Tuesday, February 28, 2023

BONUS EPISODE: FOR THE DEFENSE -- DOUGLAS BROOKS FOR HARVARD FENCING COACH PETER BRAND

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It's been too long!  I apologize for the slow pace of the podcast, but 2022 was an insane year for me with 4 federal trials, all in diff...
Monday, February 27, 2023

DOJ takes absurd position in front of Sentencing Commission

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 I wonder how young line prosecutors feel about the policy decisions that DOJ is taking, including this latest one -- that sentencing judges...
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Sunday, February 26, 2023

"Whether a person commits aggravated identity theft any time they mention or otherwise recite someone else’s name while committing a predicate offense."

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That's the issue on tap Monday morning in the Supreme Court.  The case is Dubin v. United States .   It's pretty amazing that federa...
Friday, February 24, 2023

What's going on at the U.S. Attorney's office?

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Mark Lapointe has been in the position for a few months now, and the legal community is wondering if anything is going to change at the U.S....
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

SCOTUS denies cert for Quartavious Davis over dissent by KBJ and Sotomayor

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 From SCOTUSblog : Over a dissent from two of the court’s liberal justices, the Supreme Court turned down an appeal asking them to decide ...
Monday, February 20, 2023

"As the Pandemic Swept America, Deaths in Prisons Rose Nearly 50 Percent"

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That's the title of this NY Times article , which starts: Deaths in state and federal prisons across America rose nearly 50 percent dur...
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Friday, February 17, 2023

Follow up to the AI post

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 Writing a motion to continue is one thing. Having the chatbot talk to you like this is another. Read this NY Times article if you want to g...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Are you using ChatGPT in your practice?

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 I've spoken to a bunch of lawyers who are already using it.  No joke.  So I decided to hop on and see what it could do.  Here was my fi...
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