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Justice
Why Is It Okay To Joke About Genocide, But Not About Killing Cops?
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Law Schools
Faculty, Students To File Suit Against Law School For Fraud
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Law Schools
Indiana Tech Law School To Close, Citing $20 Million In Losses
Will other law schools close in its wake?
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Bar Exams, Law Schools
Worst Results Ever? The ONLY Grad From This School To Pass The Bar Exam Speaks Out
He knows what it’s like to be the only person from your law school to pass the bar exam. -
Bar Exams, Law Schools
Worst Bar Exam Results Ever? Only ONE Person From This Law School Passed The Bar Exam
This is unbelievably bad. -
ATL Redline, Justice, Police
Black Man Calls Cops, Is Shot By Cops, While Criminal Escapes
White people call the cops when they need to. Black people call the cops only when they have to. -
Guns / Firearms, Rank Stupidity
Prosecutor Carries Gun In Pocket, Accidentally Shoots Up Restaurant
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 03.11.16
* To excel as a lawyer you need to compete against yourself while still keeping your eye on the prize. [Katz on Justice]
* High school debaters around the country are debating U.S. domestic surveillance with more depth and nuance than Congress. Maybe they should set the bar just a little bit higher than that. [The Intercept]
* You want to organize against Airbnb? Get ready for some strange bedfellows. [Cityland]
* Judge Posner sees the bullsh*t behind Republicans’ strategy for (not) filling Justice Scalia’s seat. [Washington Post]
* Maryland Court of Appeals set a potentially dangerous new precedent in the case against the police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. [Slate]
* A noteworthy ruling giving the green light to litigation financing. [Burford Capital]
* The growing movement to amend France’s self-defense laws to include domestic violence. [Jezebel]
* Even some Republicans are calling Indiana’s new abortion law overreaching, not that the statement stopped the bill from passing the legislature. [Huffington Post]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.24.15
* Most Biglaw firms are downsizing their office space, but Ropes & Gray just inked a deal to increase the size of its New York office by 40,869 square feet. It’ll occupy more than 300,000 square feet in Rockefeller Center. Hope the firm has lawyers to fill it! [Commercial Observer]
* Yikes! Thanks to a string of lateral hires by Buchanan Ingersoll, the newly formed Philly office of Novak Druce appears to have been left without a single lawyer. The firm decided to “refrain from commenting” on the departures. [Legal Intelligencer]
* The same jury that found James Holmes guilty of several counts of murder in the Dark Knight movie theater massacre completed the first phase of sentencing and decided that aggravating factors existed for him to incur the death penalty. [Los Angeles Times]
* A former court clerk in Indiana is suing because she claims she was fired for refusing to process same-sex marriage licenses, even though doing so went against her “sincerely held” religious beliefs. We may be seeing a lot more of these in the future. [Indy Star]
* Per Texas prosecutor Warren Diepraam, medical examiners have ruled that Sandra Bland’s death was a suicide by hanging, and he has “full faith” in the autopsy results. The community remains outraged, and investigation into the case is ongoing. [NBC News]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.09.15
* According to Justice Jeanette Theriot Knoll of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the SCOTUS decision in Obergefell was not only “horrific,” but it was also “a complete and unnecessary insult to the people of Louisiana.” Gee, tell us how you really feel. [Slate]
* The First Church of Cannabis filed a discrimination suit against Indiana and Indianapolis, claiming laws against marijuana use and possession are infringing upon its members’ beliefs. We’re sTOKEd to see the outcome here. [Indianapolis Star]
* In case you missed it yesterday, a federal judge upheld the TTAB’s prior ruling on the Washington Redskins’ name, and ordered that the team’s trademark registrations be canceled. The team is going for a Hail Mary at the Fourth Circuit. [Washington Post]
* Ex-associate Elina Chechelnitsky’s sexual harassment and gender bias lawsuit against McElroy Deutsch, filled with allegations of better bonuses for men and creepy flirtations, was settled out of court. You go, girl. [New Jersey Law Journal via ABA Journal]
* Crowell & Moring recently dropped a suit against a former client that had allegedly failed to pay almost one million dollars in legal fees. There’s no word on whether the conflict was ever resolved, but if it wasn’t, it’s nice to see the firm isn’t hurting for cash. [Legal Times]
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Benchslaps, Rudeness, State Judges
Benchslap Of The Day: A Judge's 'Retarded' Remarks Result In Reversal
A state high court benchslaps a trial judge for making impartial and derogatory remarks in a child custody dispute. -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics
Lawyer Dates Daughter's Roommate, Gets Disbarred
The set-up is skeevy. What happens next is downright troubling.
