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* Let’s just call this flattery and be done with it -- a UK brand of lingerie has launched a new design named after Amal Clooney. [Legal Cheek] * A law professor dives into the most popular forms of...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 03.04.16
* Perhaps this means the return of cool Hillary. [The Slot] * Yes, you can laugh at the Supreme Court. [Bloomberg View] * Deflategate oral arguments happened. Prognosticators are prognosticating that...
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* A harrowing tale of regret from a former juror who sentenced a man to death for his crimes. [The Marshall Project] * I guess tears and apologies weren't enough: Michael Eakin has resigned from the...
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* Are vacancies on the federal judiciary causing a crisis in North Carolina? It does have the longest-running hole on the federal bench. [Raleigh News Observer] * Jodi Arias is planning a wedding from...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 02.02.17
* The Super Bowl is coming up, try to stay out of jail. [Versus Texas] * In their great new legal podcast, Dan Epps and Ian Samuel take a deep dive into Judge Gorsuch's decisions and judicial...
View ArticleAkin Gump Partner Arrested Trying To Sell The Details Of A Whistleblower...
He allegedly told the arresting agent, “My life is over.”
View ArticleBiglaw Partner Pleads Guilty Over Plot To Sell Whistleblower Lawsuits
Now we come to the (legal) conclusion of his tale.
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If we acknowledge that drug addiction is a brain problem and not a criminal act, is it fair to incarcerate people who relapse?
View ArticleThe Bailout Initiative: Is It Fair Or Is It Dangerous?
Is putting approximately 500 people charged with crimes back on the street risky? Maybe, but not as risky as prosecutors and police fear.
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