This is pretty awesome. Of course it’s from Florida, from whence all fabulous things come. You don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger. And you never, ever, pull into Circuit Judge Stanley Mills’ parking spot. Nichole Delameter spent all day Monday learning that lesson while cooling her […]
Attention reality TV junkies: the new season of Survivor debuts tonight. This edition is formally called “Survivor: Cook Islands.” But as some have noted, you may know it better by its nickname: “Survivor: Race Wars.” Tonight, CBS kicks off the social experiment/ratings gimmick that is executive producer Mark Burnett’s latest and brashest attempt to give […]
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One of our finest moments in private practice took place during a deposition. We had been up the entire night before, along with the paralegal on the case, pulling documents and preparing deposition outline material for the partner. It was a critical deposition: the deposition of the plaintiff, a billionaire businessman (on the Forbes 400 […]
Welcome to the latest edition of Skaddenfreude: Totally Gauche Ogling of Other Lawyers’ Incomes. Normally we offer you a round-up of how much various lawyers around the country are making — and how many billable hours they’re racking up. But today we’re going to do things a little differently. Many readers of this blog are […]
Two updates in our post-results coverage of ERISA hotties: 1. We are happy to report that, as requested by one of the winners, tiaras will be provided to the two winning ERISA hotties: Professor Bruce Wolk and Sarah E. Downie. The tiaras will be furnished courtesy of acclaimed wedding tiara designer Christina Garcia. We will […]
* It’s her prerogative… to seek a legal separation from her husband of 14 years. Whitney Houston files for legal separation from Bobby Brown, citing “irreconcilable differences.” (What differences? They’re both seriously f***ed up celebrities. But we will always love you, Whitney.) [Associated Press] * Congressional Republicans are falling in line behind the Bush Administration’s […]
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In response to our repeated requests for summer associate stories, a few have started trickling in. But we need more. So please email them to us, at tips AT abovethelaw DOT com. We’ll kick things off with this tale of a summer associate at an intellectual property firm. It’s amusing, but not scandalous. (We’re saving […]
* Clerkships for the bejeweled bench known as the D.C. Circuit are still available. But spots as Sentelletubbies and Tatel Tots are going fast. [Clerkship Notification Blog] * A modest proposal for Angelina Jolie: Get married like a lesbian. [De Novo] * Best comment clusterf**k we’ve seen in a long time: 128 and counting. (Does […]
The latest news on the most notable moves within the profession: Government to Private Sector: * Seth Silber, to Wilson Sonsini (as counsel), from the FTC. (Quips our tipster: “What a lovely week to join that particular firm!”) New Office Openings: * Crowell & Moring — aka “Cruel & Boring”*** — is opening a New […]
Sorry this installment of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch is so darn late. Alas, the early part of this week was consumed by the ERISA Hotties Contest. We have to add, however, that last weekend’s NYT weddings were a little uninspiring. It wasn’t a problem of quantity, as was the case with the September 3rd nuptials; […]
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Now that our ERISA Hotties Contest is over, we can opine on the nominees without injecting bias into the proceedings. So we will. Here’s our own take on the male and female nominees for hottest ERISA lawyer in America. On the men’s side, we acknowledge Professor Bruce Wolk as a worthy winner — and the […]
Okay, we went to law school.* And then we practiced for several years. But we must confess that this lawsuit left us puzzled: The owner of Kitson, the Robertson Boulevard clothing store favored by young celebs such as Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Denise Richards, says [in a lawsuit] that Us Weekly magazine is intentionally […]
It appears that our post yesterday on Rachel Kovner — the young legal genius clerking this year for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson (4th Cir.), and next year for Justice Antonin Scalia — has struck a nerve. It’s been getting emailed around, and we’ve also gotten a lot of mail about Ms. Kovner. So we’d now […]
Here at Above the Law, we rely heavily upon you, our loyal and ever-helpful readers, for juicy tips. And you’ve been great on a number of fronts. To name a few: nominations of ERISA hotties, salary information for Skaddenfreude, and legal celebrity sightings for Eyes of the Law. But here are two outstanding discovery requests, […]
Our ERISA Hotties Contest has only been over for a day — but some of you miss it already. Fear not. The contest may be over, but the commentary isn’t. We’ll have a few more posts discussing the competition — including our personal views on which ERISA Hotties should have gotten more lovin’ from the […]