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- Paul Daugerdas, the tax lawyer from Jenkins & Gilchrist, was convicted. (I'm looking forward to the book by Mitt Regan and Tanina Rostain on the tax shelter frauds.)
- John Flood makes a point I've been talking to law firms about: the need for the biglaw general counsel function to adapt to statutory compliance modes, as well as the more traditional modes of traffic cop, gatekeepr, confessor, and sin-eater.
- ABA Journal: A plaintiffs' lawyer decided to fire junior lawyers who hadn't taken at least three cases to trial in the preceding year -- leading one commentor to question whether that raised a conflict of interest for the lawyers. Maybe, but if so, think about the institutional pressures on prosecutors and PDs.
- Concurring Opinions will have an online symposium regarding Turner v. Rogers, a case that could (but probably won't) create a civil Gideon obligation.