It's the Friday afternoon before Labor Day, and we're ready to pack it in. We might put up another post or two -- e.g., Legal Eagle Wedding Watch -- but basically we are done for the day. (Our colleagues over at DealBreaker checked out hours ago.)
Before we sign off, we'd like to point out that yesterday was Above the Law's first anniversary -- or blogiversary, as some say. ATL launched one year ago, on August 30, 2006.
During the span of a year, ATL has grown in leaps and bounds. Traffic has been tremendous, far outstripping expectations. Even though ATL is in its infancy, it's already one of the most widelyread legal blogs. The site has become quite well-known, garnering a number of media mentions.
We thank you, our readers, for making this success possible. Thanks for faithfully visiting ATL (and refreshing your browsers so frequently), for spreading the word about this website, and for sending us great tips and information.
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Yesterday we were away from the blogosphere. We had several meetings to attend in the morning. Then, in the afternoon, we did a webcast for ABC News. We spoke with Mary Fulginiti, the former AUSA who now covers legal affairs for ABC News, about L'Affaire Nixon Peabody:
(The last time we did a webcast for ABC News, some of you opined that we looked too shiny. And you were right. So this time around, we stopped at the make-up department before entering the studio. Thanks for the constructive criticism!)
Employer: A rapidly growing general corporate law firm (New York)
Description: A senior-level attorney to build the firm’s fund formation practice. Although portable business is not required, the successful candidate must be willing to work very hard to get the practice started. The firm will provide access to major hedge fund and investment banking clients, but he/she will have take the lead on developing the business.
Requirements: The ideal candidate has seven plus years (7+) forming and advising hedge funds and/or private equity funds and wants the challenge of developing a practice group.
What? You're still here? Shouldn't you be at the beach right now, enjoying what remains of the summer? Or maybe at a barbecue (goat head sold separately)?
For those of you who are still stuck in front of computers, let's face it: you're not getting any work done today. So you might as well sit around and gossip online about law firms, as we finish up our series of open threads on Vault 100 law firms.
Ted Olson seems like a solid, non-controversial choice. Terwilliger would definitely be the most fun name to have as AG. Senator Hatch is an interesting choice, but I'm not sure he's interested. We took a class from Thompson in Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Procedure at UGA Law, and we liked him well enough. Clement is a logical choice I suppose as the current acting AG.
Here's hoping that it is one of these guys, and not one of the crazy names being thrown around on Monday, like Michael Chertoff. Let's try to go with somebody with a history of, I dunno....competence.
Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:50 PM - By Billy Merck
Last week we wondered whether conditions in the stock and credit markets might lead to layoffs or affect bonuses. The situation has continued to deteriorate, particularly in the credit market. Now others are starting to join us in the rampant speculation about layoffs.
The current turmoil in the credit market has some law firm leaders predicting future layoffs of associates, according to The Legal Intelligencer.
Those who would be most likely to receive pink slips are those working in what have been the most lucrative practice groups over the last four years or so — structured finance, real estate and corporate mergers and acquisitions.
“Future layoffs are a realistic possibility, and they would come in the areas of corporate finance and real estate,” Duane Morris’s chairman, Sheldon Bonovitz, told The Intelligencer. “This is by reason of the turmoil in the debt markets, which has made finance of many transactions in the pipeline problematic or not feasible.”
We're into the high eighties of the Vault 100 law firms. But even if there may be 85 firms ranked ahead of these next five firms, don't forget that they are still incredibly prestigious and profitable places to work.
The American Tort Reform Association has posted Weird Al’s “I’ll Sue Ya” on its Web site, suggesting that the tune be “adopted as a theme song by America’s personal injury lawyers.”
“It’s been awhile since I’ve personally kept up with Weird Al’s work, but it’s nice to know he hasn’t lost his genius,” ATRA director of communications Darren McKinney said.
“Like all good comedy, Weird Al builds on a foundation of truth,” he added.
What foundation of truth, that there are too many lawsuits in this country, or that Korn sucks?
Check out the music video for Weird Al's tune after the jump.
Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:44 PM - By Billy Merck
The Phil Spector trial is almost at its end, but Spector has nevertheless just added a lawyer to his legal team: San Francisco attorney Dennis Riordan.
