What a bunch of D-bags. The only thing more lame than making the song, is lawyering up to YouTube (and Lat) and depriving the world of its insanely catchy lyrics. "Everyone's a d-bag at Nixon Peabody!"

Lat,

why dont you post the song on your site(that would keep this ThemeSongGate alive for while, don't you think)?

Lat, kudos to you for bringing so much attention to the ridiculous response over the "big video leak of 2007." The tools at Nixon may have managed to get the video pulled from You Tube, but it's all over the internet now, so who cares. I guess you could say "everyone's a winner" in this situation.

You should try to work this into one of your freelancing articles to keep the story alive.

http://poll.pollhost.com/T3JpbktlcnIJMTE4NzkyOTE5MwlFRUVFRUUJMDAwMDAwCUFyaWFsCUFzc29ydGVkCTA/

If you're a bigwig at the firm, do you:

Selection Votes

Demand that the song be taken down. 5% 35

Laugh along with it and let the copy stay up. 95% 657

692 votes total
Poll powered by Pollhost. Poll results are subject to error. Pollhost does not pre-screen the content of polls created by Pollhost customers.

Prospective summer associates: Don't interview with Nixon Peabody!

Or better yet, interview with them, consume their recruiting resources, and then reject their offer in favor of a better firm (not hard to do).

On the bright side, YouTube still hosts Kirkland's depressing "Work-Life Balance" video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgSJUzYCGtc

I am thinking that maybe the Nixion associates voted the firm "best place to work" (in the Forbes poll) under duress.....

4:36 - He's already thought of that:
http://www.abovethelaw.com/images/NixonPeabody.mp3

Wow, what a bunch of idiots. I concur--law students should boycott Nixon Peabody until it apologizes for its douchebaggery.

4:36 -- Are you really that dumb? He already did loser. Why else do you think the folks at NP would have been threatening him? Way to use your noggin there buddy...

Lamest. firm. ever.

And SO not. fun.

It's almost as good as this:

http://www.foxrothschild.com/AboutUs/SeniorManagement.aspx

I'd say this is pretty close in ridiculousness:

http://www.foxrothschild.com/AboutUs/SeniorManagement.aspx

Check out that poll on the Volokh Conspiracy. Awesome.

The NP people are so clueless. They are making themselves a laughingstock.

LAT:

I recently received a DMCA takedown notice from Getty Images re a supreme court photo on my web site (I removed it within the 14 day demand period).

They quoted a royalty fee, which I presume is required by the DMCA.

GOD, if you could post a copy of the You tube take-down notice and/or the “royalty fee” THAT NIXON PEABODY QUOTED for their “internal” ditty I would be so grateful.

The journalistic point of interest being Nixon’s perception of “royalty value” vs. what (I am sure one could agree) is the collective Blogosphere consensus that the song (to borrow a line from Good Morning Vietnam) “licks the sweat off of a dead man’s balls”.

PLEASE pursue this point of interest to us all.

KUDOS,

Faithful-Reader-For-Life

WHO ARE THE AD WIZARDS WHO CAME UP WITH THIS ONE?

We're blocked from the 4th link in that post, can someone cut and paste the article? I won't be suprised if we are blocked form this site soon...

We're blocked from the 4th link in that post, can someone cut and paste the article? I won't be suprised if we are blocked form this site soon...

5:08 - I think Lat messed up the link, try it again.

What knuckleheads. Could they have possibly devised a better strategy to completely flush their "Best Place to Work" award?

Bad PR move. Never let law firm partners make PR decisions.

Is NP blocking my blog for real? If so, some sort of Berlin airlift to the good associates of NP is in order.

After reading this post, all I can think of is: DO NOT FUCK WITH DAVID LAT.

NP is a great firm. Please leave it alone. this is all about nothing. get a life people

5:40, do you work at NP?

If so, I can understand why you're upset. A bunch of PR people - Lat said the people he dealt with were non-lawyers - are making your employer look silly.

NP is a great firm. Please leave it alone. (?)!!!!!

Nice try.

I am not a high faluten Vault Top 10 attorney—or even a Vault top seventy something attorney.

But I have developed SOME common sense in the last 28 years of trial work, including how to deal with the fourth estate.

Lesson #1: Do not threaten the press.

Lesson #2: If you do something stupid, and it gets press reported, roll with it, but do not threaten the press.

