Jon Corzine

MF Global Was Bad

Things get a little bit worse for Jon Corzine

Non-Sequiturs: 05.29.12

* It must stink to be out $150 trillion dollars thanks to MF Global. Not as much as it stinks being bats**t crazy, but still. [Dealbreaker] * Here’s another way of rating the effectiveness of law professors that has nothing to do with whether or not they are good at being law professors. [Tax Prof Blog] * Sports agent who seems to be a professional defendant. [Sports Money / Forbes] * Debt, but no degree, sounds tough. But it’s not always worse than more debt with a useless degree. [Washington Post] * Romney embraces a birther. [ABC News] * This is a beautiful day to live in Manhattan. [Hayden Planetarium]

Morning Docket: 04.16.12

* * The harsh realities of post-recession practice: will Biglaw leaders have to resort to alternative billing practices in order to survive? Well, they better, or else they're "not going to have a law firm for very long.” [Washington Post] * I don’t think “secret service” means what you think it means. Listen up, agents, prostitution might be legal in much of Columbia, but it makes America look bad when you can’t afford a $47 hooker. [New York Post] * Jessica Recksiedler, the judge assigned to oversee George Zimmerman’s case, may have a conflict of interest thanks to her husband. Somebody’s getting banished from the bedroom this week. [Bloomberg] * Law firms with ties to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have seen record profits compared to their take under Jon Corzine’s rule. That said, even if he called them “idiots,” it was totally worth it. [Star-Ledger] * UMass Law is being reviewed for accreditation by the American Bar Association, and opponents are throwing some major shade. As if Dean Ward’s scandalous resignation wasn’t enough. [South Coast Today] * Is this house haunted as a matter of law? That’s what this New Jersey couple is hoping that a judge will say about their rental home. Hey, it wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened in the tri-state area. [ABC News]

Morning Docket: 11.23.11

(Opens in a new window)* The American Bar Association(Opens in a new window) can’t handle law schools, yet Obama trusts them to vet potential judicial nominees(Opens in a new window). Well, seems like they’re doing a bang-up job with that, too. [New York Times(Opens in a new window)]* First the New Jersey bar exam results(Opens […]

New Jersey Bar Exam Results Are Up

On Wednesday night, we asked why the New Jersey Bar results were late. On Thursday morning, the results were up by candidate ID. Anything else we can help you with?

Did Jon Corzine Lose the New Jersey Bar Exams, Too?

(Opens in a new window)I mean, probably not, but when you are primarily responsible for losing millions and millions of dollars, I suppose anything is possible. And remember Jon Corzine(Opens in a new window) does have a documented case(Opens in a new window) of test-taking anxiety. For all we know, MF Global’s money and the […]