Lawyer of the Day: Las Vegas Drug Prosecutor Arrested for… Drugs
Maybe it’s time for us to have a national conversation about legalizing drugs. It’s interesting to see how many folks in charge of enforcing and administering our nation’s drug laws seem to have drug...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Paul Bergrin, Former Federal Prosecutor Accused of...
Paul Bergrin, the New Jersey federal prosecutor turned notorious criminal defense attorney, just may be the most scandalous alumnus of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark. Our very own David Lat...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 07.19.11
* Urging people to kill the president is protected speech, according to the Ninth Circuit. So if you are playing along at home, judges think that talking about killing judges is wrong, but they don’t...
View ArticleA Portrait of the Accused as a Young Man (Plus a reader poll: innocent?)
Revelations continue to spill forth regarding Stephen McDaniel, the recent Mercer Law School graduate accused of killing his former classmate and neighbor, Lauren Giddings. Was he framed? Is he...
View ArticleMorning Docket 02.20.12
In today’s Morning Docket: updates on the Justice Breyer robbery, security for the Supreme Court justices, and the Stolen Valor Act goes to SCOTUS. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or...
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Non-Sequiturs: 05.11.12
* Stab your lawyer with a pencil once, shame on you. Stab him a second time, shame on me. Stab him a third time, they will strap you to your chair with a “stun cuff” so it doesn’t happen a fourth time....
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The Supreme Court Is Fair To Crack Dealers, Corporations Paying Fines, And...
Still no health care ruling, but the Court did issue four opinions today, in some of the big cases on its docket. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags:...
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Benchslap of the Day: Are You On Crack?
Apple v. Samsung moves right along and still manages to maintain the crazy. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Apple, Apple v. Samsung, Benchslaps, Bill...
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Morning Docket: 12.14.12
* NALP is becoming the harbinger of doom for law practice. Here’s some cheerful news: the percentage of female associates in Biglaw dropped for the third year in a row. Perhaps they’re going the way of...
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Non-Sequiturs: 03.11.13
* Recently ousted Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has a new law firm. Apparently not everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody these days. [Political Intelligence / Boston Globe] * So, and maybe I’m...
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Morning Docket: 05.24.13
* “Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs.” Thanks Obama, but AG Eric Holder was the one who kind of signed off on the James Rosen search warrant. [Open Channel / NBC News] * The...
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Judges You’d Totally Want To Hang Out With This Weekend
Two judges accused of some bad judgment. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Cocaine, Cocaine / Crack, Drugs, Judge Joseph Christ, Judge Michael Cook,...
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Non-Sequiturs: 05.29.13
* America, you won’t have Michele Bachmann to kick around anymore! The political equivalent of comic relief announced that she will not seek another term. [CNN] * Eric Holder testified that he would...
View ArticleDid This Lawyer Allow Lamar Odom To Review Her Client Files While He Was High...
This seems too ridiculous to be true, but we've got her on film admitting to it!
View ArticleMorning Docket: 12.16.13
* “She changed how the world looked at us: from scrappy lawyers to a force to be reckoned with.” As the very first female name partner of an Am Law 100 firm, the Biglaw world is Kathleen Sullivan’s...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 12.20.13
* Kansas Law School has been fined and censured by the ABA for recruiting violations surrounding Andrew Wiggins. Wait, no, I got that wrong. KU Law started an LL.M. program without asking, which I’m...
View ArticleLawyer For Police Department Busted With Oodles Of Drugs
You'd think starting a drug ring as a police lawyer would be easier.
View ArticlePublic Defender Drunkenly Asks Police For Drugs, Sets Résumé On Fire
Sounds like this PD had one drink too many.
View ArticleMorning Docket: 04.04.14
* “Those who support limits see the court right now as the T. rex from ‘Jurassic Park.’” Folks are pretty worried even more campaign finance laws will fall thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling in the...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 06.24.14
* The importance of firm toilets. [Legal Cheek] * JFK University is holding “Saturday Law School” at a shopping mall. They’ll be down by the “Macy’s and California Pizza Kitchen.” [Pleasanton Weekly] *...
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