Riordan comes on as Bruce Cutler departs, though presiding Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler took pains to clarify that Riordan is not replacing Cutler as lead counsel for Spector:
"I think that was a little bit of hyperbole," Fidler said when asked by the prosecution if there was a new chief defense counsel.
"Mr. Rosen is the chief counsel, the one we rely on as I understand it," Fidler said of attorney Roger Rosen, who effectively became leader of the defense while Cutler was often absent for several weeks to tape a TV judge show.
"Mr. Riordan is here to work on jury instructions," Fidler said. He said Riordan would be considered a member of the defense team while assisting with jury instructions.
Riordan, asked if that was his understanding, replied: "As far as I know, 'chief' refers to a Native American. I am not chief counsel."
Yeah, I guess it does, in that it's a racist, derogatory term for a Native American. Could he not have settled for a simple "Yes, your Honor"? Jeez.
At any rate, since Riordan is known as an appellate lawyer, we suspect he's ultimately there for more than the jury instructions.
As stated above, Cutler left because Spector wasn't too happy with him missing so much of the trial, which he was apparently doing to film a TV judge show. Which will be better, his or Larry Seidlin's?
Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:42 AM - By Billy Merck
This week marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The news has been full of reports about the status of the affected areas, particularly New Orleans, two years later. Most of them have not been good; here are a few examples:
"Bitterness lingers 2 years after Katrina" [AP via Yahoo!]
"Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast Struggling 2 years later" [CNN]
"Hope, skepticism mark Katrina anniversary" [USA Today]
But this is a legal blog, and so we want to know specifically about the state of the legal community in New Orleans two years post-Katrina. Immediately following the hurricane, the New Orleans legal system was "devastated." Has it recovered?
We'd like to hear from associates in New Orleans about their current experiences. Are the courts up and running? What is the backlog like? What about associate pay; is it back to normal?
And this has little to do with biglaw, but when is New Orleans going to get a handle on the murder situation?
Share your perspectives on the state of the New Orleans legal community in the comments.
In the earliest version of yesterday's open thread dedicated to discussing Vault 100 law firms, we put up the wrong firms at first. Sorry about that.
So now is the time to talk about Howrey (which was the subject of some brief discussion yesterday, before we corrected the post). Here are this morning's five firms (with Vault prestige scores in parentheses):
Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:45 AM - By Billy Merck
It's Billy Merck again, your favorite person to shoot spitballs at fill-in for Lat, who's got a full day away from the blogosphere today.
We start today with some stray Larry Craig news.
First, we certainly don't mean to imply anything about the deceased chief justice, but there is a creepy resemblance here.
Next, Craig has been forced out of his committee assignments [New York Times], and some of his fellow Republican Senators are calling for his resignation altogether [New York Times].
Finally, we have a couple of takes on the actual criminality, or not, of Craig's airport restroom activities. The WSJ Law Blog talks with Minnesota law prof Barry Feld about, among other things, whether the sting was entrapment and whether Craig can undo his plea (likely no and no, Feld concludes). And coming to us from LawBeat via the Legal Blog Watch, Mark Obbie wants to know about the kind of evidence usually used to demonstrate criminal intent in these kinds of cases.
Personally, we're still kind of hung up on the "wide stance" defense. We've never heard anyone talk about a wide stance outside of the context of batting in baseball or the line in football. And how wide does a stance have to get before it becomes probable cause? We guess exiting the boundaries of your own stall and making contact with someone else's foot are good indicators.
* Some of you have asked for more Larry Craig coverage. Here you go. [Blogonaut]
* The latest developments in the bizarre Gene Plotkin insider trading case. You remember -- the one involving "a Merrill Lynch junior analyst, a 63-year old retired Croatian underwear seamstress, an exotic dancer, and two former employees from the Wisconsin branch of a BusinessWeek printing press." [DealBreaker; NYT]
* Here's a list of "The Ten Worst U.S. Prosecutors" for 2007. If Alberto Gonzales is #1 and Mike Nifong is #3, who’s #2? (Yes, we realize this link is from last week. But thanks for pointing that out to us.) [Bennett Law Firm]
* Speaking of AGAG, what took him so long to leave? Dan Markel speculates that he didn't want to leave until we were done with our Shanetta Cutlar coverage. But if she gets promoted to head the Civil Rights Division, to replace the outgoing Wan Kim, expect our coverage to resume. [PrawfsBlawg]
* Why would you want to avoid a circus-like atmosphere? Isn't that the whole point of a celebrity trial? [Daily Business Review]
We realize that it’s still summer. Many of the justices are still traipsing around Europe (or hanging out in the Hampshire, as in the case of Justice David Souter).