A family friend was a small town 25 year incumbent DA. When ever he got a taste of negative coverage in the towns only daily (The Napa Valley Register) he went ballistic, and got in the editor’s face.

Eventually, the paper had the last laugh, when they HEAVILY, repeatedly, and prominently endorsed the first lawyer with the guts to run against him.

The friend was history by a landslide.

NP: You still don’t get it.

lmao. total ownage by lat. kudos.

If the people in charge at NP can't handle a simple PR task, what else can't they handle?

Does NP even pay market? Aren't they just a third tier firm?

6:12 - No, they don't. Yes, they are.

Lyrics courtesy of a Volokh commenter -- Oh yeah!!!

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
Oh
Whooo!
Aye
Yeah, yeah, yeaah
Oh
Hey
Ooh, ooh, yeah

It’s all about the team.
It’s all about respect.
It all revolves about integrity.
We strive for excellence.
We strive for satisfaction.
There’s no confusion, no uncertainty.

The best to work with.
The best to work for.
That’s all it ever, every want ‘o be.
We’re not just talkin’. (No)
There’s no disputin’.
The folks at Fortune magazine agree.

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(Everyone’s a winner. Oh yeah. Hey hey.)
Workin’ together, we’re an awesome family.
(All right. All right.)
The word is out. We’re a happenin’ place to be.
(We’re a happenin’ place. Oooh yeah.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.

We got the benefits.
We got the too.
We’re creative and we have a good time.
We work to keep it fun.
We work to keep it cool.
That’s how our whole team spirit thrives.

The best to work with.
The best to work for.
That’s all we ever, ever want to be.
We’re not just talkin’.
There’s no disputin’.
The folks at Fortune magazine agree.

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(All right, all right, aye aye)
Pullin’ for each other and unity.
(Aw-aw right)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(Don’t you know? Everyone’s a winner.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.

Oh!
Everyone’s a winner.
Workin’ together.
Hey. Here we go.

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(You’re a winner now.)
Workin’ together, we’re an awesome family.
(Oh, yeah.
The word is out. We’re a happenin’ place to be.
(Whoa-ho whoa-ho whoa ho)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(We’re a winner.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(Don’t you know?
Pullin’ for each other and our community.
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(The best to work with.
The best to work for.
We’re all winners.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(All right!)

"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Nixon Peabody LLP'.

NP: What do you assert to be the value of your "copyright claim"?

Damn Lat! You are bitter! Rightly so, but shizz. Don't f*%$ with Lat, NP. You mess with the bull, you're going to get the horns!

Compare and contrast.

Senator Chris Dodd is taped during a debate with a huge fly on his white hair that's visible to everyone. He fails to swat it. Everyone's laughing at him now. Some are saying he didn't swat it because his hair has so much gel in it he couldn't feel it.

This is the Dodd campaign's official reaction, that I just saw on CNN: "This just goes to show that Chris Dodd's campaign is creating more buzz than ever."

Compare, and contrast.

What a bunch of humorless prigs. If I were interviewing this fall, I certainly wouldn't be interested in NP.

At lunch today with a fairly random selection of fellow lawyers -- one professor, a couple folks at big firms, one federal judge -- ALL had heard the Nixon Peabody non-theme song. Fantastic work, Lat.

Nixon Peabody doesn't pay market, at least not in Boston, San Francisco, and Washington. According to their NALP forms, they are stuck at $145K in all three markets.

In Long Island, they pay $115K.

In Rochester, they pay $95K. But it's Rochester.

wow. this is why no client should ever ask a law firm to handle pr as well.

can we get an NP mash up?

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
Oh
Whooo!
Aye
Yeah, yeah, yeaah
Oh
Hey
Ooh, ooh, yeah

It’s all about the team.
It’s all about respect.
It all revolves about integrity.
We strive for excellence.
We strive for satisfaction.
There’s no confusion, no uncertainty.

The best to work with.
The best to work for.
That’s all it ever, every want ‘o be.
We’re not just talkin’. (No)
There’s no disputin’.
The folks at Fortune magazine agree.

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(Everyone’s a winner. Oh yeah. Hey hey.)
Workin’ together, we’re an awesome family.
(All right. All right.)
The word is out. We’re a happenin’ place to be.
(We’re a happenin’ place. Oooh yeah.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.

We got the benefits.
We got the too.
We’re creative and we have a good time.
We work to keep it fun.
We work to keep it cool.
That’s how our whole team spirit thrives.

