University of La Verne College of Law

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.29.19

* A lawyer has been disbarred based partly on the testimony of a federal judge. This takes being benchslapped to a whole new level. [ABA Journal] * A personal injury law firm has agreed to pay up to $2M to settle a class action. This is quite the role reversal. [Law 360] * University of La Verne is considering the closure of its law school. [Daily Bulletin] * A federal judge has reinstated a defamation lawsuit filed by a Covington Catholic teen against the Washington Post. Interestingly, this article about the Washington Post was published by the Washington Post. [Washington Post] * Litigation against Alex Jones is moving forward, and this ain't no conspiracy theory. [Texas Lawyer]

By Jordan Rothman
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 11.22.16

* Many law school deans are opposed to the ABA’s proposal to require 75 percent of graduates sitting for a bar exam to pass it within two years, but this is perhaps one of the more absurd arguments offered against the rule: “Nobody looks at what percentage of Ph.D.s end up as college professors, or […]

By Staci Zaretsky
Bankruptcy

Morning Docket: 03.27.14

* The federal judiciary is hiring for staff and public defender positions lost during the government’s sequestration throughout the better part of last year. Ready, aim, fire those résumés! [Legal Times] * New York Biglaw firms always manage to find their way to the top of the Am Law 100 rankings. When all’s said and done, being so close to Wall Street definitely has its perks. [Bloomberg Businessweek] * Absolutely no one should be alarmed about the fact that Kasowitz Benson’s profits per partner have dropped by 15 percent — well, no one but the equity partners, that is. Have fun with that. [Am Law Daily] * The managing partner of Jacoby & Meyers is worried people will think his personal injury firm is going under, not Jacoby & Meyers Bankruptcy. Either way, those commercials won’t die. [New York Law Journal] * A professor at George Mason University Law was pepper sprayed IN THE FAAAAAACE by an unknown assailant in his classroom yesterday afternoon. We’ll obvious have more on this story later. [ARLNow] * La Verne is the first law school to offer flat-rate tuition. There will be no scholarships and no discounts. Students will pay $25K/year, nothing more, nothing less. This is, dare we say, wise. [National Law Journal] * “Passion over pension.” Mekka Don, the Weil Gotshal corporate lit attorney turned rapper, just released his first CD, and it’s all about leaving Biglaw to follow his dreams. Go buy it here (affiliate link). [MTV]

By Staci Zaretsky
Deaths

Non-Sequiturs: 06.20.11

* David J. Stern, the dethroned Florida foreclosure king, will now have to go up against the Florida Bar. Too bad he can’t robo-produce all of the documents they want. [Fort Lauderdale Examiner] * Peeing on a colleague’s door might have been a great prank in college, but as a professional it’s just sad. Enjoy […]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 06.14.11

* An associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, Moshe Gerstein, has been hit with child pornography charges. (More coverage to come; if you know him personally and have info to share, please email us.) [New York County District Attorney’s Office] * Motion to vacate the Proposition 8 decision, on the grounds that […]

By David Lat