It’s also the last week of August, leading into the Labor Day holiday weekend – traditionally one of the slowest, most dead weeks of the year. As some of you have noticed, we’ve been phoning it in taking it easy here at ATL, too.
But even though nothing is supposed to be happening, it appears that some things are afoot. We’ve been hearing all sorts of cryptic rumors about recent Supreme Court clerk hiring. As former SCOTUS clerk Michael Chertoff might say, we have a “gut feeling” that some hiring has been going on.
Our last open thread on this subject didn’t yield much, but that was over a month ago. Have you heard any Supreme Court clerk hiring news that hasn’t already appeared on ATL? If so, please contact us, by email (subject line: "Supreme Court clerk hiring"). (You can also post a comment, but we prefer email for this subject, so we can pose follow-up questions to you if we have them.)
What's up with all these federal judges seeking to leave their life-tenured quarters? We understand that the pay's not great (which is why we urge them to marry rich). But being an Article III judge is still nice work if you can get it.
Despite the power and prestige, two federal judges are moving on -- temporarily or permanently. First, from the Daily Business Review:
In a highly unusual move, U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins [N.D. Cal. (at right)], a life-tenured federal judge in San Francisco, is prepared to give up his seat and has applied for an opening on the California State Court of Appeal bench.
Jenkins, 54, a moderate Democrat and former state trial court judge in Oakland, Calif., was appointed by President Clinton a decade ago. He confirmed rumors that he has submitted an application with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for the vacancy.
We understand the allure of an appellate over a trial court gig. But still, giving up the federal bench for a state court is "highly unusual" -- especially since the state court in question isn't even the California Supreme Court (the move that Judge Morrison England (E.D. Cal.) was contemplating, before he withdrew his name from consideration).
U.S. District Judge Sam Kent [S.D. Tex.] will take a four-month leave from his Galveston bench for unspecified reasons, according to an order made public Monday.
No one involved would comment on the order, but students of the federal judiciary said it is unusual.
We smell a story here. A little more about Judge Kent, after the jump.
Our series of open threads on Vault 100 law firms is nearing its conclusion. Here are this afternoon's firms (with Vault prestige scores in parentheses):
Collectively these firms have made several appearances in ATL. We know that Schulte Roth & Zabel partners have nice apartments. And Stroock & Stroock & Lavan has an interesting first-year associate, who sent out this email.
Correction: Initially we had the 2007 Vault 76-80 firms on this list. We have since fixed the post. Sorry about that!
Please discuss these five firms in the comments. Thanks!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:50 AM - By David Lat
If the Nixon Peabody song were lawyer advertising -- which, of course, it is not -- it would be the best lawyer advertisement ever.
And this, which a helpful reader emailed to us, would be second best:
In case you can't read the fine print at the bottom -- which offers some helpful tips on staying out of trouble with the law, but which should NOT be construed as legal advice -- here's a close up:
Right now you're probably thinking: This CANNOT be for real.
But it is, dear readers, it is. We confirmed the authenticity of this advertisement with Mr. Peter John himself.
You can check out our short interview with him, after the jump.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:40 AM - By David Lat
As you know, we've been doing a series of fall recruiting open threads on the Vault 100 law firms -- which, of course, tend to represent large corporate defendants in litigation matters.
But lately plaintiffs' firms have been on our mind. Like Hewes & Associates, the fictional firm headed by Glenn Close in the new FX show, Damages. Or Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins -- which will drop "Lerach" from its name as of August 31st, after the departure of the colorful and controversial Bill Lerach (whose over-the-top farewell message can be accessed here).
