Tag: Soccer

* When trying to credibly disavow past comments making light of sexual assault victims, try to do it sometime before your entire career hinges on pantomiming remorse. [National Law Journal]

* Steptoe the latest firm to unveil a new strategy to promote diversity. [American Lawyer]

* In the latest ABC News “The Investigation” podcast, John Dowd describes the Mueller investigation that’s tripped up 30+ actual and alleged wrongdoers “a terrible waste of time.” [The Investigation]

* EU has logged 59,000 data breaches since GDPR came online. So that’s working out great. [Corporate Counsel]

* Pierce Bainbridge continues its hiring spree, nabbing an IP litigation star from McKool. [The Recorder]

* Soccer officials appeal red cards to Second Circuit. [Law360]

* Trump commissions Cyberdyne Systems. [Courthouse News Service]

* “If the law’s not going to be improved by Congress, we have to help these young people who are drowning in student loan debt.” In the past, judges would rarely consider helping people who were bankrupted by student debt payments, but now offering their support through the court system. [Wall Street Journal]

* Guess which Biglaw firm helped the United States Soccer Federation secure the 2026 World Cup? If you guessed it was the firm that celebrated its bid by not raising its associates’ salaries yet, you were right. Thanks, Latham! [American Lawyer]

* A judge approved AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner on Tuesday, and two days later, it’s now complete. Although the Justice Department isn’t filing for a stay, that’s not going to stop lawyers in the Antitrust Division from appealing the judge’s decision in the case, though. [CNN]

* As our personal-finance columnist Jordan Rothman complained of earlier this week, it’s messed up that you can lose your law license after defaulting on your student loans. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Marco Rubio thought it was messed up too, so they introduced a bill to stop it from happening. [Law.com]

* RBG, the documentary about the life and times of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is quite literally stealing the show. The film has made $9.2 million since its release, making it the highest-grossing movie of the Sundance Film Festival. I highly recommend seeing this movie. [Hollywood Reporter]

* “It was a mistake. I swear to God,” remarks Giuliani outlining the excuse for conflicting testimony that works like a charm for every other criminal defendant. [CNN]

* Law professors point out that Trump’s lawyers are bad at their jobs, which isn’t news but will somehow dominate the news cycle and still not sway anyone who isn’t already on board with these facts. [Politico]

* Judge Aaron Perksy — who sentenced rapist Brock Turner to a mere six months — may get recalled today. So it’s a good time to remind everyone of this older post laying out exactly how dangerous and misguided this is. Persky may deserve to lose his job in due course… but embracing the recall mechanism for judges who hand down lenient sentences is a one-way road to needless mass incarceration, usually with a heavy dose of racial bias. [Slate]

* Liverpool player injured in nasty tackle has achieved immortality as the subject of a law school exam question. [BBC]

* The NFL may have a new problem with its disastrous anthem policy — it violates multiple state constitutions… in states with perennial playoff teams too. [Slate]

* Despite the death of the prime suspect, Arizona law firms went ahead and beefed up security in the wake of the recent paralegal murders. [AZ Central]

* The GOP tax bill accidentally put a tax on victims of sexual abuse because that’s what happens when you railroad a bill through both chambers in the middle of the night with a bunch of hand-written amendments in the margins. [Bloomberg]

* Sex workers are taking action against SESTA/FOSTA, the ill-conceived anti-human trafficking law that really just puts legitimate sex workers in danger — almost like that was the politicians’ plan all along. [Gizmodo]

* “On the surface it looks like you covered this up,” is never the most encouraging message to hear from the federal judge on your case. [The Recorder]

* Jeffrey Wertkin, the former Akin Gump partner who sold whistleblower complaints to targeted companies, pleaded guilty. [Reuters]

* Juror dismissed from FIFA corruption trial for falling asleep, proving a trial about soccer is just as thrilling as a game of soccer. [Law360]

* The highest paid GCs in America. [Corporate Counsel]

* Jones Day continues its drive to scoop up SCOTUS clerks by the bushel. [American Lawyer]

* Neal Katyal has passed Thurgood Marshall as the minority lawyer with the most Supreme Court arguments. [Litigation Daily]

* It looks like justices from both ends of the philosophical spectrum will come together to rule that the DOJ still needs to get warrants. Glad we can all come together to agree on this very, very low bar. [National Law Journal]

* Jeff Sessions is considering a special counsel to probe the Clinton Foundation. This seems like an unforced error. Sure it generates some negative buzz about Democrats, but doesn’t it also handcuff the administration from firing Mueller or pardoning anyone Mueller charges? [Huffington Post]

