Wow, that’s quite a ways to go just to get your way on a motion to suppress. A 57-year-old Douglas County, Colorado judge and a 29-year-old female prosecutor in the same county have admitted to having sex on multiple occasions in the courthouse. From the Rocky Mountain News (via How Appealing): As rumors of their […]
We’re coming to you this morning from about three hours east of LEWW, in Athens, Georgia, home of the University of Georgia (my two-time alma mater), R.E.M., and well, to be honest, not much else that anyone except us cares about. We, like Laurie, are both honored to be filling in and not prone to […]
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* Legal “loophole” with dangerous consequences. [CNN] * In defense of the defense. [WSJ] * DNA exonerates man after 25 years in prison. [MSNBC] * Dick Butkus files suit over rights to name top college linebacker. [AP via SI] * Law firms are paying more for advertisement exposure. [ABA Journal e-report]
We’ve got to dash up to DC for a couple of days to attend to our real job, so another guest blogger will be taking the controls now. We’ll return on Thursday. But we can’t leave without directing your attention to our Lawyer of the Day, Kenneth Heller. The Village Voice has a long piece […]
“Survivor” champ and YLS grad Yul Kwon made a triumphant return to his law school alma mater last week. In a speech entitled “How I Survived Survivor and Other Professional Challenges,” Kwon, who was introduced by YLS Dean Harold Koh, spoke about breaking down negative stereotypes about Asian Americans. At this point in his speech, […]
* Good news from the Tier 3 trenches: Southwestern University School of Law graduate Stefani is the winner of The Apprentice: Los Angeles, even though she is a trial lawyer and probably 10 years older than she says. Although I have yet to watch an episode, I’m annoyed that she spells her name with an […]
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Don Imus has hired a prominent litigator, prompting speculation that the dismissed DJ may be plotting legal action against his former employers (CBS and MSNBC). The lawyer is Davis & Gilbert partner Martin Garbus, named by Time Magazine as “legendary, one of the best trial lawyers in the country.” According to BusinessWeek: A brief sentence […]
An inmate charged with beating an elderly man was mistakenly released from the Kentucky Correctional & Psychiatric Center in La Grange after a fake order was faxed to officials at the facility. The mistake went undetected for nearly two weeks. In hindsight, it might not have required bloodhound-like detective skills to smell something fishy about […]
The NYT’s public editor, Byron Calame, reviewed the paper’s coverage of the Duke lacrosse case yesterday, focusing on the review of the case that ran in the Times last August. Critics lambasted that piece for its uncritical reliance on a police officer’s memo written “from memory” four months after the witness interviews it described. (Among […]
The trend of on-site day care is catching on at law firms. Sounds like a good thing, right? But take a close look at this article. The intro anecdote is all about how when work gets “too intense,” a 61-year-old founding partner unwinds by visiting the firm’s nursery to hang out with other lawyers’ kids! […]
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Sunday’s NYT sports section features a short interview with our favorite NFL referee, Ed Hochuli. Hochuli is a minor celebrity among football fans for two things: his brawny physique and the commendably detailed on-field explanations he gives when announcing penalties and other calls. He’s also a partner in the Phoenix law firm of Jones, Skelton, […]
A Boalt law student could be facing criminal charges after allegedly posting online threats toward Hastings: UC Hastings officials were alerted on Wednesday afternoon of a blog post threatening a copycat murder-suicide in reference to the events at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Monday, said UC Hastings spokesperson Lorri Ungaretti. “The threat did not specifically reference it, […]
Good morning from Birmingham, which we’ve got all to ourselves because most of the state is in Tuscaloosa at football practice. We are honored to be filling in here while David takes a well-deserved vaycay. Recent readers know us as the neww LEWW, but while wedding commentary may be our specialty (well, that and tax […]
* Sports agent busted for smuggling Cuban baseball players. [ESPN] * Is your bar licence up to date? [Law.com] * So a lawyer, an “oilman,” and a donkey named Buddy walk into a courtroom… [MSNBC] * Ohio strippers have to learn new dance steps. [AP via Dispatch] * UNC’s soccer coach uses some really rough […]
We’re going on vacation this week. It’s our first real vacation since we started at ATL (back in July 2006, a few weeks before the site launch in August). While we’re gone, two guest editors will fill in for us. Both of them already contribute to ATL: Laurie Lin, who writes Legal Eagle Wedding Watch; […]