We're not alone in thinking about plaintiffs' lawyers. The crew over at Illegal Briefs sent in this request:
We've been enjoying your recent recruiting posts/threads. We'd be curious to read about folks' take on plaintiff-side recruiting and work experiences.
We're curious too. To kick things off, here are some questions:
1. What are associate salaries (and bonuses) like at the big plaintiffs' firms, like Lerach Coughlin or Milberg Weiss?
2. Law students (a) want to make money, so they can pay off their student loans, and (b) generally have liberal or left-of-center political views. So why do they all go trooping off to firms that defend big corporations? Why not do plaintiffs' work, where they can stand up for "the little guy" -- and make good money, too?
And, from a different reader, an inquiry about another ATL favorite subject:
You should consider including in your updated clerkship bonus coverage the bonuses being paid by a large plaintiff firm such as Lerach. It would be interesting to see if they are matching their corporate adversaries.
So, does anyone have information or opinions to share on plaintiffs' firms? If so, please do so in the comments. Thanks.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:15 AM - By David Lat
Here's a random legal / political celebrity sighting, sent to us last night, in real time (at around 8 PM):
I'm riding the Philly-to-DC Acela, and who should be in first class but the original don of the Homeland, Tom Ridge, Esq. A dark horse candidate coming down to be reviewed as a potential AG?
The former governor is looking dapper, in a double-breasted, navy pinstripe suit (although the bluetooth earpiece is too much). He's carrying only a small leather bag.
Tom Ridge for AG? Not as predictable as, say, Mike Chertoff. But when it comes to picking a new attorney general, we're all in favor of outside-the-box thinking.
Oh wait, sorry, an update and correction:
Upon de-training, it is clear that Ridge's bag is a black nylon duffel -- not leather. I catch his attention and ask him if he prefers "Governor Ridge" or "Secretary Ridge," and he responds the former, although "Tom is fine."
Have you recently seen a legal luminary around town? Please send "Eyes of the Law" sightings to us by email. Thanks.
So whatever happened to people caught up in the recent, ill-fatedadministration of the New York bar exam? One test taker wrote us:
"I imagine you're getting a slew of forwards on these cold-comfort NYBOLE [New York Board of Law Examiners] emails, but just the same, here you go. I didn't have laptop problems myself (knock on wood), but for those applicants who claimed to have their essay answers swapped or overwritten, this might just be salt in the wound."
And the message:
From: New York Bar Exam Administration Date: 23 Aug 2007 13:05:43 -0400 Subject: Your July 2007 Bar Exam Essays have all been received. To: [redacted]
BOLE ID:B1000xxxx
This will confirm that we are in receipt of all of your printed (and/or handwritten) answers to essay questions 1 through 5 and the MPT
Sincerely
New York State Board of Law Examiners
But apparently some exam takers weren't so lucky. From a second source:
Any updates on Laptopgate? A friend of mine that took the NY bar at the Javitz got an email yesterday saying that additional information is needed from their computer. That doesn't sound promising.
We haven't seen one of these "more information please" emails. Have you? If so, we'd be grateful if you could send it to us by email. If we get one, we'll post it here. Thanks.
Update: The text of the cryptic email appears after the jump.
We linked to this interesting MSNBC article, about possible replacements for outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in Morning Docket.
We'd now like to link to it again, and draw your attention to the very end of the article. Doug Kmiec, a top Justice Department official in the Reagan and Bush I administrations, is quoted as follows:
"[T]he president might be well advised to pick a senior court of appeals judge appointed by Reagan; perhaps, Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the Ninth Circuit, Kenneth Ripple of the Seventh Circuit, or Edith Jones of the Fifth."
[Kmiec] said, "The integrity of these individuals is unquestioned; by virtue of judicial office, they have been freed of partisanship for some time, yet, by virtue of appointment, would be acceptable to the base of the President’s party."
Judge O'Scannlain for Attorney General? What a fabulous idea!
Having clerked for Judge O'Scannlain, we're admittedly biased. As we previously wrote:
During two decades of distiinguished service, Judge O'Scannlain has established himself as a shining star in the federal judicial firmament. We had the honor and pleasure of clerking for Judge O'Scannlain during the 1999-2000 judicial year. He was a wonderful boss to us and our co-clerks, and he continues to be a great mentor and friend to this day. (He's also quite handsome, in a Paul Newman sort of way; see photo at right.)
