Meth

Morning Docket: 11.16.20

* Judge Judy's lawsuit against a former broadcast partner about allegedly unpaid profits is heating up. Maybe they can resolve their differences on The People's Court... [Deadline] * A lawyer for the first woman to face a federal execution in decades is seeking a delay of the execution because the attorney is battling COVID-19. [Yahoo News] * It has been recently revealed that one of Jeffrey Epstein's defense lawyers, who got Epstein a "sweetheart" plea bargain in 2009, previously dated a top prosecutor involved with the deal. [New York Post] * New Jersey policymakers have moved to name a building at Rutgers University after Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who taught at Rutgers Law between 1963 and 1972. [New Jersey Law Journal] * A lawyer has been sentenced to four years in prison for allegedly smuggling meth to clients in jail. Going to refrain from making a lazy Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul joke here... [Texarkana Gazette]

By Jordan Rothman

Drugs

Georgetown Law Prof Busted For Selling Meth

This professor stands accused of "breaking bad."

By Kathryn Rubino

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By The MyCase Team

Crime

Facebook Status Update of the Day: I Left Skadden For This?

Better call Saul!

By Elie Mystal

Crime

Breaking Bad at a Leading Law School: T14 Law Student Sentenced to Four Years for Meth Dealing

If you were a student at a top 14 law school with an above-average GPA, why would you risk it all by selling meth?

By David Lat

Drugs

Ex-Judge of the Day: Hey Baby, Wanna See What’s Under These Robes?

This ex-Judge of the Day is accused of propositioning a woman and then planting drugs on her car when she rejected him. Sounds like quite the southern gentleman...

By Christopher Danzig

Benchslaps

Benchslap of the Day: Cornhusker Judge Shucks Druggie Defendant

We have come across a recent Midwestern state court opinion that reads more like Hunter Thompson than Learned Hand. It doesn't hurt the metaphor that the defendant, convicted of multiple theft charges, is also a long-term abuser of methamphetamine, marijuana, and alcohol. We would call this a benchslap, but that might be too nice a word....

By Christopher Danzig

LexisNexis’ Practical Guidance Is Every Attorney’s Essential Concierge

This tool will — seamlessly and authoritatively — take you from initial research to final draft in just about any practice scenario.

By Jennifer Petersen

Attorney Misconduct

Time to Lay Off the Meth: Attorney Gets Kicked Out of Court During Her Own Arraignment

Small-firm attorney Amy McTeer is back in the news with yet another arrest. This time, McTeer was charged with methamphetamine possession, public intoxication, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia after allegedly telling the police that a trucker had poisoned her pipe. If you think this trainwreck of a story can't get any worse, you're wrong. Let's take a look at what happened during McTeer's arraignment, and view a compilation of McTeer's photos in our Faces of Meth: Lawyer's Edition....

By Staci Zaretsky

11th Circuit

Morning Docket: 09.26.11

(Opens in a new window)* Will the DOJ ask the 11th Circuit(Opens in a new window) to reconsider Obamacare before appealing to SCOTUS to get the president reeelected(Opens in a new window)? Does a bear sh*t in the woods? [Los Angeles Times(Opens in a new window)]* The verdict is in on Elena Kagan’s(Opens in a […]

By Staci Zaretsky