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Non-Sequiturs: 10.10.16
* Former Attorney General Eric Holder has some thoughts about last night's debate. [Huffington Post] * Phoenix and Denver are the latest cities to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day. [USA Today] * Dressing as a law student is harder than dressing as a model. [Legal Cheek] * It's looking like Manson Family murderer, Leslie Van Houten, will die in prison. [Law and More] * The real people behind foreclosure fraud. [Salon]
Criminally Yours: Paroling John Hinckley
If we are going to subscribe to the concept of mens reas, then we have to apply it to everyone -- even if they've attempted to kill a president.
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Morning Docket: 11.18.15
* Everything's bigger in Texas, including the lateral raids of lawyers from competing law firms. Wilson Elser just poached 11 litigators from Lewis Brisbois, including the firm's regional managing partner, who now holds the same title at his new firm. Ride 'em, cowboy! [Houston Business Journal] * "I think almost 50 years of paying for those crimes is enough." Winston Moseley, the man convicted of killing Kitty Genovese in an infamous case that came to define the meaning of bystander apathy, was recently denied parole for the eighteenth time. [AP] * We love an underdog story: On the topic of lateral moves, it seems like Greenberg Traurig has a habit of "cherry picking" top talent from higher-ranked law firms like Davis Polk, White & Case, and McDermott Will & Emery. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * When it comes to the Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house judges, Chairman Mary Jo White says that while its court system could be "modernize[d]," it's still a fair process -- for the SEC. The house usually wins in these proceedings. [WSJ Law Blog] * How old is too old to be a judge? Pennsylvania voters are going to be asked this question next year when a referendum on a proposed amendment to the state's constitution to raise the judicial retirement age from 70 to 75 hits the ballot box. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Morning Docket: 12.04.13
* Law professors testify to Congress that President Obama is abusing his power by circumventing Congress. Is this the Congress that takes 239 days of vacation each year and set a record for being the least productive in history? I wonder why any chief executive would circumvent them… [The Blog of the Legal Times] * […]
Non-Sequiturs: 07.25.13
* This afternoon, O.J. Simpson pleaded with the parole board in Nevada. For now, the Juice is still on ice. [USA Today] * Four South Korean firms allegedly fixed the price of ramen noodles for over a decade. You mean that s**t can be cheaper? [Courthouse News Service] * Do you want to make sure the NSA can’t read your email? Join the NSA! [Lowering the Bar] * Eric Holder is going forward with efforts to halt the new Texas voting requirements pursuant to the bail-in procedure. But how will he ever prove a substantial history of constitutional violations in Texas? [The Volokh Conspiracy] * The Ninth Circuit has affirmed Judge Dolly Gee’s earlier denial of Fox’s request for a preliminary injunction against Dish Network over its special, ad-skipping DVR. It’s a testament to how much power the networks have thrown around that this is treated like an amazing new technology — I bought an ad-skipping DVR from ReplayTV in 2001. [The Verge] * Chicagoland preacher facing federal fraud charges announces: “Because of Judge Sharon Coleman’s continual mocking of God’s ecclesiastical order and the sanctity of family/marriage, the wrath of God almighty shall soon visit her home.” Federal authorities were not amused. [Chicago Tribune] * A NJ state judge declares that Atlantic City casinos can control the weight of its waitresses. Because overweight waitresses are the reason no one goes to Atlantic City anymore. [My Fox NY] * Noam Scheiber of The New Republic interviewed about his article The Last Days of Big Law, as discussed here. Video after the jump… [Bloomberg Law via YouTube]
Morning Docket: 10.06.11
* With about 90 vacancies in the federal court system, the Senate approved six for judgeships, including Judge John Roll’s replacement. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * $400 per wasted hour? That’s not what you’re paying your lawyer. That’s what he’s paying in sanctions for futzing around during depositions. [Daily Business Review] * Texas Roadhouse: […]
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Morning Docket: 10.06.11
* With about 90 vacancies in the federal court system, the Senate approved six for judgeships, including Judge John Roll’s replacement. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * $400 per wasted hour? That’s not what you’re paying your lawyer. That’s what he’s paying in sanctions for futzing around during depositions. [Daily Business Review] * Texas Roadhouse: […]
Fame Brief: Lindsay Lohan and Breast Implants, the Gateway Drug
If you’re like most people who have an important drug test coming up — say, for a new law firm job or for probation (kind of the same thing) — you probably prepare by doing things such as guzzling water, sucking pennies, or ladling your roommate’s urine into a pocket flask. A somewhat less effective […]