Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: Case Nickname Vote, Take Two
Yesterday we opened a reader poll, asking for your help in picking a nickname for the ongoing litigation between megafirm Sullivan & Cromwell land its gay ex-associate, Aaron Charney. Upon further review of the options offered and the interim results, we've decided to run a second poll.
It's a pseudo-runoff, in that it includes two of the top three vote-getters from the last poll. But we've added two other options that weren't included in the original poll, but may enjoy substantial support.
Here's the new -- and, we promise, the final and binding -- Charney v. S&C nickname poll:
(35) Comments
I noticed you didn't include my suggestion in the poll. Why would you, though, I'm just a lowly tier 2 law student who could never get a job at S&C.
Loyola 2L:
You need therapy. I guess the ATL board is the therapy.
Fruity v. The Beast was by far the best. The new additions are weak.
If only I had gotten into the University of Missouri - Columbia, maybe I would have a summer position. They're ranked five spots ahead of us!
Loyola 2L:
Get over yourself, and stop whining. Look at the ranks of any of the fine Sweat Shops...they have plenty of Tier 2 alumni/alumnae.
Maybe if you attended a lowly Tier 2 like myself, you would understand the pressure I'm under. I'm losing it. Ahhhhh!!!
None of those posts are mine. Someone is making fun of me. Please stop, my fragile ego already is beaten down as a result of my lowly station in life.
David,
Where is the fashion report from yesterday's hearing? The naming poll and Skaddenfreude are getting old.
Be patient -- we're getting there. Some posts take longer than others. Poll and Skaddenfreude posts are easy and quick to put up. Fashion write-ups take a while. So do photo posts.
Except for Billy Merck, B Clerker, and Stella Q, who have defined duties (MD and NS), ATL is a one-man operation. No secretaries, no paralegals; we do everything personally. So please, cut us some slack.
Yesterday we were up at 3:30 AM, to take a 5AM train. We ran around the city all day, and we didn't get back to DC again until almost 1 AM last night. We're still recovering.
You're getting paid for this, David! Stop whining -- it's your job! There are multitudes of bloggers who do it for free in their spare time and post longer and more frequently (and with better pictures) than you do. C'mon, we know you have it in you!
Hey, Fruity & the beast was good and was running a close second. Repect the popular vote! Who do you think you are, the Supreme Court?
11:40 AM: Then go off and read those blogs that "post longer and more frequently (and with better pictures)." Have fun.
11:41 AM: Yes. With respect to all matters ATL, we are the Supreme Court. And Congress and the White House, too.
We have discovered our inner diva. We are tired of all your complaints. From now on, we're going to be (1) less sensitive to your criticisms and (2) more snarky.
If you don't like ATL, then don't read it. If you don't like what we've written about you, then sue us.
Synopsis Prepared by the Reporter of Decisions: BITE US.
Brokeback Lawfirm would have been funnier if this case had broken last year either prior or around the release of that movie. At this point, it's a terrible joke that not even Jay Leno would touch with his enormous chin.
My vote still goes to Sullying Cromwell.
Fruity and the Beast was by far the best one. What happened? LeGAL call you?
What happened to Fruity and the Beast? That one was definitely the BEST and in the top two of the original poll.
I voted for Brokeback Lawfirm this time, but that one is just OK compared to Fruity and the Beast!!!
I DIDN'T POST THE FIRST MESSAGE! Or the other messages until now. People are posting with my name.
But I do agree that the suggestions of a tier 2 would likely be ignored.
If "Brokeback Lawfirm" wins, I'm done with this site.
VOTE FOR WHITE SHOE DIARIES.
White Shoe Diaries is the only one that is amusing in more than a "ooh, look, homos!" way. It's not like this site can do worse than Skaddenfreude, though, but at least when we explain what White Shoe Diaries means it's going to make sense.
another write-in vote for "Fruity & the Beast"
David,
I can't wait to read your fashion report (especially to see if I agree with your observations). I hope my tie gets an honorable mention!
Back to what you might call "hard news": This morning Gay City News (NY) came out with a pathetic article re Charney and LeGal, specifically glossing over the Board's handling of the Jack Scheich debacle, skipping almost all the relevant details contained in Scheich's now widely circulated, non-curative emails, and avoiding examination of the LeGal Board's apparent ignorance of the issues (until it was too late). Anyway, I thought folks might want to know that the 'Jack Scheich as Collateral Damage' story lives on. (GCN's use of that simile is laughable considering how little the article reveals... if anything LeGal was hurt more.) I blogged about it earlier (obviously I'm still working on my report from yesterday's hearing: "it's all about the Hard Drive" ---not).
"Brokeback Lawfirm" would be appropriate only if Charney had a steamy, secret affair with another young associate. "Fruity and The Beast" should win.
We love you, David. Don't cut us off.
12:38, your "Brokeback Lawfirm" hypo is what Charney says S&C insinuated was going on between him and Grinberg. Thus, it's more appropriate than I'd thought.
Even so, I voted for Sullying Cromwell
12:38, your "Brokeback Lawfirm" hypo is what Charney says S&C insinuated was going on between him and Grinberg. Thus, it's more appropriate than I'd thought.
Even so, I voted for Sullying Cromwell
I'm glad we've added some remotely clever non-homo-joke names. It seems kind of ironically inappropriate to make the nickname for a sexual orientation harrassment case, a gay joke.
Not that I'm saying that ever stops anyone. Just pointing out how fucking immature it is.
It's also immature to use swear words to make a point.
The smart vote is clearly split between "Sullying Cromwell" and "White Shoe Diaries," allowing the puerile "Brokeback Lawfirm" to snatch the leading position. Is there a polling tool with IRV?
See http://www.instantrunoff.com/.
I can't believe people are voting for the brokeback name!
The name manages to be both incredibly stupid and incredibly dated.
1:26, actually, it's kinda childish to be put off by swear words. But I apologize -- your mommy probably told you "fuck" was a bad word, huh?
David,
We, the readers of ATL, in order to form a more perfect nickname for the Charney v. S&C fiasco, establish a high bar for snark, insure continued good will to all readers, provide for the common guffaw, promote the generous deployment of wit, and secure the blessings of distractions from work to ourselves and our posterity, do make this Appeal:
Please provide for Instant Runoff Voting in this matter -- or, in the alternative, exercise your editorial discretion and select “White Shoe Diaries” as the title for the Charney mess posts. It is truly the only possible nickname that is not mindless and dull, nor offensive to many readers.
Respectfully,
David Walker
david walker / 1:48 pm-
F&tB PWnZ shoe!!!
Fruity >>>>>>> other choices.
All your snark are belonging to us.
FRUITY
I'm not gay, just curious.
White Shoe Diaries or Sullying Cromwell, please.
Brokeback Lawfirm couldn't be more terrible. It isn't timely, isn't clever, and is so obvious that its popularity is not surprising.
uggh.
I'm one of the many who voted for Brokeback Lawfirm. Snarky gossip is, by nature, puerile and slightly inappropriate. There is nothing mature or dignified or proper about snarky gossip... which is why we all like to read snarky gossip and chuckle to ourselves.
White Shoe Diaries does not make me chuckle... it's too erudite, serious and non-inappropriate. Brokeback Lawfirm makes me chuckle. Thus, my vote.