Fordham Law School

* Paul Manafort’s attorneys rested their case without calling a single witness or putting their client on the stand. Why’s that? “[H]e and his legal team believe that the government has not met its burden of proof.” Best of luck with that. [ABC News]

* White House staffers are reportedly “[t]errified, [a]bsolutely terrified” about what might be revealed in the conversations Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped. Hmm, what could they possibly be so scared about? [Politico]

* You may be wondering how Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is funding his legal defense. Apparently he could use some more cash, because he just put his new apartment up for rent for $25K a month. [Real Deal]

* Guess which law school has abandoned its students while it appeals the ABA’s decision to pull its accreditation? That would be Arizona Summit, which recently sprang the news on its remaining students that no fall classes will be held. [Law.com]

* Kei Komuro, who is engaged to Princess Mako of Japan, started at Fordham Law School this week, where he was greeted by journalists and papparazi as he attempted to go to the first day of orientation. Welcome to America! [Japan Times]

* As it turns out, this Supreme Court gig was Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s from the start. According to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire released this past weekend, the judge received a call from the White House within hours of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement being made public. [National Law Journal]

* But hey, at least law students say that Judge Kavanaugh has “great hair!” — and the Trump team thinks this is a very important fact that the American public ought to know, so it’s been republished on the White House website. [New York Times; TIME]

* Per President Trump, taping client conversations is “inconceivable,” “totally unheard of,” and “perhaps illegal,” but his legal team decided to waive attorney-client privilege on the secret recording made by his former lawyer Michael Cohen with regard to possible payments to a Playboy model Karen anyway. [CBS News]

* Matthew Bresette, a T&E attorney who formerly served as the managing partner of Nutter McClellan’s Hyannis, Massachusetts, office, recently resigned after being temporarily suspended from practicing law following his misappropriation of funds from the firm and funds from his clients’ trusts. [American Lawyer]

* Fordham Law School has helped one of its incoming students invoke the anger of an entire country. In announcing that Kei Komuro, who is engaged to Princess Mako of Japan, would be attending the school, he was referred to as her fiancé, even though their “betrothal ceremony has not yet been held.” People are MAD! [New York Times]

* Bernie Madoff’s investment strategy may yield a billion dollar return… for the trustee. [American Lawyer]

* Lanny Davis is now representing Michael Cohen, which certainly doesn’t bode well for Trump. [Bloomberg]

* The fiance of Princess Mako of Japan is going to Fordham next year. [Japan Times]

* Federal judge rules that sanctuary city policies aren’t obstacles to immigration policy because standing aside is not the same as standing in the way. [NY Times]

* A disturbing look at the border crisis through the eyes of an immigration lawyer. [Mother Jones]

* Job opportunity: the Senate is looking for special counsel to grease the wheels on the effort to roll back decades of jurisprudence. [National Law Journal]

* Akin Gump is representing a woman separated from her children by the Trump administration. The representation comes as part of a public-private venture backed by the state of New York. The story is the latest testament to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s deeply held moral conviction that people shouldn’t vote for Cynthia Nixon. [Journal News]

* The head of Arizona Summit Law School thinks the school’s been treated unfairly. The nerve of these people. [KJZZ]

* When is a polka dot protected by a copyright? [The Fashion Law]

* Did HuffPo uncover a scheme for voter intimidation? [Huffington Post]

* Lawyers shooting themselves in the foot. [Law and More]

* Everyone’s a judge these days. [LegalCheek]

* Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout nabbed the endorsement of the local paper. [Poughkeepsie Journal]

* NYC is considering legislation on three-quarter housing (between halfway houses and private homes). [Cityland]

* A law school peeping tom? Police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Yiyan Wang with 15 counts of voyeurism for allegedly videotaping women inside a bathroom in UConn Law’s library. He allegedly placed his phone beneath the stall walls to film them. He is currently being held on $250,000 bond, and will face a judge in early November. [FOX 61 Connecticut]

* “Walmart is the new marketplace. It’s where people go. It makes sense to be there.” Look out, Missouri, because The Law Store is coming to a Walmart Supercenter near you. The firm has three locations now, and COO Kurt Benecke says the firm is priced to compete with LegalZoom, charging flat fees without any hourly rates. [Springfield News-Leader]

* Zucker Goldberg & Ackerman, a defunct New Jersey foreclosure law firm which laid off hundreds of its employees last year, is now suing Wells Fargo, with the bankrupt firm claiming that the bank’s extreme delays in correcting its robo-signing problems and its refusal to pay $2.5M for work performed caused the firm to fail. [Wall Street Journal]

* “Justice shouldn’t be about the money in your pocket. Justice has to be the same for everybody, no matter your station in life, color of your skin or resources in your pocket.” Jonathan Lippman, who recently retired as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, will lead Fordham Law’s new justice initiative. Congrats! [Big Law Business]

* Judge Vicente Bermudez, a Mexican federal jurist who handled appeals in several cartel cases, including those of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the jailed leader of the Sinaloa cartel, and Miguel Trevino, the former leader of the Zetas cartel, was assassinated at his home on Monday. Descanse en paz, Su Señoría. [Reuters]

* Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law professor and congressional candidate, wants to take on her opponent’s backers. [Gawker]

* A somewhat less expensive way for law school to take money from students is gaining in popularity. [WVTF]

* Good luck with that whole work/life balance — the law is a jealous mistress. [Reboot Your Law Practice]

* If you can imagine it, Harvard Law School actually used to be more miserable, particularly for black women. [Huffington Post]

* Who will be live-tweeting the first presidential debate, or simpler, who won’t be? [Law and More]

* The conservative legacy of Justice Powell is still felt today. [Truthdig]