September 2006
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Colbert Report, Divorce Train Wrecks, Feminism, Jews, Merck, Non-Sequiturs, Oy, Parties, Ridiculousness, Sex, Shameless Plugs, Shopping, Ted Frank
* Bill Childs disses AEI’s parties. He just doesn’t appreciate a good formal gala. [TortsProf Blog] * FAA regulations: comply with weirded-out flight attendant at all times, no matter how irrational she is. [Prettier Than Napoleon] * Apple claims right to word “podcast”; next: all soundwaves between 4500 and 6000 MHz. [Overlawyered] * Blogs can […]
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Lawyerly Lairs, Litigatrix, Paris Hilton, WSJ Law Blog
Lawyerly Lairs: Susan Loggans: 7BR, 7 bath, 2.5 acres, 1 lawsuit
Peter Lattman reports that Croesus-wealthy litigatrix Susan Loggans has put her Pacific Palisades mansion on sale for a pricy $26.9 million, three times what she paid for it. Situated on two lots measuring approx. 2.5 usable acres this totally private and gated tennis court and equestrian estate is a paradise of its own. The home […]
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KINNEY’S EVAN JOWERS IN HONG KONG TODAY THROUGH MARCH 4
Kinney’s head of Asia recruiting, Evan Jowers, is in Hong Kong today through March 4 and has some slots still available for meetings on this trip. Please feel free to reach out to us at asia@kinneyrecruiting.com if you would like to set up a meeting with Evan. His next trip to Hong Kong will be in late March.
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9/11, Boring Stuff, Cellphones, Federal Government, HP, Hurricane Katrina, Jeanine Pirro, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Tort Reform, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
* Senate approves broad new rules to try detainees. [New York Times; Bashman linkwrap] * Senate House grandstands over Hewlett-Packard as most witnesses take Fifth; libertarians celebrate that time wasted is time not spent passing new appropriations. [New York Times; WaPo] * Verizon Wireless piles on against H-P. [WSJ Law Blog] * Observers suggest Supreme […]
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Alex Kozinski, Antonin Scalia, Books, William Rehnquist
Justice Douglas played poker with FDR, as Justice Scalia noted in his refusal to recuse himself over his duck-hunting trips with Vice President Cheney. Scalia himself has a famous poker game that once included regular attendees Justice Rehnquist and William Bennett. Judge Kozinski often hosts poker nights for law students when he’s on the road. […]
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Admin, Announcements, Bad Ideas, Boring Stuff, Cheapness, Jews, Shameless Plugs, Ted Frank
Good morning. David Lat is in Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand for the weekend for what has been euphemistically called “elective surgery.” Rest assured, D-Lat will return Monday, safe, sound, and happy to blog, if having to sit on a comfy pillow to do so, and we should all be supportive of the very […]
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Admin, Announcements, Diarmuid O'Scannlain
Congratulations, Judge O’Scannlain!
ATL sends its warmest congratulations to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain,* of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit! This month, Judge O’Scannlain celebrates twenty years on the federal bench. During two decades of distiinguished service, Judge O’Scannlain has established himself as a shining star in the federal judicial firmament.** We had the honor […]
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Ann Althouse, Anna Nicole Smith, Feminism, Law Professors, Non-Sequiturs, Pets, Pictures, Videos, William Birdthistle
* We were taught growing up that when someone pays you a compliment, the appropriate response is gratitude. So thank you, QuizLaw! Unlike those grumpy feminists — e.g., Jessica Valenti, adversary of Ann Althouse — we soak up compliments graciously. And we enjoy being objectified. Toward that end, here’s a shirtless photo of us. [QuizLaw] […]
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Hair, HP, Jeanine Pirro, Patricia Dunn
What Do Patricia Dunn and Jeanine Pirro Share in Common?
1. They’re both having A REALLY CRAPPY Thursday. 2. They both like to SPY ON OTHER PEOPLE (e.g., fellow board members, husbands). 3. OMG: They have THE EXACT SAME HAIRSTYLE!!! (Gavel bang: David Minkin) Hearings Open on H.P.’s Spying: Patricia Dunn Testifies [New York Times] Pirro Hits Trail After Inquiry Emerges [New York Times] Jeanine […]
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Ann Baskins, Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, HP, Larry Sonsini, Oy, Rank Stupidity
The HP Debacle: Babies, Candy, Etc.
