In a post from last week, we solicited your tips about two major players in the Charney v. S&C saga: (1) litigation partner Gandolfo “Vince” DiBlasi, who allegedly intimidated Aaron Charney at a settlement meeting; and (2) M&A partner Stephen Kotran, cited by Aaron Charney as an ally of his at the firm. The post […]
Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has just announced that the Republicans have objected, under Senate rules, to the Kyle Sampson hearings continuing any further. The committee, which returned from lunch at around 1:45, now stands in recess. We’ll keep you posted. Update (2:42 PM): And we’re back. Sen. Dick Durbin […]
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At this morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, one of the Democratic senators invoked the bugaboo of Karl Rove. In arguing that the U.S. Attorney firings HAD to be politically motivated, the senator cited the involvement of Rove, whom he referred to darkly as “the ultimate political insider.” Demonizing Karl Rove is a favorite political pastime […]
Sir Harold Evans reaches out to choke Claire Shipman, while Jim Lehrer giggles girlishly. Tucker Carlson and Tom Friedman are bored off their gourds. Sometimes it feels like all we do is attend parties — it’s that time of year here in DC. On Tuesday night, we schlepped up to Georgetown for the annual Opinion […]
(We were a little distracted by a technical glitch with the site that some commenters pointed out. But we think it has been fixed now, so we’re back to blogging on the hearings.) Since our last post, there have been some exciting developments. Sen. Pat Leahy’s questioning was pretty boring; he walked Sampson through a […]
We’re liveblogging the Kyle Sampson testimony. Our commentary will be added continuously to this post, so just refresh your browser for the latest. We have high expectations — and we’re not alone. From the NYT: “I think it will be the most interesting testimony we have heard since Professor Hill,” Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, […]
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* Pitcher Urbina sentenced to 14 years in Venezuelan prison. [ESPN] * Son of N.C. St. coach facing multiple criminal charges. [SI.com] * Barry Bonds’s trainer says he’s “never going to speak” in steroid investigations. [MSNBC Sports] * Nine Bengals have been arrested in the past year, and one of them is Chris Henry. [ESPN] […]
From the New York Times home page, as of 11:30 PM on Wednesday: Is this, like, a racial slur or something? Granted, it’s a buffalo-buffalo, not a water buffalo; but still… The NYT subsequently fixed this photo screw-up (but not before an enterprising ATL reader took a screenshot). The Timesfolk replaced the buffalo-and-snowmobiles photo with […]
* Since charges have been dropped, we can only hope nothing more severe than spray painting occurred. Those poor goats and sheep, always such pervert-magnets. [LoHud.com (The Journal News)] * I think the Vietnamese president lost a bet to our president. [Jurist] * This, hopefully, will not offend anyone. [New York Times] * The upside […]
(This is a continuation of an earlier post. We’ve broken up the four polls for formatting reasons.) Earlier: ATL March Madness: Law Schools, Round 2
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
We just announced the results of ATL March Madness: Round 1. And you know what that means: Round 2! Update: Two of the four polls appear below. For formatting reasons, we are moving the other two polls to a separate post.
Hey, guess what? Seyfarth Shaw held some “focus groups” with its associates, and the focus groups told them: WE WANT MORE MONEY!!! And Seyfarth Shaw, despite prior expressions of reluctance, decided to go along. Their memo, announcing associate pay raises, appears after the jump.
The first round of ATL March Madness is over. And we have some exciting results to announce — including a number of big-time upsets. (If we had started the contest just a little bit later, we could have based it on the brand-new U.S. News & World Report law school rankings. But we didn’t, and […]
We had three ATL reader polls going concerning Aaron Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell: 1. What should Aaron Charney do next? 2. Assuming Aaron Charney’s allegations are true, how much would you award him? 3. Whom do you support in Charney v. S&C? Anyway, we just closed ’em. Thanks to everyone who voted. You can […]
When we were drawing up our LIST OF SHAME (latest version here), Squire Sanders & Dempsey got dropped along the way. To make the list more manageable, we limited it to firms with a significant New York presence. Some readers appealed that decision. These two comments are representative: “The updated List of Shame doesnt include […]