Sex trafficking

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.23.21

* In what appears to be a lynching case, the defense opts to close by talking about the victim's feet. Is this a lost cut from a Tarantino film or something? [CNN] * A police officer is sentenced to 4 years of effectively socially distancing in his home for raping someone. [Baltimore Sun] * Another high-profile self-defense case is worthy of your attention: Chrystul Kizer's. [NPR] * Jurors are deciding if Richard Spencer et al. are responsible for the consequences of the "Unite The Right" white supremacist rally back in 2017. Depending on how incitement works, this lawsuit may just be the first of many. [AP News] * "Fast ride; mind if I take it?" will likely be quipped by several Texas officers in times to come. [Concho Valley] * Lawyers who filed and who cried election fraud got sent a "Don't waste my time" fee to the tune of about $180k. [WaPo]

By Chris Williams
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.21.17

* Tiffany Trump attends Justice Ginsburg lecture because in the coming dystopian FedSoc hellscape, Tiffany will be the enigmatic hermit charged with remembering the long-long-ago when judges spoke of "interstate commerce" and "checks and balances." [Washington Post] * PwC is set to launch a U.S. law firm, but Biglaw is just fine because the Big 4 law firm can't offer domestic legal advice... yet. [Law.com] * Meanwhile, from the massive understatements department: "Kasowitz Benson Adjusts Management Team Amid Tumultuous Year." [New York Law Journal] * Looking for solutions to the problems plaguing patents? Here's some insight direct from the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit. [Law360] * You can now legally dance in New York bars. I'm not sure why you'd want to, but you can. [NPR] * You probably knew that bail was discriminatory and awful, but it's always jarring to see exactly how discriminatory and awful. [The Guardian] * Sex trafficking fight may torpedo Section 230. [Wired]

By Joe Patrice
Biglaw

Morning Docket: 10.25.12

* Covington, Skadden, and Proskauer really like representing professional sports leagues: from 2010 to 2011, the NHL paid a combined total of $8.8M to all three, and Covington received $16.3M from the NFL over the last three years. [Am Law Daily] * The Department of Justice sued Bank of America yesterday for doing the “hustle.” No, not the popular disco disco dance, but rather, a supposed elaborate scheme to defraud the government out of billions of dollars. [DealBook / New York Times] * Rajat Gupta was sentenced to a whole two years behind bars for insider trading, but my colleague Elie Mystal thinks that the more appropriate punishment would’ve been to force him to reenact the seminal 80s film, Trading Places. [HuffPost Live] * Unfortunately, Siri wasn’t able to be helpful with this one. A federal judge had to recuse himself in a patent case involving the Siri voice assistant app because of his “interest” in Apple (likely stock ownership). [CNET] * Was Wednesday the day of departing deans? NYU’s Richard Revesz said farewell, and so did Sydney Beckman of Duncan Law, but the latter flat out quit amid accreditation uncertainty. [Knoxville News Sentinel] * “We’ll fight another day. This is not over.” While a jury declared that Teresa Wagner wasn’t a victim of Iowa Law’s political bias, a mistrial was called as to her equal protection claim against the school. [Press Citizen] * Somebody really should’ve told Lawrence Taylor that when testifying in an underage sex trafficking case, it’s probably not a good idea to mention that your accuser was “very, very pretty” and “very sexy.” [Associated Press]

By Staci Zaretsky
Ben Wittes

Non-Sequiturs: 09.25.12

* The Village Voice is stepping away from Backpage due to its ties to sex trafficking. “This so unfair! Everyone loves online prostitution!,” said no one ever (okay fine, a lot of people probably say that). [paidContent] * Cybersecurity, drones, and smackdowns, oh my! [Lawfare] * Right now, millions of taxpayer dollars fund legal scholarship. Considering how expensive law review articles seem to be, it’d be nice if law professors could techcite their own material before turning it over to law review peons associate staff members for further review. [PrawfsBlawg] * We actually needed 25 volumes of things you can’t do on a plane? Apparently common sense is a relic these days. [Legal Blog Watch] * Should you go to law school? That’s apparently the question on everyone’s mind, so Professor Deborah Merritt of Ohio State Law and Kyle McEntee of Law School Transparency are here to help you out. [NerdWallet] * Wherein the five worst law partners known are discussed. Oh, whatever, partners should be able to act however they want to anyone. [Greedy Associates / FindLaw]

By Staci Zaretsky
Bonuses

Morning Docket: 11.29.11

* Here’s something that’s actually worth crying over instead of your “meh” bonuses. Much like this year’s Cravath scale, Biglaw pro bono hours will likely be stagnant or cut altogether. [Fortune] * What’s the point of fleeing if you’re just going to let yourself get extradited? Ex-Crowell & Moring counsel, Douglas Arntsen, will return to […]

By Staci Zaretsky