Camille Vasquez shines a light on her exceptional legal career and pivotal role in the Depp v. Heard trial on the latest episode of 'Movers, Shakers & Rainmakers.'
I did not know this is what they meant by a JD advantage.
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
They're taking lots of shots at the trial court.
*Sways drunkenly* It's just not working out, savvy?
The pair found love on the high seas of litigation.
Her court performance got her Biglaw's brass ring.
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Examining the decision strictly on legal grounds, it is understandable why the jury decided in Depp’s favor.
* Attempts to hold the Uvalde Police Department accountable may prove difficult. You'd think we'd be better about the quis custodiet ipsos custodes problem after 2,000 years or so. [New York Times] * Esquire of the Caribbean: Top firms want to parlay with Camille Vasquez after her big Johnny Depp win. [New York Post] * The right to repair could be coming to Albany, NY! This is big! [Gothamist] * A company's right to (not) speak still remains murky due to Texas lawmakers. [Washington Post] * The Court is set up to hear a gerrymandering case. Decision could be in by the end of 2023. Let's enjoy voting until then. [New York Times]
Turns out she's a Biglaw associate. Guess which firm will give you trial experience like this?
Listen to this like a time capsule...
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Heard's lawyer: 'So you think the recording of her admitting to hitting you is enough to establish that she did it?' Also Heard's lawyer: Objection.
* Johnny Depp's lawyer has been reportedly thrown off a defamation case for revealing information covered by a protective order. Maybe the information was "pirated" or the judge should make the attorney "walk the plank"... [Courthouse News Service] * A lawyer for the Lincoln Project told Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to "peddle their scare tactics elsewhere" after the couple threatened to sue the anti-Trump group over billboards in New York City. [Wrap] * An Ohio lawyer has been arrested on human trafficking, racketeering, and related charges. [Cincinnati Enquirer] * The Trump Campaign and the Nevada GOP have filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking election officials from counting early votes. [Business Insider] * A photographer has filed a lawsuit after being hit with the horns of a steer after the 2019 Sugar Bowl. Sounds like a law school hypothetical... [AOL]
* Johnny Depp has settled a lawsuit against his former attorney who allegedly bilked him out of millions. In other words: Jack Sparrow has bested another pirate. [Bloomberg] * Hillary Clinton told an audience at Georgetown Law yesterday that she played a pivotal role in the selection of RBG to the Supreme Court. Maybe she'll play herself in the next RBG movie. [CNN] * Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has been charged with unlawfully touching a third woman. [Yahoo Entertainment] * Attorneys handling the Equifax data breach class action are asking for $77M in fees. I'm still waiting for the money AOC promised me! [Daily Report] * The Second Circuit has upheld the conviction of Martin Shkreli's lawyer for his role in helping Shkreli defraud investors. [Reuters] * R. Kelly skipped a hearing relating to his federal charges because he allegedly had an infected toenail. This excuse is even worse than saying he had to wash his hair. [People]
* President Donald Trump has appealed a federal judge's order allowing the House Oversight and Reform Committee's subpoena of his financial records to the D.C. Circuit, where — GASP! — Merrick Garland serves as chief judge. The fact that Garland is involved apparently matters a lot to the MSM, you guys. [The Hill] * “The memo says they don’t have to assert a legitimate legislative purpose — or any purpose at all.” According to a confidential draft IRS memo, tax returns must be given to Congress upon request, unless the president claims executive privilege. This pretty much blows up Trump’s rationale for refusing to turn over his taxes thus far, but opens up a whole new way for him to avoid doing so. [Washington Post] * “The Supreme Court is stacked against us for the first time in my lifetime. I feel like it’s scarier than ever before.” As hundreds of people protested state abortion bans before the Supreme Court, Democratic presidential candidates joined in, lending their support to all the women gathered. [Reuters] * Meet Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society executive Vice President who serves as Trump’s unofficial judicial adviser to make the federal judiciary “great” (i.e., extremely conservative) again. How’s he doing that? With millions upon millions of dollars of “dark money.” He didn’t want to talk about that part of it. [Washington Post] * Buckley, the law firm formerly known as Buckley Sandler, has filed suit against Johnny Depp, claiming that the actor skipped out on about $350K in legal fees and costs. Leave the poor man alone, he’s got better things to spend his money on... like scarves. [American Lawyer]
* Judge Posner wasn't kidding when he said he wanted to help pro ses. Now that he's retired, he's decided to "dedicate [his] post-judicial career" to the cause. He recently filed an affidavit to serve as advisory counsel to a pro se litigant before the Fourth Circuit. [Big Law Business] * This administration is full of Biglaw attorneys: Trump's nominee to lead the FTC is Joseph Simons, co-chairman of the antitrust group at Paul, Weiss. Prior to joining the firm, he served as the Director of the Bureau of Competition at the FTC. Congrats! [National Law Journal] * Harvard Law's Student Government is planning to conduct a mental health survey in an effort to assist students with mental health issues. They're also teaming up with Parody, the school's law revue squad, to film videos addressing mental health issues. Hmm, nothing at all could possibly go wrong here. [Harvard Crimson] * GW Law School has implemented a bunch of diversity initiatives this year, but apparently the members of the faculty have absolutely no idea what they are or what they entail. This... doesn't seem very helpful. [GW Hatchet] * Johnny Depp has filed a malpractice suit against Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (that's a mouthful), claiming the firm and its lawyers had a hand in putting him in a bad place financially. [Am Law Daily]