New York Sees Bar Exam Passage Rate Slump, As One Famous Test Taker Finds Out
NY blames the pass rate on repeat test takers.
Lawyer Takes Day Off, Cuts Hair, Marries Princess
Pretty typical associate stuff.
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Morning Docket: 08.15.18
* 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]
Morning Docket: 07.23.18
* 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]