The North Carolina Bar has disbarred Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong for his handling vendetta of an investigation into the since-debunked charges of rape leveled at three Duke University Lacrosse players. It's the least that he deserves. He should probably be very worried about a civil suit. If you're interested in more details on the […]
The New York Sun calls attention to a little-noticed fact in a recent column by David Ignatius of The Washington Post. "There may be an unlimited supply of explosives in Iraq, but there is not an unlimited supply of people who know how to wire the detonators," Mr. Ignatius reported. "In 2004, CIA operatives in […]
Talk about adding insult to injury. One of the many letters written to Judge Reggie Walton pleading for leniency for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby included this bit: I [Paul Wolfowitz] also remember how Mr. Libby offered his services pro bono or at reduced costs after he had returned to private law practice - to help […]
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for having a different recollection of events than Tim Russert. The case was a joke from the beginning. An out-of-control prosecutor -- I'm looking at you Patrick Fitzgerald -- apparently figured he had to get someone for something and Libby lost the coin […]
Let me start with a hypothetical. Let's say that immediately after the San Diego Union-Tribune article revealing that Rep. Randy "Dirty Duke" Cunningham had made several hundred thousand dollars by selling his home to a defense contractor above market value -- and that contractor subsequently sold the home at a big loss -- that the […]
Courtesy of Patterico comes this story about a lawyer and his pants. The lawyer took his suit pants to a dry cleaners and they lost them. It happens. But then the lawyer sued -- and what a lawsuit it is. He wants $67 million. For one pair of pants. How does he come up with […]
Michael Waldman and Justin Levitt of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law have an op-ed piece in today's Washington Post puncturing the "myth" of voter fraud in Washington State's 2004 gubernatorial election. Or consider Washington state, where McKay closely watched the photo-finish gubernatorial election of 2004. A challenge […]
Good news from a Massachusetts state appeals court: Cops are allowed to follow fresh footprints in the snow away from the scene of the crime. Second, the NFL may be in serious legal trouble for violating the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Advice to lawyers: read the law you're using completely before sending out legal documents.
The infamous non-flying imams filed their lawsuit against US Airways this week and now that we can see the entire suit, it turns out that this is about more than just threatening the airline. But the most alarming aspect of the imams' suit is buried in paragraph 21 of their complaint. It describes "John Doe" […]