Child Porn

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.15.17

* Yes, it's true: Jeff Sessions came thisclose to resigning as attorney general, after Donald Trump berated him following the appointment of special counsel Bob Mueller in the Russia probe. [New York Times] * Bye-bye to blue slips? It wouldn't exactly be "nuclear," since their treatment has varied greatly over the years. [BuzzFeed] * The State Bar of California tries to cut down the arguments in favor of a lower cut score on the bar exam. [ABA Journal] * Technology platforms are driving an increase in transparency that's having profound consequences for the employer/employee relationship (as I recently discussed on the podcast of Akerman employment-law partner Matt Steinberg). [Akerman] * Embattled Equifax has turned to Phyllis Sumner and King & Spalding for much-needed legal help in the wake of its massive data breach. [Law.com] * Statutory interpretation question: can you be both the victim and the perpetrator in a child pornography case? [How Appealing] * The ranks of nonequity partners continue to grow; has this trend gone too far? [Big Law Business] * Prosecution of individuals in cases of corporate wrongdoing (aka the Yates Memo), and Justice Department policy on enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states where it has been decriminalized -- both are "under review" at the DOJ, according to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. [Law.com]

By David Lat
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 08.19.15

* This is a footlong you definitely don't want (but it's probably much more like a six-incher if he's lucky). Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is expected to plead guilty to child-pornography charges. We can't wait to see what his plea deal with authorities actually entails. [CNN] * Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers filed a brief in favor of their client getting a new trial because his attack on the Boston Marathon apparently wasn't a "crime of violence" within the meaning of the law he was sentenced under at trial. [WSJ Law Blog] * “To achieve those solutions, wouldn’t it help if you had a free press?” Justice Ginsburg's travels recently took her to Vietnam, where she spoke to a packed house about the country's need for greater freedom of press to promote social justice. [Voice of America] * Here's a little-known fact about Biglaw: many of its most well-known partners were "White House rejects." For example, Willkie Farr, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Bracewell & Giuliani, and Davis Polk are all named after failed presidential candidates. [Am Law Daily] * A New Mexico criminal defense attorney charged with a slew of criminal offenses is representing himself in a trial having to do with his shooting of a man outside his office. His best defense thus far? The man was a "methed-out lunatic." [Albuquerque Journal]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.07.15

* Police raided the home of Subway's Jared Fogle. The media presumes the raid is linked to the ongoing investigation into a colleague of Fogle's who may have aspired to introduce kids to his $5 footlong. [CNN] * Sex addiction is not a defense at your disciplinary hearing. [Legal Profession Blog] * Donald Trump sued Scotland. Apparently Prima Nocta hasn't existed since Braveheart. [Lowering the Bar] * An ode to Partner Emeritus. [What About Clients?] * A legal secretary is suing Winston & Strawn pro se for discrimination. That should work well. [Cook County Record] * If you're attending the ABA Annual Meeting in a few weeks, swing by and see Lat, Judge Posner, Laura Caldwell, William Landay, and Talmage Boston talk about writing and the law. [American Bar Association] * Defendant farts in open court. You'll entirely believe what happens next. [The Lad Bible]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.27.15

* You down with R.B.G.? Yeah, you know me! Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore wants SCOTUS Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to be impeached for having performed same-sex marriage ceremonies. Haters gonna hate. [Huffington Post] * Here's a jury duty chart of those you'll be forced to sit next to, from the "idiot who treats the Jury Foreman selection like a presidential campaign" to the "elderly woman who compares everything to an episode of 'Matlock' she once saw." [Mandatory] * It turns out that the state trooper who failed to do anything about Josh Duggar's criminal sexual activity with a minor and allowed the statute of limitations to run had a penchant for child porn. According to court records, this guy is... pretty damn disgusting. [Jezebel] * "May I please have some of that money you've got under the counter there, miss?" Are you really robbing a bank if you acted like a Boy Scout, asked nicely for money, and then received it -- to the tune of $28,000? Kevin Underhill doesn't think so. [Lowering the Bar] * If you've never seen a Dealbreaker dramatic reading before, then here's your sneak peek. Watch "the greatest intern Wall Street has ever seen" invite everyone and their mother to a party via company email, and then fail in the most epic sense of the word. [Dealbreaker]

By Staci Zaretsky