Child pornography

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.21.22

* California has the opportunity to modify or do away with their three strikes law. I hope they take it. [Voice of San Diego] * Tennessee creates law intended to penalize kids who make threats online. The first person to get locked up over a TikTok is never gonna live that down. [WKRN] * The three officers who did nothing as their coworker killed a man with his knee will also face trial soon.  [NPR] * Electronic sniffing dogs are being used to detect child pornography. This is going to end up in a Criminal Procedure casebook isn’t it? [ABC] * Green thumbs and orange jumpsuits: man sentenced to two years for smuggling succulents. [LAist]

By Chris Williams
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
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.12.16

Ed. note: In honor of Presidents' Day, Above the Law will not be publishing on Monday. We hope everyone is able to enjoy a nice, long weekend! See you online on Tuesday. * What kind of constitution would the Rebels have written after overthrowing the Emperor? Let's take this all the way: what pseudonym would Jar Jar use in writing the Galactic Federalist Papers? [Business of Law Blog] * Did the recent "Madoff" miniseries really have to fixate so much on his Judaism? Sure, it was part of his identity, but didn't it kind of cross over into Shylock territory? [St. Louis Jewish Light] * The prosecution is starting to lay out the details in the case against Sunderland soccer player Adam Johnson for his relationship with a 15-year-old fan. [Screamer] * Reflecting on Chief Judge Judith Kaye's legacy of trial court reform. [Cityland] * Judge Sylvania Woods would be rolling over in his grave if he knew about the child porn scandal going on at his namesake school. [Katz Justice] * Weil Gotshal Chairman Barry Wolf better get used to being on the other side of the table -- he's subpoenaed to testify in a lawsuit over a condo dispute. [Dan Abrams] * "An Administrative Law Fairy Tale." [Library of Law and Liberty] * This is what happens when an NYC lawyer hangs out with the Marines and Navy for four days. [U.S. Naval Institute] * You think you're a ruthless lawyer? You aren't ruthless unless you're Sun Tzu ruthless. [Law and Disorder] * Here's an optimistic take on the future of Biglaw. [CodeX] * David Schwimmer playing the late attorney and father of a reality TV dynasty Robert Kardashian not doing it for you? Don't worry, Yeezy's got your back... literally. [People]

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.20.15

* Jared Fogle, Subway's former spokesman, pleaded guilty to federal charges related to sex with minors and child pornography, and was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison. His creative defense? Losing weight on the Subway diet made him choose to erm... "eat fresh." Yuck. [Washington Post] * Biglaw firms have been announcing their new partnership classes over the past few weeks, and it goes without saying that the vast majority of new partners attended highly ranked law schools. Take a wild guess at which school was the most represented. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * Per the latest report from the NALP, women and African-Americans continue to falter in their career progress at Biglaw firms. James Leipold says it's "troubling" that the numbers are "reversing course." We couldn't agree more. [DealBook / New York Times] * UnitedHealth recently announced that it expects to suffer in terms of its insurance sales under the Affordable Care Act, and has gone so far as to threaten that it may pull out of the exchange. Here are five things you need to know about that. [WSJ Law Blog] * One of the members of Survivor filed a copyright infringement suit against Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign after the song "Eye of the Tiger" was played during a rally held for Kentucky clerk Kim Davis. Now it's stuck in your head. Welcome! [Reuters]

By Staci Zaretsky