Didn't get the boost you were hoping for? You picked up like 400 votes and sprang into the front-runner position as a result of that plug, Lat. You're getting desperate here-- Volokh is hardly campaigning (his "better timed" reminder came late because he was busy writing a bunch of substantive posts on the Phelps verdict and the First Amendment implications thereof, while you were doing... what, exactly?) and is still running almost even with you. He's also showing a good deal more class about it.

Hi volokh!

i don't really read volokh, and i voted for lat, but i'm impressed with volokh for doing this well despite lat's continual appeals. Does winning this really matter that much?

1. Hi Volokh!

2. I think Lat did three appeals and Volokh did two. Not much of a difference there.

Yeah, but none of Volokh's appeals say, "Hey, vote for me!" His latest one says: "Please vote for your favorite law blog -- whatever that might happen to be -- at this page; the rules allow you to vote once every 24 hours." Again, showing more class and less interest in this ultimately trivial contest, and still running almost even (though Lat's latest appeal seems to have resulted in a small ATL surge).

Of course Volokh shows more class - he is a LAW PROFESSOR. Being dignified is his job.

In contrast, Lat is a gossip-monger and a tabloid journalist. Being shameless and self-promoting is HIS job.

Don't fault the leopard for having spots.

Also, if you don't like Lat, you don't have to visit his blog (and probably shouldn't, since you are just putting money in his pocket).

Wow, good to see Volokh actually writing comments on ATL...Jesus guys, its a contest for Best Law Blog and Lat wants to win - what's wrong with that...I personally have voted a bunch of times for him b/c of all the infotainment he has provided me...GO LATTY BOY!

I have a serious question. Can a male be a catty, anal-retentive, snarky gossip-monger and not be a homosexual?

Who the F cares whether Lat asked for votes or not. He's done more for the cogs than Volokh or anyone else for that matter.

Go Lat, go! I'd vote once an hour if I could.

lol@a discussion of "classiness" in the context of an online poll for best legal blog. how nerdy can you get?

You know, it would be possible to embed the poll on the front page.

Just sayin'.

Its classier than 10:50 p.m.

Buy the way, who gives a rat's ass about the theoretical interplay between the tort of emotional distress (guy seems at another in supermarket, holds up fetus pics or whatever) and free speech?

1. Its a bogus tort to begin with (booohooo) and

2. The abortion clinic people should be lined up and, if not shot, sent to bed without dinner.

Volokh is dry and boring. David Lat has a flair for writing that he does not often get to exercise here, because the ALT attention span is about 15 seconds or 50 words, whichever comes first.

By the way, the woman who was the founding owner of ATL and DealBreaker (through Dead Horse Media) also used to own Gawker media that has 3 blogs (Wonkette, Gawker, Jezebel), and industry experts estimated that she grossed $2 Million a year from Gawker Media alone. (Deadhorse is even more lucrative.)

If it was so easy to pick up $2 Million+ from the ground annually on expenses of almost nothing by successfully editing ALT (and DealBreaker) everyone would be doing it but they are not.

Does anyone know where I can find information about associate bonuses?

11:57, if you work at Cadwalader, then no.

12:15 AM:

Maury, how are things at Strook + Strook?

PS: Don't ask me for more information, you already have enough MOTHERFUCKING information.

i've been sleeping all alone

this blog is far better than the voltard site

that said:

best legal blog = special olympics gold

nowhitenoise

Why do I laugh everytime I see an SLJ "Snakes" post?

Lat - Couple of thread ideas for today if news is slow, both suggested yesterday by other commenters:

(1) a series of bonus specific discussions for other markets. Just bonuses this time. Outside of the big NY firms, bonus structure tends to be more guarded in other markets.

(2) counsel salaries. In the CWT thread at least one counsel came forward. Counsel is becoming the Income Partnership for te big NY firms that haven't gone to the two-tier system.

Lat, I enjoy the formula of this blog:

1. Lat writes an article that is interesting to a certain degree to prurient junior associates and law students
2. six people comment to say they are first.
3. someone asks lat to stop the "firsters"
4. someone writes something faux paleo-conservative about women, minoriities, gays, etc.
5. WGWAG/Snakes on Plane says hi
6. someone retorts from a racous liberal perspective
7. someone chides lat for his choice of profession and/or denigrates the "level" of discourse on this board.

this blog deserves the award for entertainment value alone.

PS: Lat does have a lot of influence with firms as partners read this blog too

server down again??

Since when does a post 19 hours before the polls close count as an '11th hour request'?

It's literally the 11th hour, 10 PM.

!0:01 a.m., Hi Volokh.

Lat,

Award or not, you and ATL's fans have won! Evidence: the traffic from your readers shuts down the "weblog" site each time you ask for votes.

Thanks for all you have done to make compension more transparent!

compensation!

Thanks for everything, LAT! I just voted for you again.

Lat up by 400 votes...hopefully the boring professor who does nothing for associates will not win. ATL above all others!

ATL is up by 500-600 votes now.

Here is my question:

If people can vote once every day, and you know there are plenty of people here who have voted 4-6 times, are there really that few people on this blog? I mean there are probably only about 1,000 people who voted for ATL. How many people read this blog? Seems lower than I would have thought. I guess that is why the anonymous posting work so well. If you had to use a name, we would find out there are really only about 30 people posting at any one time.

ATL up by 400 now.

Seems like the lead may be slowly dwindling. Everyone, go vote again!!!

who gives a fuck?

me mommy