June 2007
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Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Biglaw Pay Raise Watch: Weil and Cleary to 180, Latham to 190!
Yes, it’s true — we swear! This is not just another wild rumor. You can take this one to the bank! The Bank of London, that is. From TheLawyer.com, a U.K.-based website: Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London associates now earn more than their counterparts in New York after a 20 per cent pay hike in […] -
Media and Journalism, New York Times, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Bonus Babies: We're on the List!
O happy day! Our New York Times op-ed piece, praising the lavish bonuses bestowed upon Supreme Court clerks, has made the Most Emailed Articles list: Thanks to all of you who have visited the NYT homepage and emailed this article to your friends and loved ones. And thanks to the bloggers who have linked to […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Department of Justice, Job Searches, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: A New U.S. Attorney for San Francisco?
Veteran litigator Joseph Russoniello, of Cooley Godward Kronish in San Francisco, was recently rumored to be a contender for the post of U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. We’re now hearing that the job — which Russoniello previously held, from 1982 to 1990 — may be his once again. From a tipster: I […]
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Crime, Department of Justice, Federal Judges, Money, Screw-Ups, Tax Law, White-Collar Crime
Does Judge Paul Friedman Look Like a DOJ Janitor?
No? Okay. Then they shouldn’t expect him to clean up after them. Remember that majorly screwed-up tax case? It’s still screwed up. District Court Refuses to Correct Government’s Botched Plea Agreement in Biggest Tax Fraud Case in History [TaxProf Blog] Earlier: This Is Why Cite-Checking Matters -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.18.07
* Lat on Supreme Court clerkships in the New York Times! [New York Times] * Organic legal questions. [MSNBC] * Crim Law Day 1: the death penalty and deterrence. [MSNBC] * Giambi to meet with Sen. Mitchell? [SI] * Law Blog’s take on the MLB investigations. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Attorney Misconduct, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Legal Ethics, Michael Nifong, Politics
When the Headline Says It All
It’s official: Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred over the weekend. From the AP: The five-day ethics trial ended Nifong’s three-decade legal career, which he spent entirely as a prosecutor in Durham County. He was generally viewed as an honest lawyer before taking over the case of a woman who told police she was […] -
Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, New York Times, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Shameless Plugs, Skaddenfreude, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
The Supreme Court's Bonus Babies
A more detailed (but equally shameless) plug will follow tomorrow. For now, please check out this article: Then email it to, say, fifty of your closest friends. We are desperately trying to crack the NYT’s “Most Emailed Articles” list. Much thanks. See you tomorrow! The Supreme Court’s Bonus Babies [The New York Times] -
Biglaw, Money, Reader Polls, Skaddenfreude
More Rumors: NYC to 190!
We’re beginning to wonder whether this “NY to 190” business is just a big practical joke. But even though no real information has emerged, and the co-chair of Simpson’s personnel committee told us his firm is “not currently considering an increase in associate salaries,” the rumors continue to swirl. Here are two email messages we’ve […] - Sponsored
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Benchslaps, Crime, Plaintiffs Firms, Richard Scruggs
Benchslap of the Day: Dickie Scruggs Gets Smacked by Judge Acker
It’s Friday night, and we’re off the clock. So we’ll keep it short and sweet. HAHAHAHAHA. Judge Recommends Feds Prosecute Scruggs for Contempt [WSJ Law Blog] Ala. judge asks criminal contempt prosecution of Scruggs [Associated Press] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: Michael Elston Is Out
Guess the Durham district attorney isn’t the only prominent government lawyer named Mike (and embroiled in controversy) to announce his resignation on this Friday afternoon. Has the U.S. Attorney firing controversy claimed another victim? Maybe (assuming he’s not leaving for other reasons). From the AP: A senior Justice Department official who helped carry out the […] -
Angelina Jolie, Blogging, Defamation, Free Speech, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Racism, Romance and Dating, Roy Pearson, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 06.15.07
* Who is this really protecting? Do women really need someone to tell us we can’t date this guy? Judging by an unscientific sample of good women dating assholes, kind of. [Feministing] * Angelina’s lawyer self-deprecates; Angelina doesn’t disagree with his bone-headedness; even Jon Stewart is not immune to her charms. [Legal Profession Blog] * […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Duke Lacrosse Team Rape Case, Legal Ethics, Michael Nifong, Monica Goodling
Breaking: Mike Nifong To Resign as Durham District Attorney
It’s a Friday afternoon in June. Of course it couldn’t pass without a high-profile resignation. From WRAL: Mike Nifong made the announcement at the end of his testimony Friday at his State Bar ethics trial to the surprise of the families and defense attorneys of the cleared lacrosse players. “Throughout the years I have served […] -
Barack Obama, Harvard Law Review, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Rudeness
The Harvard Law Review: Good Training for Politics?
Regular ATL readers know that the venerable Harvard Law Review is something of a shark tank. See here, here, and here. So maybe the rough-and-tumble world of Gannett House is where Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), a former HLR president, learned how to campaign. From the NYT: Shortly after the Clinton campaign released the financial information […]
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Judge of the Day, Pornography, State Judges
Judge of the Day: Larry Manzanares
You graduate from Harvard Law School. You head off to a good-sized but not enormous city, thinking you’ll be a big fish in a smaller pond. You make it on to the local bench; you can see a federal judicial appointment in the distance. What could go wrong? Well, lots — if you allegedly load […] -
Angelina Jolie, Bad Ideas, Celebrities, Lawyer of the Day, Movies, Screw-Ups
Lawyer of the Day: Robert Offer
Why is Robert Offer our Lawyer of the Day? Because he’s taking bullets for his superhottie client, Angelina Jolie. Chivalry is not dead! Even among people who bill by the hour. (Also, any lawyer who is willing to describe himself as “bone-headed” to the New York Times scores points in our book.) A Deal Too […] -
Biglaw, Money, New Jersey, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Back to Jersey
We realize that most “secondary” legal markets get only one bite at the apple — i.e., one dedicated post. And we already covered New Jersey. But the Garden State is our home state, where we practiced for a number of years, so we will show some favoritism (as is our prerogative). And the news we’re […] -
New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 06.09: We Luv U
Holy never-used bread machine, Batman — none of this week’s couples has a Williams-Sonoma registry! What the hell? Is the engaged set abandoning the yuppie respectability of W-S for the groovier vibe of Crate & Barrel? The answer is yes! They’re also registering for sterling-silver gravy ladles at obscure New Orleans establishments. Here are the […] -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: The South
We continue our series of posts examining the nation’s less-than-gigantic legal markets. Some of the markets we cover are scorned by the New York and L.A. types. But since the posts continue to generate lots of comments and discussion — over 160 comments on yesterday’s post on the Upper Midwest — we will push ahead. […] -
Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Benchslaps, Fast Food, Practice Pointers, Rudeness
HappyMealGate: Let's Just Have a Public Flogging, and Get This Over With
Surely you all recall William P. Smith — a partner at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and head of its bankruptcy department — who recently told a Miami bankruptcy judge, in open court, that she was “a few French Fries short of a Happy Meal.” We broke the story here (with follow-up here). The “Happy […] -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.15.07
* Thanks, everyone involved, for continuing to make Georgia look like a bunch of f*$%tards. [AP via How Appealing] * Gay marriage still OK in Massachussetts. [New York Times] * Jesus, fantasy baseball is a billion-dollar industry? [ESPN] * Immigration reform not going away just yet. [CNN] * Maybe they’ll have something solid on Bonds […]