Epstein Files Unsealed And Reveal… Pretty Much Everything We Already Knew
The media may have covered it like an album drop... but it was mostly old tracks.
Federal Judge Uses Six-Month Prison Sentence As ‘Proverbial Two-By-Four Between The Eyes’ For Disbarred Attorney
The judge does not seem pleased.
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Judge Mocks That Bonkers Republication Argument Dershowitz Made
Dershowitz fails in his motion to dismiss but succeeds in disqualifying Boies Schiller.
Morning Docket: 09.26.19
* The LeClair Ryan dissolution enters a new chapter. But will it be Chapter 7? [American Lawyer] * Alex Jones set to find out if it's really defamation to tell the world that grieving parents are lying about their dead children. [Connecticut Law Tribune] * America has the RBG Jabot-Watch, the UK has the Lady Hale Brooch-Watch. [Legal Cheek] * Judge Preska did not seem convinced by the latest Dershowitz arguments. [The Careerist] * Racist voting laws in the South are to be expected by everyone but Chief Justice Roberts, but usually they're more subtle than this provision that Mississippi's had for over a century. [NPR] * Banks one step closer to actually cashing in on the marijuana economy. [Courthouse News Service] * While everyone got distracted by impeachment, there are still "not qualified" judges streaming through the system. [Law360] * Bill Cosby has to fork over some hefty funds to Quinn Emanuel. [The Recorder]
Some (Tentative) Good News For Alan Dershowitz… And Some More Bad News
His motion is back on the docket... some of his letters aren't.
Crazy People Sue Trump And Clinton A LOT
The one thing they have in common is they both get sued.
How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Judicial Diva’s $8.7 Million Penthouse
Which prominent federal judge, married to a big-time Biglaw partner, just purchased a penthouse for $8.7 million?
Chief Judge Preska Is On This Street Lingo Thing Fo’ Shizzle
Don't try to tell this judge how folks talk out there in the real world.
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Rakoff?
Since Judge Denny Chin is moving on up to the Second Circuit, the S.D.N.Y. cases pending before him have to be redistributed. Lawyers for Bank of America, which has 15 civil shareholder lawsuits on Chin’s docket, sent the chief judge a letter requesting that the cases be reassigned using a lottery system. As we mentioned […]
Benchslap of the Day: Judge Preska Reprimands (Wait for It)… Cleary Gottlieb?
Judge Loretta K. Preska (S.D.N.Y.) has it all: a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, a rich husband, and killer shoes. As well as, it appears, no patience for lawyers who play fast and loose with the rules. From the WSJ Law Blog: Cleary Gottlieb conjures images of Ivy League bookishness and international savoir faire, […]
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A Solution to the Federal Judicial Pay Crisis: Marry Into Money
As we previously mentioned, and as Lawrence Hurley of the Daily Journal reports here, Congress is considering a proposal that would raise federal judges’ salaries by a significant margin. Here’s what the new scale would look like (with current salaries indicated parenthetically): District Court Judges: $247,800 (up from $165,200)Court of Appeals Judges: $262,700 ($175,100)Associate Justices […]