Fordham Law Grad Killed In Times Square Knife Attack
Erin Piacenti, 32, a vice president at Bank of America, was one of two people stabbed in what police call an unprovoked assault.
Morning Docket: 09.01.22
* If you planned on walking up and down Times Square with an AR-15 today, you should probably reconsider. [AP News] * Kid got a boo-boo? Hope you did your paperwork beforehand. [Palm Beach Post] * Oklahoma’s AG aims to clear up expectations for how new anti-abortion laws will be enforced. [KFOR] * Hospital sues Michigan for the right to treat patients with horrible bedside manner. For religious reasons, of course. [M Live] * Testing Texas’ “In God We Trust” law with Arabic and LGBTQ lettering goes about as smoothly as you’d expect. [Fox 11]
Why Bigger Legal Budgets Buy Less Relief Than Ever
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Morning Docket: 08.31.22
* Banning shopping bags led to people just stealing the shopping baskets. I can't even think of a witty line for this one. Gotta love Dirty Jersey. [USA Today] * Donny Boy may have moved some classified documents. What is that illegal? Well...yes. [NPR] * The directions to Times Square just took on a whole new level of legal importance. [NBC New York] * Californian bill vindicates Nate Dogg's life advice for us all. [The Hill] * Californian law requires businesses to tell what they pay their workers. Maybe one day we can afford that stupid "How much do you expect to make working here?" question in interviews. [USA Today]
Criminally Yours: The Naked Women In Times Square
The "naked" women in Times Square aren't really naked, and it's really not as dire a problem as it seems.
Attorney Wades Into Bare-Breasted Brawl
Civil rights attorney has a simple math equation to solve a topless kerfuffle in NYC.
Skadden Arps And The Funky Bunch
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The Best Law Firm Offices in America: The Finalists!
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Non-Sequiturs: 08.13.12
* Man brings knife to a gun fight with NYPD. I think we all know how that ended. [Huffington Post] * The House has brought a civil compliant against Eric Holder. In other news, it’s an election year! [Blog of the Legal Times] * Ah, the never-ending quest for the perfect suit for the female attorney. All of the jokes I have right now are sexist. So I won’t make one. But I’m thinking it. [Corporette] * Golf, even mini-golf, remains an excellent way to network. [Asbury Park Press] * It looks like the Oak Creek shootings are going to go down as a hate crime. I care less about why the shooter did it and more that he’s punished. [CNN] * Stop-and-Frisk doesn’t so much work. [DNAinfo] * Don’t forget to submit your awesome office for our Lawyerly Lairs contest. [Above the Law]
Just in Case You Were Wondering, Porn Store Video Booths Do Carry the Expectation of Privacy
Well, you don’t see this every day. “This” meaning a substantive legal debate over the privacy implications of watching porn inside an adult video store. The stimulating (hem hem) opinion comes (why does everything suddenly sound so dirty?) to us courtesy of the New York County Supreme Court. A man arrested in Times Square for […]