July 2007
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2nd Circuit, Food, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Weddings, Weirdness
Non-Sequiturs: 07.16.07
* Washingtonienne, the sequel? But this time around, blame the “backdoor action” on the Spicy Mussel Soup. [Medill Reports] * A compelling defense of Judge Dennis Jacobs’s “look ma, no eyes” approach to dissenting. [ProfessorBainbridge.com] * “My friends said to me, ‘It would take a murder trial for you to meet the right person.'” [Associated […] -
Biglaw, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Money, Skaddenfreude, Technology
Quinn Emanuel: More Money for Electrical Engineers?
We received an interesting email about a month ago. We meant to write about it back then, but never got around to it. But since we haven’t read about it elsewhere (please correct us if we’re wrong), we figure it’s still fair game for discussion. Here’s the start of the email. It’s from John Quinn, […] - Sponsored
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Email Scandals, Harvard Law Review, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Technology, Vicious Infighting
Gannett House Smackdown: Time For A Cyber-Crackdown!
Remember our extensive, mischievous-yet-good-natured coverage of internal strife at the legendary Harvard Law Review? It appears to have irritated HLR President Andrew Crespo. And it probably will have to stop now, thanks to the Review’s new “email and internet usage policy,” which prohibits sharing HLR internal emails with the eyes of outsiders. UH OH! Looks […]
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Crime, Perverts, Peter Barta
Reading the Bartameter (Part 4): A Georgetown Law Classmate Weighs In
If you’re tired of reading about Peter Barta, the Legal Aid Society lawyer who allegedly videotaped his female colleagues as they were changing their clothes in the office, then skip this post. But if you’d be interested in reading an email from a law school classmate of his, you can check it out, after the […] -
Aaron Charney, Arthur Leonard, Biglaw, Gay, Lavi Soloway
Brokeback Lawfirm: The Name Calling Continues
As we’ve mentioned before, our interest in Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell is flagging somewhat. It has been a while since the last salacious accusation, and now the case is starting to look like any other civil action — motion practice, discovery, etc. Been there, done that. Yawn. (Wake us up when Alexandra Korry gets […] -
Andrew Speaker, Morning Docket, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court, Trials, Violence
Morning Afternoon Docket: 07.16.07
* What will become of Justice O’Connor’s precedent? [Slate] * Baseball agent gets prison for smuggling clients. [ESPN] * Civil suit vs. TB Andy. [CNN] * Civil verdict vs. Allen Iverson. [ESPN]
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Bad Ideas, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Law Schools, Lunacy, Paulina Bandy, Rank Stupidity, Ridiculousness
The Bar Exam: If At First You Don't Succeed...
Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, and try again. And maybe the 14th time will be the charm! For those of you freaking out over the bar exam next week, chillax. You will probably pass. If you don’t pass this time, surely you’ll pass the next time. Or the […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: O'Melveny & Myers, Morrison & Foerster
We’re back. It’s Monday. We don’t like Mondays. We’re feeling sluggish today. So we’ll take the path of least resistance, and start a thread about an ATL staple: clerkship bonuses. We have some good news about two new (and non-New York) firms. First, the rumor about O’Melveny & Myers can be treated as confirmed. We […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Fabulosity, Media and Journalism, Nina Totenberg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Thomas Goldstein, You Go Girl
Nina Totenberg Wants A Bagel, Lightly Toasted, Lowfat Veggie Cream Cheese on the Side - Stat!