But you don't need to be a former O'Scannlain clerk to recognize the soundness of Kmiec's reasoning. (As for the other two judges Kmiec mentions, we're not that familiar with Judge Ripple. Judge Jones, while diva-licious, she might be a tough sell to a Senate controlled by the Democrats.)
So we hereby issue this official ATL endorsement: Judge O'Scannlain for Attorney General!
(Psst, Nixon Peabody peeps: Can you do up a theme song?)
Lawyers are living large, not just in Miami and New York, but in Washington, too.
The Luxury Homes column, in the current issue of Washingtonian magazine, features the recent real estate purchases of two prominent lawyers. First up: political and legal commentator Laura Ingraham, who has a pretty amazing resume (UVA Law, Clarence Thomas clerkship, Skadden), especially by radio personality standards:
Conservative pundit and radio host Laura Ingraham sold a three-bedroom, four-bath Colonial rowhouse on 28th Street in Woodley Park for $1.3 million. Built in 1922, the renovated home has an in-law suite, two kitchens, and a skylit master bedroom. The Laura Ingraham Show is broadcast on 340 radio stations nationwide.
Very nice. Next up: another conservative legal celebrity, Fred Fielding:
White House counsel Fred Fielding and his wife, Maria, sold a five-bedroom, six-bath Colonial in Arlington's Country Club Hills for $1.8 million. The house has embassy-size entertaining rooms. Before joining the Bush administration in January, Fielding was a senior partner at Wiley Rein (formerly Wiley Rein & Fielding).
Despite the "embassy-size entertaining rooms," a sub-$2 million house seems a tad underwhelming, especially for a former name partner of 2006's most profitable law firm. Are the Fieldings trading up to bigger digs?
Using a combination of internet resources, we tracked down what we believe to be the houses in question, on Zillow. You can check out the listings, with pics, after the jump.
The latest post in our series on perks / fringe benefits isn't a "perk" per se. But it is, like true perks, a non-monetary factor that some people may take into account when choosing between law firms.
The topic: eco-friendliness, or how "green" a law firm is. From a tipster:
I think you should do a feature on which law firms are promoting eco-friendly office environments / business practices. With the country's increased environmental awareness, I think it could help both law students and attorneys decide where to work. Here are two examples:
Have you heard anything on this subject that we haven't previously reported? If so, please note it in the comments, or email us (subject line: "Clerkship Bonus Watch").
Bonus question: With respect to the Dewey Ballantine / LeBoeuf Lamb merger, whose clerkship bonus policy will the new entity adopt? Dewey pays a flat $50,000 clerkship bonus, while LeBoeuf pays a $50K bonus for one clerkship and a $70K bonus for two years of clerkship experience.
We press on with our open threads on Vault 100 law firms. Sure, these next five firms are ranked by their Vault prestige scores (indicated parenthetically). But in our opinion, every one of them is a winner:
Please accept our apologies. After breaking the story on Friday afternoon, we kinda dropped the ball on the merger of Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb.
We'll write more about this transaction later. Sadly, we have to head offline for a bit. But in the meantime, here's an open thread for people to discuss the merger.
We'll get the ball rolling with a press-release-type statement that was sent to DB interviewees:
After receiving a callback from Dewey, the recruiting department sent me and all similarly-situated recruits the heads up: The new firm, to be dubbed “Dewey & LeBoeuf,” is set to roll out, “subject to approval by the partners in both firms.”
Below is the email that I was sent. I apologize if you've already been notified.
The email, from Dewey Ballantine partner Henry Ricardo, appears after the jump.
Congratulations to Nixon Peabody. All of the "winners" at that venerable law firm are winners once again. VH1's Best Week Ever just named the firm's non-theme-songsong its Favorite Jam of Summer '07!
“Everyone’s a Winner at Nixon Peabody” is officially our Favorite Jam of Summer 07! The type of tune that makes you want to get out the Bartles & James, brush n’ braid your long gray hair, tear off your stirrup pants and miniature horse cardigan, and make out with your 77-year-old husband on a nude beach somewhere in Pueto Vallarta.
