Private Prisons

You Might Be An Unwitting Investor In America’s Private Prison Nightmare

Your money ending up in places you don't like is not something that is going to change overnight.

Biglaw Firm Kindly Asks You To Stop Pointing Out That Their Client Cages Children

Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor.

More Prisons Banning In-Person Visits, Adding To Securus Tech’s Pile Of Cash

Prisons keep getting worse.

Morning Docket: 02.24.17

* Ted Cruz predicts another Supreme Court vacancy this year based on absolutely nothing but his desire to see his name in stories reporting his baseless ramblings. [ABA Journal] * Hope you didn't dump your private prison stock, because look who's back in the business of abusing prisoners! [Mother Jones] * Stanford's student senate joins the calls to reinstate the lawyer dropped from the school's referral program for sexual assault victims after she criticized the school. [Law.com] * Covington posts double-digit growth. [National Law Journal] * Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is suing Simpson Thacher over real estate. [National Law Journal] * Revenue recognition rules are changing... what's that going to do to M&A? [Law360] * Securities lawyer gets in juicy lawsuit over sports journalism. [Business Insider] * Law professors file ethics complaint against Kellyanne Conway. For good measure let's rephrase that: Law professors file first ethics complaint against Kellyanne Conway. [Washington Post]

Non-Sequiturs: 11.29.16

* The New York City Council is considering a measure that would weigh a defendant's ability to pay in setting bail. One small step away from de facto debtor prisons. [Politico] * One potential Homeland Security Secretary, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., isn't a big fan of habeas corpus. [Slate] * Trump's Attorney General pick, Jeff Sessions, isn't a big fan of laws that protect schoolchildren with disabilities. [Huffington Post] * West Virginia assistant attorney general Gilbert C. Dickey is heading to D.C. to clerk for Justice Thomas. [West Virginia Record] * Private prisons, another beneficiary of a Trump administration. [The New Yorker] * The divorce between between real estate moguls Harry and Linda Macklowe has now dragged their son in to the fray. Harry has filed a lawsuit against his son, William “Billy” Macklowe -- just in time for the holidays. [Commercial Observer]

Dystopian Trump Portfolio Taking Shape Nicely

Weapons manufacturers and private prisons are loving this whole Trump thing today.

There Were Only 13 Federal Private Prisons… But Closing Them Is Still A Big Deal

Golly, who'd have thought marrying private equity and the Stanford Prison Experiment could go so awry?