Preclude Emotional Displays

• At law firms, rainmakers accused of harassment can switch jobs with ease. [WSJ-sub. req'd]
• Are law firm panels really the wave of the future? [Law.com]
• Expiring drugs means time is of the essence in the State's efforts to execute Scott Dozier. [TNI]
• What it takes to be a trial lawyer if you're not a man. [The Atlantic]

The Kitchen, The Bedroom, And The Courtoom

• The Nevada Supreme Court said the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline can go forward with a hearing about Washoe County Family Court Judge Charles Weller over his comment that a woman's place was the kitchen and bedroom. [Nevada Appeal]
• UNLV immigration lawyer Laura Barrera shows its not easy trying to reunite parent with child in the ICE maze. [RJ; TNI]
• Here are opposing opinion pieces from Elizabeth Thompson and John L. Smith regarding MGM's legal strategy of suing the victims of the October 1 shooting. [TNI]
• For those of you catching up, here is Aaron Ford talking about his college arrests. [LasVegasNow]

Dashcams

• Nevada AG and gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt responds to Laura FitzSimmons with a 9-page letter from an out of state law firm called Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky. [TNI]
• Embattled administrator is suing the CCSD. [RJ]
• Is there a wage theft epidemic in construction? [Nevada Current]
• Speaking of recording clients--dash cams anyone? [LasVegasNow]

Hoplophobia

• According to a press release, US Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen will be retiring on April 30, 2019, after 18 years of service to the Court.  Information about applying for her job can be found here.
• MGM's suit against the October 1 shooting victims hits them at their most vulnerable. [Time]
• The AG's office filed an appeal on the TRO that halted the execution of Scott Dozier. [LasVegasNow]
• A panel of the 9th Circuit ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to openly carry a gun in public for self defense. [LasVegasNow]
• The latest on the Ocean Fleming/dirty cops case. [Nevada Current]
• Metro paid $500,000 to settle a lawsuit involving two officers who tased a man until he died. [Fox5Vegas]
• Here's a look at the legal opinions or political commentary of a Trump appointed Judge James Ho.[KNPR]

To Tape A Client

As you may have heard, President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen kept audio recordings of his conversations with his client. Some of those recordings were seized from Cohen as part of a criminal probe into his business practices. Now, CNN has released one of those recordings and President Trump is tweeting about it.

Have you ever or would you ever record a client?

Heat Rises

• Victims of the October 1 shooting spoke out yesterday about MGM's lawsuit. [Fox5Vegas; RJ]
• Judge Doug Smith denied a request to resentence a man convicted of killing a 7-year old girl. [RJ]
• The AG race is heating up as the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Reno, represented by Hutchison & Steffen (the firm that hired Wes Duncan last year), sent a cease and desist letter to Aaron Ford for calling the center a "fake women's health center." [TNI]

Is It News?

• In the "Is it news?" category, AG candidate Aaron Ford had tax liens. [RJ]
• Will MGM's bold strategy of suing victims to seek declaratory relief payoff? (features a fantastic photo of Bob Eglet) [TNI]
• Sex sells. Who's minding the store? [Nevada Current]