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Nauseating Things, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.03.15
* Nationwide Layoff Watch: Steptoe & Johnson (no, not that Steptoe, the other one). [ABA Journal]
* Personally I prefer my coffee with whole milk, thank you very much. [CBS Minnesota]
* And I wouldn’t get violent over salsa — but guacamole is another story. [Lowering the Bar]
* Attending CLE while intoxicated: grounds for suspension, or brilliant idea? [Legal Profession Blog]
* Professor Steve Sanders on Indiana RFRA’s “political jiu jitsu: all the force and passion that had impelled the RFRA forward suddenly got turned against its proponents, to devastating effect.” [Huffington Post]
* What’s your favorite word of legalese? [Library of Congress]
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Gay, Religion
Stat Of The Week: Religious Freedom Laws Nationwide
A map of the various states' religious freedom laws in light of the recent uproar over Indiana's version. -
Gay, Gay Marriage
People Are Mad At Indiana For Discrimination Authorized By Hobby Lobby
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.30.15
* Talk about a Friday news dump! In case you missed these high-profile rulings, Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder charges in Italy (for the second time), and Ellen Pao lost her discrimination case against Kleiner Perkins. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Use this slideshow to compare how North Carolina law schools are doing in terms of job placement. Duke was on top, and NCCU was dead last. Bonus: There were very few school-funded jobs to strip out of the data — the numbers were just that bad on their own. [Triad Business Journal]
* LSAC doesn’t want to to adopt new disability accommodations for the LSAT because they “show a complete disregard for the importance of standardized testing conditions.” It’d rather show a complete disregard for applicants’ disabilities. [National Law Journal]
* Widener? I hardly know her! Thanks to the ABA, this saying has new meaning in legal circles. With the law school regulator’s blessing, Widener Law’s Delaware and Harrisburg campuses will officially become two separate schools effective July 1. [News Journal]
* Following blowback over the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Indiana Governor Mike Pence says he’ll push for legislation clarifying that the controversial law isn’t intended to support discrimination against the LGBT community. Suuure. [Indy Star]
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Asians, Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Rankings, Texas
Morning Docket: 11.20.14
* Deep in the heart of Texas, a judge refused to dismiss Gov. Rick Perry’s felony case over a silly technicality in the underlying paperwork concerning the special prosecutor’s oath of office. [CNN]
* This lawyer got a spanking for including a noncompete in an associate’s contract that said he wouldn’t be able to practice the same type of law for two years. [Legal Profession Blog via ABA Journal]
* UVA Law came in at #7 in the Graduate Programs ranking of the 50 best law schools, but the the school doesn’t “focus on year-to-year fluctuations in rankings.” Keep those collars popped high. [Cavalier Daily]
* “I’m hopeful that we’ll get our Tracy back, the guy everyone loves.” Tracy Morgan’s lawyer says the comedian’s crash with a Wal-Mart truck this summer has left him with a traumatic brain injury. [Bloomberg]
* After its giant, website-crashing sale debacle earlier this month, someone decided to file a class-action suit against Sephora for discriminating against Asian customers whose accounts were blocked. [Reuters]
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Benchslaps, Fashion
Judge To Attorney: Put On Some Damn Socks!
An attorney recently tried out his Sonny Crockett look in the courtroom. The judge was not as much of a Vice fan.... -
7th Circuit, Crime, Department of Justice, Money
Inspector Javert Goes Smurfing In Indiana
You might be charged with a crime if your money smells bad.