We are guilty of dereliction of duty. We’ve neglected to write about the Hewlett-Packard leak investigation scandal, now unfolding in all of its glory before Congress. (Yes, that Congress: a body that knows all about unethical behavior, illegal conduct, and mind-blowing stupidity.) We’ve been avoiding this scandal for two main reasons. First, it’s a story […]
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Job of the Week: General Counsel Position in South Florida
Special Counsel has an exclusive search for a General Counsel on behalf its client, a major player in the global music entertainment industry in South Florida. This is a unique opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced industry. The ideal candidate will have at least five (5) years of substantive legal experience in the music entertainment industry, combined with prior business experience. Experience in public relations, media relations, community relations, and crisis management is helpful.
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Alex Kozinski, Anthony Kennedy, Brett Gerry, Department of Justice, Hotties, John Demers, Ken Wainstein, National Security Division, Supreme Court Clerks, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: The Women of NSD
Last week we wrote about the A-team of legal talent that Assistant Attorney General Kenneth L. Wainstein is assembling over at the Justice Department’s new National Security Division. Wainstein’s top hires include several members of the Elect, including high-flying legal eagles Brett Gerry (Silberman/Kennedy) and John Demers (O’Scannlain/Scalia). A press release issued this morning announces […]
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Antonin Scalia, Eyes of the Law, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Eyes of the Law: Justice Ginsburg at the Opera
This just in: A possible sighting of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg!!! I have an unconfirmed rumor that RBG was at the Kennedy Center’s performance last night of Sophie’s Choice: The Opera. Can you confirm this? Apparently the justice has been spotted before at the opera there. Such a sighting would not surprise us. Justice Ginsburg’s […]
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Ann Baskins, HP, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, Sex, Sex Scandals, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Hey, it’s not yet noon — so we can still call this “Morning Docket.” (Sorry for the delay. But if you care about actual legal news, as opposed to our crude musings on them, you really should go here or here instead.) * BREAKING: Ann Baskins just resigned as general counsel of HP. And her […]
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Alan Dershowitz, Conferences / Symposia, Dubious Conferences, Jews, Oy
Oy Vey: Is This A Superfluous Conference, or What?
For those of you in the New York area, here’s an event next month you might be interested in: Sunday – Tuesday, October 22-24, 2006Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Three-day conference: “Jews and the Legal Profession”, at 55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street. Participants include Alan Dershowitz, Stuart Eizenstat, and many others. For more […]
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Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: What, the Pizza’s Not Good Enough to Make Them Stay?
We realize this gossip is several days old. But we don’t check Brian Leiter’s site as often as we should — ’cause we’re always afraid of going there and finding something mildly critical to downright nasty about us. We’re quite good at loathing ourselves; we don’t need others to pitch in. But better late than […]
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Anna Nicole Smith, Attorney Misconduct, Sex
No, We Won’t Make a Joke About Howard K. Stern’s “Briefs.” That’s Too Gross Even For Us.
Oooh boy. Last night we read the extensive coverage of Anna Nicole Smith in the latest issue of US Weekly, focused on the (still mysterious) death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel. So we thought we were pretty caught up on ANS developments. But this morning we received this breaking news, about an attorney-client “relationship” that […]
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Admin, Anna Nicole Smith, Announcements, Boring Stuff
Technical difficulties persist. Yes, we have heard about Anna Nicole Smith, triumphant Supreme Court litigant, and her lawyer-cum-lover, Howard K. Stern. We will be chiming in on that shortly. In the meantime, here are links to recent posts that seem to have “disappeared”: — The Paris Hilton of the Federal Judiciary: Judge Alex Kozinski! — […]
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A Correction: Judge Gregory Won’t Make You Read A Play
No, it’s not Monday all over again. Yes, our website content is experiencing that “not so fresh” feeling right now. Our posts from the past two days appear to be AWOL. We are aware of the problem, and hopefully these posts should be reappearing sometime soon. They still exist, in the ether of the internet; […]
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Once More, With Feeling: The Survey
We’re having a bit of a slow morning (as well as technical issues), for which we apologize. Please bear with us. Today we’re traveling — not just leaving our apartment, which is a form of travel, but actually visiting another city in another state. Crazy, we know. Unfortunately, our internet connection is experiencing “issues.”* So […]
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Attorneys Weigh in on the Serial Podcast and Adnan Syed
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