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Crime
The Dan Markel Case: Answers To Your FAQs
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Health / Wellness
City Attorney Identified As Shooter In Family Murder-Suicide
He took the lives of his wife and son before turning the gun on himself. - Sponsored
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Crime
The Dan Markel Case: Trial Approaches
When will the trial of Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua get underway? And what's the latest about Dan Markel's ex-wife, Wendi Adelson?
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Murder In Rome By U.S. Students: What Happened?
The two American suspects are said to have confessed to the crime, but the Italian criminal justice system differs greatly from our own. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.19.19
* Eugene Scalia, a partner at Gibson Dunn, will be nominated as the next Labor secretary to replace Alex Acosta. If that last name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s son. [NPR]
* “I disagree with it.” President Trump now claims that he was “not happy” with a crowd chanting “send her back” in relation to Somali-born Representative Ilhan Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen, at one of his re-election campaign rallies. This, after Trump tweeted that Omar and three other congresswomen of color should “go back” to their countries, despite being American-born citizens. [New York Times]
* According to recently unsealed court records, per the FBI, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and some of his top aides were very much involved in a series of hush-money payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. Trump, of course, has very publicly denied having knowledge of such payments. [USA Today]
* The House of Representatives passed a bill to gradually hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025. Don’t get too excited, because this has little to no chance of passing in the Senate. [CNBC]
* In case you missed it, you shouldn’t really be surprised by the fact that a judge turned down bail for convicted sex offender and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. He’ll remain in jail until trial. [New York Law Journal]
* Disgraced former Case Western law school dean Lawrence Mitchell (now known as Ezra Wasserman Mitchell) was quietly let go without a contract renewal at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, where he’d been working as a visiting professor, after an investigation into his alleged misconduct. [Cleveland Scene]
* It’s been five years since FSU Law Professor Dan Markel was murdered in his own home, and we’re still waiting for his killers to be brought to justice. [Tallahassee Democrat]
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Midsize Firms / Regional Firms
Wife Charged In The 2018 Murder Of A Law Firm Partner
Melody Farris maintains her innocence. -
Crime
I Represented A Monster -- Except He Really Wasn’t
Or, how murder happens even when it’s not intended. -
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The Dan Markel Case: Now A Top Podcast
If you've been following the investigation into this leading law professor's murder, you will want to tune in. -
Small Law Firms
Law Firm Partner Shot To Death In Murder-Suicide
Police say there was no previous history of domestic violence. -
Courts
The 'Warrior Gene' Defense Will Get Appellate Consideration
I want to kill this defense and eat its liver, but it is beautiful. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.29.18
* Robert Bowers, the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 dead and six wounded, has been charged with 29 federal criminal counts including hate crimes and using a firearm to commit murder and 36 state criminal counts including homicide and ethnic intimidation. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who lost their lives this weekend. [New York Times]
* According to the criminal complaint filed against Cesar Sayoc, the pipe bomb he allegedly tried to mail to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was addressed to his office at a “certain law firm” — a certain law firm that’s better known as Covington & Burling. Good thing the package never made it there. [National Law Journal]
* When asked to reflect on the misconduct allegations against Yale Law School Professor Jed Rubenfeld, alumni from the school are not the least bit shocked. “It was not a surprise to basically any woman in my class that this investigation is going on,” said one 2015 graduate. Will the school take appropriate action? [Yale Daily News]
* Partners from Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers are cozying up to each other as merger talks between the two firms continue, but there may be trouble in paradise. “There is some opposition in London,” said a former A&O partner, “but it’s fairly disorganised—there’s a lot of moaning but nobody leading a charge.” [International]
* In case you missed it, after the involuntary revocation of its accreditation, Arizona Summit Law School will eventually close its doors. But first, the school must finalize a teach-out plan for its remaining students, and when it’s all over, “that would be the life of the school.” What a sad little life. Farewell to AZ Summit Law. [Arizona Republic]
* You might not have known it, but the Michigan State University College of Law has been operating as a private school for all these years. Soon, the school will be fully integrated into the university, and you know what that means: in-state tuition costs will be coming to the MSU Law. Congratulations! [Lansing State Journal]
* RBG is my Patronus, and a course on Harry Potter and the Law is coming to a law school near you — if you live in India, that is. The National University of Juridical Sciences will be teaching the class, and
mugglesstudents are “expected [to] have already read all the books at least twice, if not more.” [The Guardian] -
Small Law Firms
This Lawyer Is On The Run And Wanted On Murder Charges
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office at 1-877-847-7432.
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Biglaw
Charges Filed In Murder Of Celebrated Supreme Court Litigator
Authorities have accused the Mayer Brown partner’s brother-in-law of his shooting death. -
Crime
Legal Assistant Accused Of Murder
He claims this was a matter of self-defense, but judges have disagreed. -
Crime, Law Schools
The Dan Markel Case: A Helping Hand For Katherine Magbanua -- From A Relative Accused Of Embezzlement?
Katherine Magbanua's lawyers deny any connection between who's paying her legal fees and the embezzlement charges against her sister-in-law. -
Law Schools
Harvard Law School Graduate Accused Of Murdering His Mother Wants To Represent Himself
Police found his mother's skeletal remains, including her crushed skull, in a fire pit in the backyard. -
Crime
Being A Kennedy Relative Never Hurts, Especially In A Murder Case
Michaek Skakel's conviction was overturned, but you can bet that if prosecutors decide to retry the case, they have advances in DNA testing on their side. -
Crime
What's Crazy And What's Just Mad
Even if jurors believe someone was out of his mind when he murdered, they don't like finding ‘crazy’ people not guilty by reason of insanity. -
Crime, Law Schools
The Dan Markel Case: A Billionaire Speaks Out In Defense Of Wendi Adelson
Wendi Adelson 'had nothing to do with this tragic event,' he claims.