April 2007
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: Paul Weiss Joins the $50k Club!
Multiple sources have just confirmed to ATL that Paul Weiss has matched the $50,000 clerkship bonus paid by Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. The head of recruiting called people with outstanding offers today to make the announcement. From a source: PLEASE post this news so that it will continue to put pressure […] -
Celebrities, Crime, Immigration, Non-Sequiturs, Rap, Religion, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 04.26.07
* It could have been the principle of the matter. Or maybe just the drugs. [AL.com] * Hugh Grant’s “assault” looks more like a pas de deux, but in any case, this is way more boring than another Divine Brown. [Daily Mail] * And here I thought that “bible quiz” was just code for blow-job. […] - Sponsored
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AutoAdmit / Xoxohth, Boalt Hall, Law Schools, Pranks, Violence
Boalt To Expel AutoAdmit Prankster?
This was forwarded to us by a tipster: April 25, 2007 To: Boalt Community From: Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. It has been a week since the distressing events involving a Boalt student’s threat —a hoax — against the community at Hastings College of the Law. I am writing to let you know that all our […]
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Department of Justice, Shanetta Cutlar, U.S. Attorneys Offices, You Go Girl
Update: Notes on Some Scandals
Two quick things: According to the DOJ vacancies website, Shanetta Y. Cutlar, Chief of the Special Litigation Section at the U.S. Department of Justice and a two-time ATL Diva of the Day, is seeking new grist for her mill. Don’t apply for a position in her office without reading ATL’s hard-hitting coverage of this tempestuous […] -
Asians, Harvard, New York Times, Pierre Leval, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 4.22: Love Is a Battlefield
Once again, the wedding pages were chock-full of lawyers last weekend. Without further ado (because LEWW has other things to post today), here are your candidates for Couple of the Week: 1. Jenny Huang and Roger Hong 2. Melissa Epstein and Jason Mills 3. Celeste Sharpe and Peter Brown Continue reading about these couples, after […] -
Abortion, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Religion, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Stone Cold: Jan Crawford Greenburg Blog-Smacks Her Former Dean
Give a girl a Supreme Court beat and a best-selling book, and she gets her sassy on! The fantabulous Jan Crawford Greenburg has taken on Geoff Stone, the former dean of the University of Chicago’s law school, in a tart blog post. Stone (along with Rosie O’Donnell) had declared himself troubled by the fact that […] -
Fashion, Shoes, Shopping, You Go Girl
Sole Sisters: Shoe Shopping with the Gals at Bryan Cave
If “attorney-client networking” conjures up images of bars and baseball games, prepare to give those expectations the boot. The shoe is on the other foot at Bryan Cave: For the 53 shoppers who attended a “shoe event” sponsored by law firm Bryan Cave LLP on a recent Tuesday evening — all of them female lawyers […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.26.07
* Miss America takes a bite out of crime. [AP] * Developments in bribery case in wake of Duke Cunningham conviction. [AP via Yahoo] * Can lawyers secretly record conversations with clients? [ABA] * Phil Spector trial gets going. [Newsweek] * Former GC of Apple responds to options-dating allegations by SEC. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.25.07
* The Army has reassured candidates that their recruiter plays only with his own privates. [NJ.com] * But how would we identify anal, self-important gunners aspiring clerks and academics? [Legal History Blog] * Shrinkwrapping an employee is NOT okay. [LoHud] * Pedi-cabbies, it’s time to stage your version of Critical Mass. [Village Voice] * Dickhead(s) […] -
Celebrities, Crime, Murder, Trials, Violence
Spector Sport
Opening statements began today in the Phil Spector murder trial. Spector was making some god-awful faces, either because he’s nervous about being on trial for murder or because he’s still getting used to what he’s now done to his hair. This on the prosecutor’s opening statements, from AFP via Yahoo! News: In opening statements of […] -
Crime, Kids, Law Professors, Perverts, Pornography
Ex-Law Prof Accused of Having Kiddy Porn on Laptop
Former Santa Clara law professor Murdaugh Stuart Madden, Jr. is facing federal child pornography charges. The San Jose Mercury News reports: A former visiting Santa Clara University Law School instructor faces felony child pornography charges, federal prosecutors said today. Murdaugh Stuart Madden Jr., could face 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if he […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Crime, Lynne Stewart, War on Terror
She's Not With Us, She's Against Us
And now she’s disbarred. Convicted in 2005 for conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists, Lynne Stewart was disbarred by the New York Bar yesterday. Her request to voluntarily resign was rejected. From AP via Boston.com: The appellate panel said Stewart became subject to losing her law license immediately upon being convicted of a felony. […] -
Canada, Lawyer of the Day, Sports
Lawyer of the Day: James Creighton
In an homage to the start of the NHL conference semifinals today, the Lawyer of the Day is James Creighton. Creighton, a Canadian lawyer in the late 1800s, helped found and popularize modern ice hockey while he was a law student at McGill University in Montreal. Here is his stub bio from Wikipedia: James George […]
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Department of Justice, Monica Goodling, Politics, U.S. Attorneys Offices, You Go Girl
Breaking News: Immunity for Lat's Girl Monica Goodling
I’m sure Lat will have more to say about this, but I just wanted to report the facts. The vote was 32-6 (2/3 was needed). A separate vote to authorize a subpoena for Goodling passed by voice vote. This from AP via Yahoo!: The votes instruct a House lawyer to seek an immunity grant from […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Death Penalty, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Kennedy Spares Death Row Inmates
And now back to a more contentious subject: the death penalty. In three opinions issued today, the Supreme Court reversed the convictions of Texas death row inmates. Each of the cases involved a problem with the lower appellate courts’ application of prior SCOTUS rulings on special jury instructions in death penalty cases. All three decisions […] -
Biglaw, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Gary Friedman to Weil
It’s a little too early for a full-blown abortion debate, so let’s move on to more pedestrian matters, like partner poaching. A few weeks after Mayer Brown decided it needed to fire or demote 45 partners to drive up its stock price, Gary Friedman, who chaired Mayer’s employment practice, has decided he’s got to get […] -
Abortion, Bad Ideas, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
North Dakota Passes Conditional Abortion Ban
In what appears to be the first response by a state legislature to last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding the partial-birth abortion ban, North Dakota has passed a bill making abortion illegal if and when the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade. (The N.D. Senate Majority leader claims that the bill was not influenced by […] -
Art, Crime, Education / Schools, Football, Morning Docket, Patents, Sentencing Law, Sports, Supreme Court, Technology
Morning Docket: 04.25.07
* Alaskan attorney survives icy spill. [CNN] * “Scream” thieves sentenced in Norway court. [MSNBC] * ABA hosts legal technology expo. [ABA] * Supreme Court hears arguments in high school sports recruitment case. [Washington Post] * Timetable of VOIP litigation. [WSJ Law Blog]
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ACLU, Asians, Cars, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Racism, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 04.24.07
* There was a time when a TV writer strike meant something, but if recently, you’ve found yourself watching the Pussycat Dolls reality show, you too might welcome a return to more scripted programs. [Los Angeles Times] * I’d pay for license plates that read “God is Dead”–Nietzsche (front) and “Nietzsche is Dead”–God (back). [Indy […] -
Clarence Thomas, Kids, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Thomas and Wachovia: Recusal Mystery Solved
No one has been quite sure why Justice Clarence Thomas has been recusing himself from Wachovia cases. The mystery is apparently solved; Thomas’s son works at Wachovia Securities. From The Blog of Legal Times: For the last two years, Justice Clarence Thomas has consistently recused himself in cases in which Wachovia Bank is a party […]