* Law schools are offering more animal law courses and clinics which doesn’t grossly exceed demand at all. [Texas Lawyer]

* Brett Talley, the unqualified ghost hunter seeking to become the apotheosis of Trump’s judicial nomination strategy forgot to mention that his wife is a White House attorney on his conflict disclosure. That’s cool, it’s not like the executive branch ever has a stake in litigation. [The Hill]

* Does the hard drinking culture of law firms contribute to sexual harassment? No, if you’re a drunk scumbag that means you were probably a scumbag to begin with. Don’t blame the good people at Jack Daniel’s for it. [Law.com]

* The jurors in the trial of Senator Menendez are deadlocked, but have to trudge forward anyway… for now. This all just pushes off the point where he’s acquitted because McDonnell made public corruption legal. [ABC News]

* Roy Moore was banned from a mall for targeting teen girls. I presume this fact will drive his support among evangelicals even higher! [NY Daily News]

* Not one, but two lawyers are in the race to become the next president of U.S. soccer. [American Lawyer]

* Justice Kennedy is going to be the swing vote in Masterpiece Cakeshop… so how do the lawyers tailor their arguments to him. [Empirical SCOTUS]

* The jury will be kept away from the press for the FIFA corruption case over concerns of a media frenzy. Americans respond, “what’s a FIFA?” [Law360]

* Some people think we’re cranky lawyers, but this woman seems way crankier. [Law.com]

* Roy Moore says kneeling during the national anthem is illegal showing the sort of crack legal acumen that got him kicked off the courts twice. [Washington Post]

* Everyone’s giving money to Cy Vance. You know, just in case they need to have a meeting with him. [New York Law Journal]

* In case someone out there hasn’t gotten the memo, law firms are the weak link in cybersecurity. [Business Insider]

* Harvard Law student kicked off American Airlines flight with her baby. [The Root]

* A student guide to judicial clerkships. [Prawfs Blawg]

* Let the DACA lawsuits begin! [New York Law Journal]

* But don’t forget about the transgender ban — we’ve got a new lawsuit over that too, courtesy of Latham & Watkins. [The Recorder]

* New York AG Office secures up to 7-year sentence in Operation Vandelay Industries, which was exactly what you’d think it is. [Law360]

* Richard Spencer is trying to speak at the University of Florida now as part of the ongoing real assault on campus free speech — the deliberate efforts by Spencer and others to whip up enough protest so they can then agitate for schools to install roadblocks against organized dissent. And lawyers remain the easiest marks in the world for this con. [Corporate Counsel]

* Former CIA Director John Brennan is joining Fordham Law School’s Center on National Security. [Seattle Times]

* A profile of Edward Hanover, FIFA’s first-ever compliance officer. So all that stuff about countries buying votes and using slave labor is a thing of the past! Or, will be by 2022 anyway. [Law.com]

* The Boston Red Sox have filmed a powerful ad for the Apple iWatch. [NY Times]

* Phone sex operators are suing over labor law violations. Because, fittingly, you’re not supposed to be able to f**k phone sex operators. [Law.com]

* The National Law Journal continues to milk its ability to count because that’s value add journalism! Today they count lawyers by city. [National Law Journal]

* A list of high profile pro bono matters that Biglaw firms have taken on. Does your firm make the list? [American Lawyer]

* Newly revealed FIFA report finds “appearance of improprieties.” Yes, awarding an athletic tournament to a country with 120 degree weather and a slave labor bid does appear improper. Glad we got to the bottom of that. [Corporate Counsel]

* Lawyers explain their travel hacks. [ABA Journal]

* Divorce lawyer is also a matador. This isn’t some kind of metaphor — he fights bulls. [Chicago Tribune]

* Nikki Haley becomes the latest official to run into Hatch Act trouble. [NPR]

* Justice Breyer is the most talkative justice on the Supreme Court. I wonder who’s the least talkative… [Law360]

* Roger Ailes hires Hulk Hogan and Melania Trump lawyer Charles Harder for a possible suit against NY Mag. [Huffington Post]

* As expected, Haynes & Boone has merged with Curtis Davis Garrard [Texas Lawyer]

* Berkeley’s Sujit Choudhry still coming to work amid sexual harassment claims. [ABC 7]

* An update on the revenge porn law that’s seen over 200 prosecuted in England and Wales. [CNET]

* Avvo defends its fixed-fee legal services after a South Carolina ethics ruling dinged the practice. [Corporate Counsel]

* Sullivan & Cromwell tapped to make one lucky French fan base learn what it’s like to have Frank McCourt as an owner. [The Am Law Daily]

* Second Circuit throws procedural roadblocks in front of workers seeking back wages. Happy Labor Day! [Law360]