August 2007
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Defamation, Don Imus, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Vick, Morning Docket, Sports
* Vick counsel divided over plea. [CBS 46] * Crooked NBA ref may also plead. [SportsLine.com; SI.com] * Rutgers player sues Imus for defamation. [MSNBC] * While passenger sues Lohan in alleged angry car chase. [CNN] * Interesting article on “De-Criminalizing Mental Illness” in courts, legislature, and streets. [Time]
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Federal Judges, Legal Ethics, Religion, Ridiculousness
And Scalia Should Be Recused ‘Cause He Has Nine Kids
Here’s a story about a rather strange (and weak) recusal motion, from the Daily Business Review: Fort Lauderdale, Fla., attorney Loring Spolter is accusing U.S. District Judge William Zloch of bias in two employment discrimination cases, citing his deep religious beliefs, and wants the judge removed from the cases. In a 110-page motion for recusal […]
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INNOVATION IN ENTRY LEVEL RECRUITING
We’ve all heard how dysfunctional entry-level legal recruiting is: Inordinate expense, decisions made on the briefest of subjective impressions with opacity all around, and what do firms reap for all their efforts? Shocking attrition rates among junior associates. It’s time for a conference on what could work better, and this is it.
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Breasts, Hillary Clinton, New Jersey, Non-Sequiturs, Rank Stupidity, William Birdthistle
* Scott Moss wants to know: What’s the weakest legal argument you’ve ever heard? [PrawfsBlawg] * William Birdthistle wants to know: What financial and legal regimes are most conducive to the development of French-fry-selling Thai restaurants? [Conglomerate] * NBS wants to know: Is Hillary Clinton channeling Eva Peron? Bonus observation: “Dolly Madison had a decent […]
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Money, Ridiculousness, Roy Pearson, Tort Reform
The story of ALJ Roy Pearson and his $54 million pants isn’t over just yet. From the Washington Post: [T]he small-business owners sued by D.C. Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson withdrew their demand that he pay nearly $83,000 for their legal bills, saying that enough money had been raised from supporters to cover the expenses […]
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Federal Government, Freedom of Information Act / FOIA, Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Politics
There’s an interesting article on the Freedom of Information Act in today’s Los Angeles Times. Here’s an excerpt, which powerfully illustrates the importance of FOIA to our democracy: A list of Freedom of Information Act requests that have been completed by the archives staff includes one for a photo of Bill Clinton jogging with a […]
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Don Imus, Free Speech, Martin Garbus, Media and Journalism, Racism
Just like a certain Cleary-visiting Glamour editor, Don Imus isn’t a fan of the “nappy hair” look for women. And his right to say so, on the radio airwaves, is contractually protected. From the Associated Press: Don Imus has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract after his being fired from his morning […]
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Google / Search Engines, Prostitution, Sex
We monitor our site traffic closely. We pay attention to reader comments and emails, but our traffic stats are what we care about the most. Our tracking software allows us to see what brings readers to ATL. Earlier today, a web surfer accessed this site by running the following Google search (for which ATL is […]
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Bad Ideas, Drinking, Summer Associates, Violence
We don’t know whether our latest summer associate superhero is also the Clifford Chance Lolita. Whether or not they’re one and the same, it’s still a worthwhile story: 1. Superhero name: Vampire Girl 2. Special power(s): Sucks your blood, eats your heart out. 3. Summered: Clifford Chance, summer 2007. 4. Claim to fame: “At the […]
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Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Gardere Wynne Sewell
More Texas pay raise news. The latest: Gardere Wynne Sewell has raised starting salaries to $160,000, effective September 1. No word yet on more senior classes. Memo after the jump.
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Job of the Week: Better Hours, Better Culture, Better Future
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Biglaw, Libraries / Librarians, Patton Boggs, Rudeness
A Law Librarian Farewell Email: Patton Boggs Blows
This farewell email was sent out last month by a librarian who left Patton Boggs, the prominent D.C. law firm. It pretty much speaks for itself. We would just note that Patton Boggs, as one of the biggest lobbying shops in Washington, is chock-full of both lawyers and ex-politicians. From: [redacted]Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 […]
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Bad Ideas, Fashion, Gender, Hair, Racism
Glamour Editor Causes Tempest in Teapot at Cleary Gottlieb?
Lawyers aren’t known for being the most stylish of professionals. So Cleary Gottlieb brought a fashion magazine editor in for a luncheon talk, to give some fashion and style pointers. From Jezebel: [A] recent slide show by an unidentified Glamour editor on the “Dos and Don’ts of Corporate Fashion” at a New York law firm […]
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An ATL Interview with the Greenberg Traurig Letter Writer
Remember the former Biglaw associate who recently left Greenberg Traurig — and whose departure caused a stir, due to his rather frank resignation letter? This associate’s farewell message was widely circulated by email. We posted it here — where it generated some 150 reader comments. Opinions were all over the map about the author and […]
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* Closing arguments in the Jose Padilla case. The prosecution calls Padilla, not known for being brainy, the “star recruit” of his terror cell. [New York Times] * Justice Kennedy tells lawyers to do stuff. He’s pretty good at that by now. [Associated Press via How Appealing] * Will a lawsuit over the NSA’s email […]
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Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude, Thompson Hine
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Thompson Hine
Last week, Thompson Hine raised starting salaries in some of its Ohio offices, effective January 1, 2008. The new first-year associate salaries: Cincinnati, $115,000; Cleveland, $125,000; and Dayton, $115,000. Memo after the jump.
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* A non sequitur, quite literally. [QuizLaw] * A taxonomy of Wall Street women. Could a similar thing be done for Biglaw babes? [DealBreaker] * A Bloggingheads TV “diavlog” between law professor Ann Althouse and Washington Post fashion critic (and Pulitizer Prize winner) Robin Givhan. [Althouse; Bloggingheads.tv via Instapundit] * A new installment of Blawg […]
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Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Money, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: It’s Good To Be
KingA Biglaw PartnerGotta love those pro se litigants in Montana — and their dads, too. From the Billings Gazette: Bond was set at $50,000 Friday for a man accused of attacking three police officers in a county courtroom as his father reportedly egged him on. The officers were summoned to District Court in downtown Billings on Thursday […]
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Nauseating Things, Perverts, Sex, Summer Associates
Many summer associate programs are over, but our series of SA stories is not. If you have one to share, please review our submission guidelines, and then email us. Connoisseurs of urolagnia will enjoy this latest tale: 1. Superhero name: Golden Shower 2. Special power(s): Urophilic voyeurism. 3. Summered: the Dallas office of a large […]
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