The Marty Lipton Fan Blog
We should have written about this earlier — in fact, weeks earlier, since it has been up since early August. But sometimes things fall through the cracks, emails get caught in our spam filter, etc. Anyway, better late than never.
From a helpful reader:
check out this blog. it’s sort of a one trick pony, but its good for a laugh and is pretty out there. as a wlrk alum, figured you would get a kick out of it. thanks.
We agree — it’s funny and bizarre. From the inaugural post of The Poison Pill:
This blog is devoted to our hero and idol, corporate law phenom Martin Lipton. Mr. Lipton, name partner in the prestigious and venerable firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, has been practicing law since the mid-1960’s after he graduated from NYU law school, and is considered by most in the industry to be the “dean” of the M&A bar. This legendary advocate is most famous in legal circles for inventing the “poison pill,” a takeover defense now used by virtually all public companies to delay and deter hostile tender offers and other solicited acquisitions.That’s right, you heard me—not only is Mr. Lipton a skilled and accomplished lawyer, he is an inventor as well. We also hear that he is a marvelous ballroom dancer, but have yet to receive confirmation on this point.
You can read the rest of the post over here.
Could this blog turn into the Biglaw equivalent of the Fake Steve Jobs blog, which developed into a sensation of the business world? Stay tuned.
(18) Comments
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Primero
Marty Lipton is better than Steve Jobs because Marty Lipton invented the poison pill. He really did. Invent it.
Flom would pummel Marty in a brawl. He's pretty scrappy.
What about Zach Fasman?
I've heard Marty Lipton speak, and his voice isn't anything to get excited about.
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Philly to 160K!
I just spent the last half hour checking out this site, and it is a real hoot. It is way out there, but I've laughed out loud at least 10 times in the last few minutes. Check out the one about Paul Roth doing the mashed potato. Good stuff, thanks!
I've once translated a poison pill into German - 250h/100k. Am still suffering from PTSD. Thanks, Marty.
1:31,
Philly will be at 160 in about twelve years. Move to NYC.
Do you people really think that NYC and SF and LA are the only places going to $160...? All of the cities in Texas are going to $160...why wouldn't Philly? Really. Curious.
Almost as creepy as someone starting a blog devoted to gossip about judges and their clerks. Good thing no one's ever done THAT before.
Flom is G-D and Marty Lipton is not
I thought he invented tea bags?
My girlfriend told me she invented tea bags.
Arps > Flom. HTH.
hey - has anyone who had a callback at wachtell heard anything about offers yet?
In light of the Federal Circuit's recent jurisprudence, it appears that any patent claiming the poison pill method would not claim statutory subject matter and would thus be invalid. There is no invention here as defined by 35 USC 101, and thus Mr. Lipton is not an inventor.
Pretty sure Lipton graduated from NYU in the mid-1950s, not the mid-1960s.