Michael Grimm

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.17.17

* Wells Fargo has a new compliance officer. Imagine a job that easy. Just saying "no, for the love of God, don't do that!" over and over again pretty much covers it. [Law.com] * Post McDonnell, Shelly Silver still thinks we need more protection for political bribery.[Law360] * Rockland County doesn't think everyone's a winner at Nixon Peabody. [New York Law Journal] * Former congressman and convicted felon Michael Grimm paid off his nearly half a million debt to Biglaw. And he'll probably be back in the House soon because Staten Island is the absolute worst. It's where New York put its garbage. [National Law Journal] * When access to justice includes a foreign sovereign. [Litigation Finance Journal] * Literally EVERYTHING about the Obama years was done with one hand tied behind his back. [Empirical SCOTUS] * A review of Gaslight Lawyers (affiliate link), the history of steampunk criminal trials. [Foreward Reviews]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 07.20.15

* What do Moe Greene (RIP Alex Rocco) and the Foreign Corruption Practices Act have in common? Beside, of course, trying to stand up to the Godfather... [FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog] * Bet this was a sentence you didn't think you'd read after Scalia's whiny dissent in Obergefell: Scalia may have helped the LGBT cause. [Slate] * Are you halfway through your summer associateship and have no idea how you're doing? Well, your firm isn't likely to illuminate much, so here's a self-assessment to peruse. [Ms. JD] * "Are attorneys using AOL (as their email address) SOL?" Maybe not in their legal practice, but in another, more profound way, yes. Yes they are. [J.Key J.D.] * Do attorneys actually need help saying "me first?" Well, if you're the outlier, here's some help. [Attorney At Work] * In sentencing disgraced former Representative Michael Grimm, U.S. District Judge Pamela K. Chen ignored 35 letters in support of leniency for Grimm and quoted extensively from an activist's letter blasting the former Congressman for "his lack of morals and unscrupulous actions." [Staten Island Advance]

By Kathryn Rubino