Mark Fuller

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.04.15

* If you're having trouble making payments on your law school debt, don't fall prey to a loan-relief scam. You may already be six figures in the hole, but you should take this quiz to see if you're about to lose your shirt -- yet again. [U.S. News & World Report] * For the second time in two years, the ABA will reconsider whether law students should be able to receive pay for credit-bearing externships. Come on already, give these people a chance to make a buck before they graduate. [National Law Journal] * Here's an important memo for Judge Mark Fuller of the Middle District of Alabama: Just so you know, if you don't resign on August 1 as promised, the House Judiciary Committee is probably going to bring impeachment proceedings against you. HTH. [Daily Report] * It's not a merger (yet), they're just "exploring synergies": Albany Law School and SUNY Albany will affiliate in order to help students from both schools. Check out the memo, complete with an exploding fellowship offer for new students. [Albany Business Review] * Vice is suing a small business named Virtue Marketing, alleging trademark infringement. Apparently the media company's in-house marketing agency is also called Virtue. Hey, Vice, just change the name to Greed and you'll be set. [THR, Esq. / Hollywood Reporter]

By Staci Zaretsky
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 06.01.15

* A litigant with a Supreme pimp hand? Darius Clark, the man whose child-abuse case -- which is currently before SCOTUS -- will determine whether teachers may testify of behalf children, was indicted for allegedly running a prostitution ring from jail. [Northeast Ohio Media Group] * Judge Mark Fuller of the Middle District of Alabama was arrested last summer on domestic violence charges after his wife confronted him about an alleged affair with a law clerk. What a gent! He'll be resigning from the bench August 1. [USA Today] * You can roll your eyes at Rand Paul all you want, but several key parts of the Patriot Act expired shortly after midnight because the Senate was unable to reach a deal to extend it. (FYI, DOJ may still use grandfathered privacy-poaching techniques.) [New York Times] * "Nothing changes. The system is disgusting. There is no due process." Do you want to read the story that made Cuba's government ban an American legal journalist from any further coverage of the country's court system? Of course you do. [Daily Business Review] * “I can’t preserve caution in my delight with Ruth.” This is what retired Justice David Souter wrote about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's performance after her first week on the bench. He already knew back then that she was no-no-no-NOTORIOUS. [Boston Globe] * Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who recently resigned from Dickstein Shapiro following his indictment, was allegedly paying a former student "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to keep quiet about past sexual abuse at the politician's hands. [New York Times] * Beau Biden, former state attorney general of Delaware, major in the Delaware Army National Guard’s JAG Corps, and son of Vice President Joe Biden, RIP. [Washington Post]

By Staci Zaretsky
Antonin Scalia

Non-Sequiturs: 09.18.14

* Judge Mark Fuller is back in the news, with Senator Richard Shelby leading a chorus of legislators calling for the judge to resign in light of his domestic violence arrest. [All In with Chris Hayes / MSNBC] * Further fallout from Hobby Lobby: suborning child labor is free exercise. Hurray! [Time] * It’s not just that female partners aren’t getting ahead of their male counterparts, they’re falling further behind. Probably not leaning in enough or whatever the latest insulting sound byte is. [The Careerist] * After learning that Yale is going to start teaching basic financial literacy, more advice on managing student debt is cropping up. [Boston.com] * A Nevada state judge checks out the other side of the bench, pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy rap. [Las Vegas Sun] * Well there’s something I hadn’t thought of: classifying spankers as pedophiles for the purpose of custody hearings. [Law and More] * This is an important life lesson kids: when you’re in a car, don’t light the driver on fire. [KTVB] * Walking down the (very short) memory lane of Justice Scalia’s liberal moments. [Slate] * More on Lateral.ly and its effort to replace headhunters. Basically it’s the Tinder of job hunting. [Washington Post] * Suffolk seems to have given up on advertising to appeal to a false sense of local pride. So now a new law school has taken up that same banner…

By Joe Patrice
Biglaw

Non-Sequiturs: 08.13.14

* Maybe you weren’t excited about Hofstra Law School, but did you hear they now have bean bag chairs in the library? Well, that changes everything! [Virtual Library Cat's Eye View] * An interview with Peter Kalis on the future of Biglaw, in which he states, “I cross bridges and burn them behind me.” Flame on! [Forbes] * This essay sums up so much about the state of America through the lens of the killing of Michael Brown. [The Concourse] * While we focused on the tale of Judge Mark Fuller, who spent some time in jail on a domestic violence accusation, he may be part of a trend — Judge Lance Mason was charged with felonious assault after allegedly punching and biting his wife while they were driving. Biting? [Cleveland Plain Dealer] * Have you ever wondered how every law school can give its students “excellent” educations? [The Legal Watchdog] * Failed Mississippi candidate Chris McDaniel is challenging a bunch of votes. Including his own lawyer’s. [Wonkette] * Tim Corcoran, President of the Legal Marketing Association, chides state bar associations for meddling with the evolution of the legal profession. Video after the jump…. [Mimesis Law]

By Joe Patrice