March 2008

Here is today’s Job of the Week, brought to you by Lateral Link. Over the last week, Lateral Link members received offers from Skadden Arps (Houston), Mayer Brown (New York), Gibson Dunn (San Francisco), Cooley Godward (LA), Clifford Chance (Warsaw), and Morgan Lewis (New York). Position: Associate General Counsel Location: Chicago, IL Description: One of […]

As you may recall, when Governor Eliot Spitzer was told that “Kristen” would be servicing him, he asked what she looked like. Here’s what one student at the Spitzers’ alma mater had to say on the subject, after seeing the Spitzers’ 1984 HLS yearbook photos (in black and white, at right; the color photos are […]

Move over, Eliot Spitzer and the Emperor’s Club. The St. Petersburg Times has a story on a Florida judge accused of stealing money from a New York stripper: Christy Yamanaka says she had sex with 2nd District Court of Appeal Judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr. three times during their 15-year friendship. She paid him rent […]

My name is Kashmir Hill, and I’ll be David Lat’s co-blogger for the day. Before digging into today’s headlines, I’d like to introduce myself. I’m a Washington, D.C., non-profiteer (aka low-paid nonprofit organization employee) and come to ATL from the journalism world. I manage international educational programs for journalists for the National Press Foundation. I […]

* Follow the $3.00 gas. [CNN Money] * Congress moves on taxes. [MSNBC] * Report shows FBI misused personal info. [New York Times] * NRCC treasurer accused of embezzling up to $1 million. [Washington Post] * Speaker Pelosi: Dream ticket? Dream on. [CNN Politics] * Florida primary do-over looking unlikely. [Washington Post]

We just came back from meeting a friend for drinks at the Mayflower Hotel, here in Washington, DC. We expressed a desire to see the door of the infamous room where New York Governor Eliot Spitzer got it on with that high-class hooker, “Kristen.” But we’d heard, on the radio, that the hotel had stationed […]

* Before they were famous: a portrait of Eliot Spitzer and Jim Cramer as young men. [Dealbreaker] * In case you’re not yet tired of talking about Obama’s tax plan. [TaxProf Blog] * Request for supplemental briefing? “If one child can have two mothers, or two fathers, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, can one law be defended […]

Here’s the latest crazy Eliot Spitzer rumor we’ve heard. In the past few days, there has been a torrent of Spitzer coverage, so we apologize if it has surfaced elsewhere. But we don’t recall coming across this tidbit already, and our Google News and Technorati searches for “spitzer lick” came up… clean. This comes from […]

As we previously mentioned, former AutoAdmit.com executive Anthony Ciolli has sued a number of individuals involved in the AutoAdmit lawsuit (originally Doe v. Ciolli). In his complaint (PDF), he claims that the defendants caused him to lose his job offer at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in Boston. But maybe Ciolli should be thankful he’s […]

When law students are choosing among law firms, they inquire into such predictable things. What’s the firm’s billable hour requirement? How is work distributed? What about pro bono? For lawyers involved in recruiting, it must get boring to have to answer the same questions over and over again. So law students, next time you interview […]

New Mexico is on a roll. It’s a relatively small state, at least in terms of population (#36), but it brings us two consecutive Judges of the Day. Our most recent Judge of the Day — or, technically, Ex-Judge of the Day — was John Brennan of Albuquerque, accused of choking his young girlfriend, while […]

Okay, maybe not any more. Since her husband Eliot Spitzer’s prostitution scandal erupted on Monday, the First Lady of New York, Silda Wall Spitzer, has been canceling her public appearances. And even though Harvard Law School is her alma mater — and where she met her husband, although maybe that’s not a plus for her […]

Troubles continue for Greenberg Traurig, the former home of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The firm itself has just been indicted on Abramoff-related allegations. Sure, it’s in Guam, but still — an indictment is an indictment (and an indictment of the firm, not just current or former employees). See links below for more details. In addition, […]

So far this week, we’ve asked you whether you would want to work in a different city and whether, knowing what you know now, you would still want to work where you do. In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we ask you a related question: if you could go to any other firm, who […]

* Geraldine Ferraro leaves Clinton campaign after making remarks about Obama, some of which may have been either exaggerated by others or exaggerations by her. You decide: “Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let’s address reality and the problems we’re facing in this world, you’re accused […]

Shame on you, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Earlier this week, we promised our readers that we’d be writing about your cute little firm video. But when we tried to access the video just now on YouTube, via Legal Pad, we got this: For those of you who never got to watch the PWSP video, it […]

In honor of Eliot Spitzer’s announced resignation as governor of New York, we bring you this special edition of Non-Sequiturs: a collection of links all related to Governor Spitzer — yes, technically he’s governor until Monday the 17th — and his spectacular sex scandal. * As we can see from comments on other posts, many […]

Forget about prostitution — which, it appears, most of you support legalizing. What about the legality of anonymous commenting on the internet? This story is from last week, but please indulge us — we’re taking it somewhere. From WTVQ: Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal. The […]

When the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks took the floor last Saturday at Phillips Arena, it marked the first commissioner-ordered “do over” in the past 25 years of NBA basketball. As per NBA Commissioner David Stern’s orders, the Phillips Arena scoreboard was re-set to 114-111 and the game clock was turned back to 51 seconds. […]

The legal connection to this story is tenuous, but not non-existent. Criminal charges could be filed. And maybe there’s a products liability case against the toilet manufacturer. Anyway, it’s such a great story — and no, it’s not from The Onion — that we’re going to link to it. From the AP: A 35-year-old woman […]