You can read the full post here. Once again, congrats to NP!
We're way behind on this story. Last night, from Roll Call (via Blogonaut):
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.
Craig’s arrest occurred just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court. He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence was stayed. He also was given one year of probation with the court that began on Aug. 8.
A spokesman for Craig described the incident as a “he said/he said misunderstanding”....
As our friends at Wonkette quipped, "it was all just a simple he said/he said misunderstanding! Because Larry Craig was under the impression that the other gentleman wanted to have anonymous sex with him in an airport bathroom."
Okay, we have to go chase after a bunch of other stories right now. But you can follow the Larry Craig sex scandal at Wonkette. And Matt Drudge is having a field day with the story, too:
Time for a walk down ATL memory lane. On April 20, we opened a poll about how much longer Alberto Gonzales would serve as Attorney General.
In light of yesterday's announcement that Gonzales will be stepping down as AG effective September 17, the correct answer would have been five months. But it looks like almost all of us were wrong, since the closest answer -- six months -- received less than one percent of the vote:
The world is full of surprises. Well, at least we now have something to talk about, during what is traditionally one of the slowest and sleepiest weeks of the year (thanks to everyone taking pre-Labor Day, pre-back-to-school vacations).
* Oh, those crazy French people. They eat the darnedest things! [Conglomerate]
* A shameless (and belated) plug: we were interviewed last week by NPR's Mike Pesca, for an interesting story about Jonathan Lee Riches and his wacky pro se lawsuits. (We appear around the 2:30 mark.) [NPR]
Our open threads on Vault 100 law firms seem to be drawing fewer comments. But we'll finish what we've started. We don't want to give you a case of these.
So here is this afternoon's set of Biglaw shops (with Vault prestige scores in parentheses):
Judge Loretta K. Preska (S.D.N.Y.) has it all: a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, a rich husband, and killer shoes.
As well as, it appears, no patience for lawyers who play fast and loose with the rules. From the WSJ Law Blog:
Cleary Gottlieb conjures images of Ivy League bookishness and international savoir faire, not bare-knuckled litigation tactics. But last week a federal judge sanctioned the firm and found them to have acted in bad faith. “Civil litigation is not always civil,” began a ruling by Loretta Preska, a federal judge in Manhattan. Here’s the opinion (PDF).
The judge concluded that Cleary tried to dissuade a witness from attending a deposition, in part because of a concern the witness would testify adverse to the firm’s client. Preska ordered Cleary to pay the plaintiff’s attorneys fees and costs ─ an amount to be determined ─ and ruled that “the sanction is imposed as a formal reprimand and should be circulated to all attorneys at Cleary.”
And Cleary partner Jean-Pierre Vignaud was ordered to write "I will not interfere improperly with the discovery process," five hundred times, on a dry-erase board in a firm conference room.
Cleary Gottlieb -- which, by the way, picked fellow white-shoe law firm Simpson Thacher to represent it -- said in a statement that it intends to appeal.
(In preemptive response to those of you who are sick and tired of this story: relax. It's on its last legs. But if the New York Times writes about us, of course we're going to acknowledge it. Capice?)
For those of you were on vacation last week -- and we know many of you were, based on all the "Out of Office AutoReply" messages we received -- you missed a fun story here at ATL.
But don't worry. If you don't have time to read our voluminous coverage of the Nixon Peabodytheme song, here are some cheat sheets.
You can read this New York Times story, by Michael de la Merced, which nicely summarizes the saga. Or this post, by Peter Lattman, over at the WSJ Law Blog.
Best of all, for those of you who can watch videos -- some of you can't, 'cause you don't have a private office -- check out this awesome video. It appeared over the weekend, but we're reposting it, because many of you don't visit ATL on the weekend (and it would be a shame for you to miss it).
It's the Friday afternoon before Labor Day, and we're ready to pack it in. We might put up another post or two -- e.g., Legal Eagle Wedding Watch -- but basically we are done for the day. (Our colleagues over at DealBreaker checked out hours ago.)
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As you know, we've been doing a series of fall recruiting open threads on the 
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So whatever happened to people caught up in the recent, 
We linked to this interesting MSNBC 
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The latest post in our series on 
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