James Comey Enjoys Long Walks On The Beach… So MAGA Gonna Send Him To El Salvador Prison Camp
Jimmy sells seashells by the seashore.
Tucker Carlson Goes Full White Nationalist
Now will people like Glenn Greenwald stop going on his show?
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Morning Docket: 05.28.20
* Three members of a $31.7 million fraudulent slip-and-fall ring have been sentenced to prison. Wonder if they got the idea from Slippin' Jimmy. [Insurance Journal] * Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has abandoned her short-lived defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. [CNN] * A Louisiana attorney who was suspended from practice for chest bumping a prosecutor has been reinstated as a lawyer. Apparently the chest bump was not like the kind seen in football. [Advocate] * The Los Angeles City Attorney has sued a company for selling allegedly fake COVID-19 tests. [Orange County Register] * There is some hope that a TV series based on The Lincoln Lawyer will be produced after all. Thought I already saw the reboot, but realized it was just a Matthew McConaughey car commercial. [Hollywood Reporter] * Since this website has not published a Lawyerly Lairs article in a while, just wanted to report that a top Chicago criminal lawyer has listed his posh pad for sale. [Crain's Chicago]
For The 847,329th Time, NO The First Amendment Does Not Apply To Businesses, TULSI!
Again with these garbage lawsuits?
Morning Docket: 03.05.20
* A Nassau County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Robert Durst brought by members of his wife Kathie's family for the alleged murder of Kathie and the disposal of her body. Please let there be another season of The Jinx. [New York Post] * President Trump is apparently happy that former attorney general Jeff Sessions didn't win the Alabama Senate primary outright and needs to face a runoff vote. [Washington Post] * A lawyer is accused of stealing millions of dollars from an estate he was managing in order to pay for cosmetic surgery and gambling trips to Vegas and elsewhere. Guess when it comes to stealing, you gotta go big or go home... [Dayton Daily News] * President Trump is arguing that a lawsuit involving sexual assault allegations against him should be put on hold. [ABC News] * A lawyer accused of sexual harassment alleges that the accuser created a hostile environment by hanging a giant penis in an attorney's office. The accused's nickname around the office was also apparently "Douchebag McBully." [Vice] * A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by Tulsi Gabbard against Google for briefly suspending her campaign ads. Maybe she would have gotten more delegates in American Somoa if the ads weren't suspended... [The Hill]
Morning Docket: 01.31.20
* Apparently, Justice Brett Kavanaugh introduced really bad pizza to the Supreme Court cafeteria. Maybe Sbarro is the justice's favorite New York pizza joint... [Washington Post] * Hillary Clinton's lawyer finally accepted service of Tulsi Gabbard's defamation lawsuit, allowing the case to move forward. [Fox News] * Nancy Pelosi has suggested that President Trump's lawyers should face discipline over their handling of the impeachment trial. [Hill] * Undocumented "Dreamers" can now become attorneys in Utah. [Salt Lake Tribune] * Several state attorneys general have sued for recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment. [USA Today]
What Biglaw Can Learn From Personal Injury Firms
How a former insurance agent built a Houston injury practice around systems, empathy, and disciplined advocacy.
Tulsi Gabbard Files $50 Million Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton For Damaging Her Already Unelectable Reputation
Put aside whether or not this lawsuit will succeed... it's just not okay to keep accusing people of this.
Morning Docket 11.12.19
* A University of North Texas lawyer has resigned after using the N-word during a free speech panel at the school. This attorney just learned a valuable lesson in free speech. [New York Post] * A lawyer set to argue an important case about DACA in front of the Supreme Court is a Dreamer himself. [CNN} * Hundreds have signed a petition in opposition to Scott Brown's appointment as president of New England Law. [Boston Globe] * An attorney from Roswell, New Mexico, is running against President Donald Trump in the New Hampshire primary. His chances of winning are out of this world... [KOAT Action News] * Lawyers for Representative Tulsi Gabbard are demanding that Hillary Clinton retract allegedly defamatory comments about Gabbard's relationship with Russia. [Hill]