Our series of posts on that delicious legal diva, Nina Totenberg of NPR, has made the pages of the Washington Post: A blog that labels itself a “legal tabloid” has been soliciting juicy anecdotes about NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg’s on-the-job behavior, but Totenberg says she’s just doing her job. In a post on […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.13.07
* Texas teen cut from cheerleading squad; sues. [Victoria Advocate via Drudge] * Virginia middle-schoolers receive diplomas bearing likeness of Frederick Douglas Karl Marx. [Richmond Times-Dispatch] * Lawyer who leaked BALCO testimony gets 2.5 years. [LA Times] * A “thumb on the scale” in college admissions — in favor of men. [US News] -
2nd Circuit, Benchslaps, Guido Calabresi
Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs: Not Running for Student Body President
Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals engages in some impressive benchslappery in a dissent released today. He’s not attacking the court’s majority opinion, just ignoring it: I concede that this short opinion of mine does not consider or take into account the majority opinion. So I should disclose at the […] -
Antonin Scalia, Harvard, Harvard Law Review, John Bash, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.8.07: Seven on Earth
We’re posting this on Friday the 13th — hardly anyone’s lucky day. But last Saturday was 7-7-07, and couples all over the world rushed to the altar (and the gambling tables) to take advantage of the auspicious date. And sevens weren’t the only thing we saw multiples of in the NYT weddings section. We’ve got […] -
Fashion, Hair
English Judicial System Wigs Out
Fashion news from across the pond: English judges and barristers are leaping willy-nilly into the nineteenth century, shedding the curly horse-hair wigs that have symbolized the British legal system for centuries. (Memo to Lat: Explore possibility of haircut for ATL logo-thing.) The wigs are being removed despite their popularity with the public, who like to […]
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Contests, Reader Polls, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Couple of the Month for June
Oh, they say when you marry in June, You’re a bride all your life. And the bridegroom who marries in June Gets a sweetheart for a wife. – “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” Which of our four June brides and bridegrooms will soar into married life as Couple of the Month? As always, we’ve picked […] -
Ann Althouse, Bad Ideas, Education / Schools, Law Schools, Money, Politics
Wisconsin Lawmaker Seeks Death Penalty for Law School
Ann Althouse, call your dean! A Wisconsin lawmaker wants to address what he thinks is an overpopulation of lawyers in the state — by ending state funding for the University of Wisconsin Law School. State Representative Frank Lasee (Lah-SAY’) says the state doesn’t need any more ambulance chasers or frivolous lawsuits. The Green Bay Republican […] -
Antonin Scalia, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential
SCOTUS Forecast: Tom Goldstein Picks the Next Great Liberal Justices
Over at SCOTUSblog, Tom Goldstein has a long post on who a Democratic president might nominate to fill the Supreme Court vacancies that would surely open up if the GOP exits the White House in 2008. Goldstein’s criteria are fairly straightforward: ideology, experience, demographics, and age (he excluded anyone born before 1952). Some of the […] -
Judge of the Day
Judge of the Day: Profane Justice in Cincinnati
Remember that McDermott Will & Emery partner who was disciplined for telling a Miami bankruptcy judge she was “a few French fries short of a Happy Meal”? We wonder what he’d say about this breach of civility from the other side of the bench: A Hamilton County Municipal Court judge told an angry defendant “F— […] -
Bar Exams, Gay, Gay Marriage, Ridiculousness
Update: Fail the Bar, Blame the Gays, Solicit Donations for Lawsuit!
Last week we brought you news of Stephen Dunne, the would-be Massachusetts lawyer who’s suing the state Board of Bar Examiners, claiming that he failed the bar exam because one of the questions violated his First Amendment rights by requiring him to approve of gay marriage. As was noted here in Non Sequiturs yesterday, another […] -
Book Deals, Books
Beach Reading: Stephen Carter's New Novel
Our old professors continue to churn out best-selling fiction. First it was Stephen Carter, our contracts professor, who stunned the publishing world — and the YLS faculty — with a $4 million advance for his first thriller, The Emperor of Ocean Park. Then our con law professor, Jed Rubenfeld, came out with a novel of […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.12.07
* It wasn’t a ridiculous damages claim, he’s just really bad at math. [Stephen Dunne’s amended complaint via Keeping Up With Jonas] * We heard there was a story going around about NJ Gov. Corzine, so we emailed him for comment. Not sure why we haven’t heard back from him… [WSJ Law Blog] * Here’s […]