The best to work with.
The best to work for.
That’s all we ever, ever want to be.
We’re not just talkin’.
There’s no disputin’.
The folks at Fortune magazine agree.

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(All right, all right, aye aye)
Pullin’ for each other and unity.
(Aw-aw right)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(Don’t you know? Everyone’s a winner.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.

Oh!
Everyone’s a winner.
Workin’ together.
Hey. Here we go.

Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(You’re a winner now.)
Workin’ together, we’re an awesome family.
(Oh, yeah.
The word is out. We’re a happenin’ place to be.
(Whoa-ho whoa-ho whoa ho)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(We’re a winner.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(Don’t you know?
Pullin’ for each other and our community.
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(The best to work with.
The best to work for.
We’re all winners.)
Everyone’s a winner at Nixon Peabody.
(All right!)

Oh, man. NP = EPIC FAIL.

Certainly there has to be a firmwide e-mail on this atrocity. Scolding the associates for leaking, reminding them that Prixon Douchebody has a copyright on the song, etc.

Lat: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to obtain that e-mail.

Sorry--forgot to add that the Prixon Douchebody song reminded me a little about this Bank of America fiasco:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmIObmv2t6M

Some fundamental flaws have been exposed in the Fortune "best places to work" list:

First: the type of employee that would write a song like this and then distribute it firm wide even after having caught a glimpse of the finished product is clearly the type of person who would be happy licking crap off a dog's butt. So we may have a self-selection problem here

Second: the firm's considered collective response to their own work product seeing daylight in the public square was positively Farenheit 451. My own view is that "awesome families" don't squash free speech (I would have no problem with their actions if this song was available on iTunes for $0.99).

Based on this little episode, I can only conclude that if Fortune did an article on "100 great countries to live in", North Korea would be right at the top of the list.

I didn't see the YouTube version before it was removed -- did anyone else see it? Was there an actual video involved? The imagination spins with the possibilities of what this poor man's Tina Turner song could accompany...

Perhaps they should have just used "Everyone's a Winner" for the background music to "Annoying Yoga Guy".

Where's LEWW?

CALL ME A SNOB, BUT I THINK MY FIRM IS BETTER THAN NP. YET THEY HAVE A FIRM SONG AND WE DON'T!!?? WHAT GIVES?

I HAVE HALF A MIND TO GO UP TO HR AND DEMAND A SONG ... NOW.

(Work's slowed a bit in recent weeks. Perhaps some of the people struggling to make billables could get some credit for studio time? Professional Development?I have a decent singing voice. They guy in the office next to mine plays the keyboard. I'm sure within my practice group alone we could cut a passable demo.)

So many unanswered questions. Who wrote the music? The lyrics? Who are the performers? How much did it cost to make? Who signed the check? What was the original idea, how was it proposed (to whom, by who? (whom?)), who gave it the go-ahead, was the final product what they wanted/expected, was it presented to the firm in some godawful official ceremony?
Was it simply a case of the unfortunate greenlighting of a bad idea, or was somebody really BEHIND this dog?

NP is still stuck at 145 in Boston, San Francisco, and DC?

Almost as embarrassing as their theme song. Almost.

6:26 - Why do you think Lat is bitter? He seems more amused than anything.

Whatever happened to WGWAG?

I live in fear that the wrong people in my firm will see these posts and WE will be afflicted with a theme song. We do already have a firm alma mater and are compelled to sing it once a year or so, but...

I generally agree with those that say that law firm partners shouldn't make PR decisions, but I also believe that law firm PR departments shouldn't be making PR decisions.

I worked at a Wendy's in high school. They had training videos fro each job duty. I particularly remember one called "Grill Skills." The NP song gave me flashbacks.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qMVyN8jt1Zs

Enjoy suckaz.

Why didn't Laurie post the wedding announcements yet?? Aren't we Friday night now????????

The song has made it all the way to a blog by some guy in China now. Talk about rapid deployment!
www.3q2u.com

Not the ATL version, or the original, but still pernicious ear-worm material:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SeL6i3sHM0

Yeah, it's amazingly bad. Like all the worst parts of the 80's rolled up into one.

My blawg, which you can get to by clicking on my name, also has a take on the Nixon Peabody incident.

I can honestly and shamefully say that yes, the "Best Places to Work," survey should be questioned. NP is a terrible place to work. Take all their lyrics, reverse it and you would be on the right track. BE WARNED!