to get his bail reduced because of financial hardship... and offering big rewards on social media. For his part, attorney Benjamin Brafman is arguing that the judge just shouldn't believe Shkreli's social media claims. I guess this is the "seriously not literally" thing we've heard so much about. [Law360] * With the addition of yet another attorney, this time Elizabeth Prelogar -- a former Miss Idaho actually -- Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump is now officially a Biglaw firm. [National Law Journal] * Are firms giving clients a good deal... or just a better deal than the inflated prices they advertise? [Corporate Counsel] * More professors join the gender discrimination suit against Denver Law School. [Law.com] * Norton Rose Fulbright tries to get its mind of the troubled Chadbourne merger... by executing another merger. [Legal Week] * On that note, should Biglaw generally step back and question the wisdom of mergers? [Am Law Daily] * What are you willing to wager that the FTC blocks the daily fantasy sports merger? [Litigation Daily]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.04.16

* Although he's only seen commercials for the show, O.J. Simpson is none too pleased with the way The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story portrayed his lawyer, Johnnie Cochran. The Juice thinks Cochran is being "unfairly depicted as ruthless and overly ambitious." [Washington Post] * A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby can move forward and include the comedian's 2005 deposition testimony, despite the fact that he only sat for that deposition because he was promised by a district attorney that he wouldn't be prosecuted. [CNN] * While Dentons may have been written off dismissively about two years ago, since then, the Biglaw firm has "grown faster than any law firm ever," and now people are starting to wonder whether the megafirm will be able to live up to all of the hype. [Legal Business] * Perhaps we need to start a Blue Ghetto series for our male readers? A former editorial director at Yahoo! has filed a wrongful termination suit against the company, with claims that he was discriminated against by his superiors because he was a man. [Fox News] * Under the guidance of his new lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, Martin Shkreli has adopted an intelligent new legal strategy: shutting his incredibly punchable mouth before it gets him into even more trouble. Let's see how long this lasts. [DealBook / New York Times]

By Staci Zaretsky
Crime

Is The ‘Perp Walk’ Contrary To Justice?

I’m sure that somewhere there is a gang of civil rights activists and defense attorneys saying, “So, we’re only going to talk about this if it happens to a rich European?” But hey, let’s not dwell on why the perp walk is suddenly generating some controversy, and instead embrace the fact that people are willing […]

By Elie Mystal