Category Archives: Legal

LAT: Kesha, Dr. Luke and the night they never escaped

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Luke Ford

Attorney Mark Geragos is a co-owner of Los Angeles magazine. The Los Angeles Times reports: Mark Geragos had a history of representing high-profile criminal defendants, including Scott Peterson, Chris Brown, Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder. A CNN legal pundit with … Continue reading →

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NYP: Co-founders of ‘compassionate’ LA law firm resign after vile, sexist emails exposed

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Luke Ford

I suspect the overall moral quality of these two men’s lives is no worse than their peers. They just like to blow off steam. Everybody says horrible things in private. This is no big deal. These two men were stupid … Continue reading →

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Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy

Posted on December 17, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2022 book by journalist and professor Amy Gajda: * [Alexander] Hamilton’s response to it all was a ninety-five-page booklet complaining about his own loss of privacy. He found “mortifying disappointment” in Callender’s “Scandal-Club” publication … Continue reading →

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RBG

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer: * Ginsburg is so damn overrated. If she was a man with the exact same record he would be known as a CRUSHING BORE. A plodder. * At the time she was nominated, Alan Dershowitz criticised … Continue reading →

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LAT: By easing its bar exam score, will California produce more Black and Latino lawyers?

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Luke Ford

The Los Angeles Times suggests that reducing standards will allow for more diversity. Report: For more than three decades, California has clung to one of the nation’s toughest testing standards for law school students hoping to practice law in the … Continue reading →

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