Month: December 2021
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Morning Docket: 12.31.21 – The Finale
Home Alone in a rich neighborhood, apparently. * Lifestyles of the Rich and the Armed — they’ve got mansions and you ought not rob them. [Daily Caller] * Colorado Governor pardons a grip of folks convicted of weed possession. We should have legalized and decrim’d blunts years ago, but a start is a start. […]
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Another Hit For Alan Dershowitz — See Also
Not The Best Moment For Journalism: Alan Dershowitz sounds off on Ghislaine Maxwell verdict. Rudy Turns On Fox News: Welp, the revolution *does* eat its children. Do Something For Your Mental Health: Dial 988. Fund XX: The investment fund supporting women. The post Another Hit For Alan Dershowitz — See Also appeared first on […]
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Wishing Our Advertisers A Very Happy New Year!
Thanks for a great year with us! The post Wishing Our Advertisers A Very Happy New Year! appeared first on Above the Law. 2021-12-30 22:02:05 Advertising,Shameless Plugs,Thanks to Advertisers,This Is an Ad #Wishing #Advertisers #Happy #Year
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The Most Important Supreme Court Case Of 2021
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which 2021 Supreme Court case, regarded by Berkeley School of Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky as the most significant of the year, made it more difficult to bring a successful lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act? Hint: The 6-3 decision was […]
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Goodbye To 2021: Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out
David Sedaris (Google him) has said that if he thinks he’s gotten nothing done, he has only to look at his filled wastebasket and think that the time wasn’t totally wasted. Our 2021 wastebaskets are overflowing. All the hopes for a return to normal that we had have been shredded. Let’s stipulate that everyone is […]
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Why Ghislaine Maxwell’s Conviction Is Making Some People Very Nervous
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction on five out of six criminal counts of sex trafficking now brings her case to a new phase – the hardcore reality of punishment and what she can do to mitigate it. Although media analysts reported that the prosecution’s case imploded during trial after they called fewer […]
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Rudy Giuliani Still In Disbelief That He’s Been Banned From Appearing On ‘Fascist’ Fox News
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) I made a lot of money on that channel, from Fox, but they would not have been on in New York if it wasn’t for me having the courage the put them on against tremendous criticism. So they forget their friends pretty fast, I must tell you. But the thing […]
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Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw’s 2021 Bonus Blowout
Firm Date Matched Minimum Hours Payout Date CravathClass of 2021: $15K (pro-rated)Class of 2014: $115KSpecial BonusClass of 2020: $4KClass of 2014+: $23K FIRST MOVERNovember 22, 2021December 7, 2021 (special bonuses) None December 17, 2021 Crowell & MoringClass of 2021: $15K (pro-rated)Class of 2014: $100K November 2021 Undisclosed Undisclosed ClearyClass of 2021: $15K (pro-rated)Class of 2014+: […]
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Don’t Phone In Your Mental Health, Call 9-8-8 Instead
(Image via Getty) The week or so after Christmas but before the New Year can be a rough one. A celebration’s gone and one is to come, but in the interim you’ve got a couple days worth of dead time where the minutes and hours just feel a little more viscous than usual. The hope […]
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BBC: Who Better To Break Down Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict Than… Guy Accused In The Same Matter?
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) When the BBC decided to book some instant analysis of a major criminal verdict, it opened its contact list of willing experts on criminal law and dialed up a Harvard Law professor with decades of high-profile criminal defense representation. On paper this is a slam dunk of an interview! How […]